David Gell

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David Gell was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg, and later on the BBC Light Programme, Radio One, and Radio Two.

Born in Canada on 23 August 1929, he worked for radio station CFAC in Calgary before relocating to Europe.

He presented many popular programmes for the BBC, including the Top Ten Game, a midweek show which toured the country inviting audiences of 200 to vote for their favourite discs of the week from 1965. Each week David would play ten new releases, followed by the ten most popular songs from the previous week, together with a Second Chance Disc, which had previously been played but did not register enough votes to make the Top Ten. The show ran until it was dropped in early 1966. Around 1958-1959 he was the host of Manchester based Granada Television's quiz show "Concentration". He also hosted the children's quiz show "Cricc Cross Quiz".

Gell later presented another 'voting' show for the BBC on Radio Two, namely European Pop Jury, where teenagers from several European countries would sit in judgement of two songs from each participating nation. The programme aired monthly and would typically feature the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

David had a toned down mid-Atlantic accent, and a warm, professional style, with strong audience rapport.