Pat Sharp

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Pat Sharp
Born 25 October 1961 (1961-10-25) (age 46)
London, United Kingdom[1]
Show Big Drive Home & The Weekend Vibe
Station(s) Q103 & Various
Time slot 3pm – 7pm
Country United Kingdom
Previous show(s) BBC Radio 1, Capital FM & Heart 106.2.

Pat Sharp (born October 25, 1961 and sometimes nicknamed Patman,[2]) is a British radio and television presenter and disc jockey, currently presenting "The Big Drive Home" on Q103 radio in Cambridge. In Britain he is known mainly for his work on 1990s children's television programme Fun House, and his radio shows, while throughout Europe he is known mainly as one of the Sky Channel's VJs. Among the programmes he presented for Sky was Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 and Nescafe UK Top 50. He was awarded the Sony Award in 1992 for best DJ.[3]

Sharp is married and has three children.[2]

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[edit] Early career in radio and music

Sharp worked as a presenter at BBC Radio 1, mixing holiday cover for other presenters with a regular slot early Saturday & Sunday mornings and a number of television appearances hosting BBC1 Top of the Pops.[4]

He deputised for David Jensen on The Network Chart Show.[citation needed] In the mid-1980s he became a DJ for Radio Mercury[citation needed] and has also worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service.[2]

For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ on Capital FM in London.[citation needed]

In the late 1980s, Sharp teamed up with Mick Brown as the duo Pat And Mick, to release the charity single "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet". The song made the Top 10 of the UK singles chart. The duo released 7 hit singles, raising over a million pounds for charity.[3]

In 1987, he was voted as having the worst haircut (winning this accolade more than once) at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party awards, where he was also in the top 3 DJ's.However, there is wide speculation as to the legitimacy of the vote with many accusations of rigging.[citation needed]

[edit] Television

Pat Sharp was famous throughout the 1980s for his mullet hair style which he changed in 1992.
Pat Sharp was famous throughout the 1980s for his mullet hair style[5] which he changed in 1992.[4]

Sharp intermittently presented episodes of the music programme Top of the Pops, including being one of the many presenters on the last programme made.[6] However, Sharp is best known on television for several children's television programmes aired on CITV. Most notable of these is Fun House, a popular children's television programme running from 1990 – 1999.[7] Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show What's Up Doc? 1992 – 1994,[4] and presented phone-in quiz show Hang On! in 1996.[8] In a 2007 interview with The Sun newspaper, Sharp says he would like to host a new version of Fun House sometime in the year, but with adults as contestants instead of kids.[9]

Sharp appeared as a guest in many other television shows, including several episodes of You Bet!, Surprise, Surprise, Noel's House Party, Celebrity Squares and The Weakest Link. In the 2000s, Sharp has appeared in several retrospectives, including I Love 1980s on the BBC and Pat Sharp's House of Fun 100 on The Hits.

[edit] 2000s

Between 1997 and 2004 Sharp presented Heart 106.2's weekday morning Time Tunnel show.[4] Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the Century FM group of stations.[citation needed] Currently Sharp fronts 'The Weekend Vibe', a weekly 3-hour show produced by Blue Revolution, which is broadcast on numerous stations including Energy FM on the Isle of Man.[10] As of 2007, Sharp currently hosts the "Big Drive Home" on Q103 a radio station in Cambridge that's part of GCap Media & also presents "The Best 80s Show in the World.. Ever!" on SGR FM which is also owned by GCap Media.[11]

Sharp remains a popular figure in the United Kingdom, and is hired for university functions throughout the country,[2] thriving on the nostalgia of those who attend. He is also a popular live DJ and makes regular appearances in Ibiza and Mallorca every summer.[2]

In 2004, he participated in Channel 4 sports reality show The Games finishing fifth out of five contestants,[11] but was proclaimed "The People's Hero".[2] Further reality TV involvement came on June 3, 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on ITV's X Factor spin-off show X-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on Big Brother's Big Mouth through a phone-in. However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July.

He maintains other media interests through his independent production company SharpSell.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pat Sharp (II). IMDB. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pat Sharp (Agent's biography). MPC Entertainment. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  3. ^ a b Pat Sharp. Century FM. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  4. ^ a b c d People: Pat Sharp. Radio Rewind. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  5. ^ The one and onlys (2005-02-04). Retrieved on 2007-06-12. “I get a lot of questions about the mullet”
  6. ^ Top of the Pops bids fond goodbye (2006-07-31). Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  7. ^ "Fun House" (1990). IMDB. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  8. ^ Hang On!. UK Gameshows. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  9. ^ Masters, Dave (2007-03-10). Pat's Fun House comeback bid. The Sun. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  10. ^ The Weekend Vibe with Pat Sharp. Blue Revolution. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  11. ^ a b c 60 seconds with Pat Sharp. Q103. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.

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