Patrick Sharpin, known professionally as Pat Sharp (born 25 October 1961),[citation needed] is an English radio presenter, television presenter and DJ. In the UK, he is known mainly for his work on the children's ITV programme Fun House, and his extensive radio career. In mainland Europe, he was better known in the 1980s as one of the Sky Channel's VJs and for presenting Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 and Nescafé UK Top 50.
In the late-1980s, Sharp teamed up with Mick Brown as the duo Pat and Mick, to release the charity singles "Let's All Chant" and "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet". Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart. The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75, raising more than a million pounds for charity.[6]
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 three DJs. He was awarded the Sony Award in 1992 for best DJ.[7]
Between 1997 and 2004, Sharp presented Heart 106.2's weekday morning Time Tunnel show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the Century FM group of stations. In December 2010, Sharp joined Smooth Radio to host Weekend Breakfast.[8] He was officially appointed as the station's Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011.[9] In January 2013 Sharp became the station's weekday afternoon presenter after a major overhaul of the Smooth schedule, replacing Carlos who moved to weeknights.[10]
Smooth Radio was acquired by Global Radio in 2013. Following a studio and business move to Global's headquarters in Leicester Square, Pat Sharp and David Jensen were then dropped from the schedules on 19 December 2013.[11] Sharp started broadcasting on the Breeze network New Year's Eve 2013.[12] He appears regularly on Sam FM south coast.
In 2018, Sharp covered the mid-morning show on Southampton-based Hampshire Hit Radio for a week. He's also appeared covering on Guildford-based Eagle Radio in recent years.
Sharp also fronts All The Hits, a weekly syndicated radio show produced by Blue Revolution,[13] which is broadcast on various stations around the world[citation needed].
Since February 2019, Sharp has presented a radio show on Greatest Hits Radio,[14] as well as P8 Pop in Norway.[15]
Television work
Sharp intermittently presented episodes of the music programme Top of the Pops, including being one of the many presenters on the last programme.[16] In 1987-88, he presented ITV show The Roxy, and in 1990-91 he presented daily chart show The Power Chart on BSB satellite music television channel The Power Station.[17] 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 1989 to 1999, Produced by Scottish Television,[18] which he presented along with Melanie and Martina Grant. Sharp presented alongside producer Matt Penn. Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show What's Up Doc? (STV, 1992–94) [19] and presented phone-in quiz show Hang On! (LWT for ITV) in 1996.[20]
Sharp appeared as a guest in many other television shows, including several episodes of You Bet!, Surprise Surprise, Celebrity Squares and The Weakest Link. In the 2000s, Sharp regularly appears on music TV channels presenting continuity in programmes looking back at 80s and 90s music hits, appearing on channels including The Hits, Now 80s, Now 90s and others. He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series and episode four of the 26th series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[21][22]
In 2004, he participated in Channel 4 sports reality show The Games finishing last out of five contestants,[23] but was proclaimed the People's Hero. Further reality TV involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on ITV2's X Factor spin-off show X-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on a Big Brother's Big Mouth phone-in. However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July 2007, then appeared four years later on Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 27 October 2011.
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^"Programmes "Never Mind The Buzzcocks"". BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^Moseley, A. "Review: Never Mind The Buzzcocks". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^. Q103. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
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The Top 10 at 10 with Pat Sharp on Greatest Hits Radio
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Pat Sharp presenting Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 (programme open)
Pat Sharp presenting Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 (programme close)
Interview with Pat Sharp
February 28, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Pat Sharp news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Patrick Sharpin known professionally as Pat Sharp born 25 October 1961 citation needed is an English radio presenter television presenter and DJ In the UK he is known mainly for his work on the children s ITV programme Fun House and his extensive radio career In mainland Europe he was better known in the 1980s as one of the Sky Channel s VJs and for presenting Coca Cola Eurochart Top 50 and Nescafe UK Top 50 Pat SharpSharp at Capital FMBornPatrick Sharpin 1961 10 25 25 October 1961 age 61 EnglandCareerCountryUnited KingdomPrevious show s BBC Radio 1 Capital FM Heart 106 2 Contents 1 Radio work 2 Television work 3 References 4 External linksRadio work EditSharp worked as a presenter at BBC Radio 1 in 1982 and 1983 mixing holiday cover for other radio presenters 1 with a regular early Sunday morning slot and television appearances hosting BBC1 s Top of the Pops 2 He deputised for David Jensen on The Network Chart Show 3 In the mid 1980s he became a DJ for Radio Mercury 4 and has also worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service For 10 years starting in 1987 Sharp was a DJ on Capital FM in London 5 followed by another 11 years at Heart both in London and Cambridge In the late 1980s Sharp teamed up with Mick Brown as the duo Pat and Mick to release the charity singles Let s All Chant and I Haven t Stopped Dancing Yet Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75 raising more than a million pounds for charity 6 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 three DJs He was awarded the Sony Award in 1992 for best DJ 7 Between 1997 and 2004 Sharp presented Heart 106 2 s weekday morning Time Tunnel show Following this Sharp was a presenter on the Century FM group of stations In December 2010 Sharp joined Smooth Radio to host Weekend Breakfast 8 He was officially appointed as the station s Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011 9 In January 2013 Sharp became the station s weekday afternoon presenter after a major overhaul of the Smooth schedule replacing Carlos who moved to weeknights 10 Smooth Radio was acquired by Global Radio in 2013 Following a studio and business move to Global s headquarters in Leicester Square Pat Sharp and David Jensen were then dropped from the schedules on 19 December 2013 11 Sharp started broadcasting on the Breeze network New Year s Eve 2013 12 He appears regularly on Sam FM south coast In 2018 Sharp covered the mid morning show on Southampton based Hampshire Hit Radio for a week He s also appeared covering on Guildford based Eagle Radio in recent years Sharp also fronts All The Hits a weekly syndicated radio show produced by Blue Revolution 13 which is broadcast on various stations around the world citation needed Since February 2019 Sharp has presented a radio show on Greatest Hits Radio 14 as well as P8 Pop in Norway 15 Television work EditSharp intermittently presented episodes of the music programme Top of the Pops including being one of the many presenters on the last programme 16 In 1987 88 he presented ITV show The Roxy and in 1990 91 he presented daily chart show The Power Chart on BSB satellite music television channel The Power Station 17 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 1989 to 1999 Produced by Scottish Television 18 which he presented along with Melanie and Martina Grant Sharp presented alongside producer Matt Penn Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show What s Up Doc STV 1992 94 19 and presented phone in quiz show Hang On LWT for ITV in 1996 20 Sharp appeared as a guest in many other television shows including several episodes of You Bet Surprise Surprise Celebrity Squares and The Weakest Link In the 2000s Sharp regularly appears on music TV channels presenting continuity in programmes looking back at 80s and 90s music hits appearing on channels including The Hits Now 80s Now 90s and others He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series and episode four of the 26th series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks 21 22 In 2004 he participated in Channel 4 sports reality show The Games finishing last out of five contestants 23 but was proclaimed the People s Hero Further reality TV involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on ITV2 s X Factor spin off show X Tra Factor Battle Of The Stars He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on a Big Brother s Big Mouth phone in However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July 2007 then appeared four years later on Big Brother s Bit on the Side on 27 October 2011 In May 2010 Sharp appeared on Come Dine with Me with Jenny Powell Michael Barrymore and Anthea Redfern He also appeared on BBC Two s Never Mind the Buzzcocks twice in the same series in 2010 along with BBC One s The One Show citation needed In November 2011 Sharp was a contestant on the eleventh series of the ITV reality television show I m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here In 2017 Sharp played a version of himself in online mockumentary Getting Back with Dave Benson Phillips 24 25 26 In 2019 he appeared as a celebrity guest on Joe Lycett s Got Your Back In 2021 Pat Sharp appeared on the BBC 1 show Michael McIntyre s The Wheel Pat Sharp appeared on the 2022 Christmas special of I Literally Just Told You References Edit Pat Sharp first show mixcloud com Retrieved 4 September 2022 People Pat Sharp Radio Rewind Archived from the original on 26 June 2007 Retrieved 12 June 2007 Reference to Pat Sharp on The Network Chart Show jinglemad com Archived from the original on 26 February 2012 Retrieved 25 January 2009 Reference to Pat Sharp on Radio Mercury Mercury FM Retrieved 25 January 2010 dead link Reference to Pat Sharp on Capital Radio for ten years Heart Cambridge Retrieved 25 January 2010 dead link Reference to Pat amp Mick raising over a million pounds for charity Butlins Archived from the original on 17 March 2010 Retrieved 25 January 2010 Pat Sharp Century FM Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 Retrieved 12 June 2007 Pat Sharp keeps it Smooth Radio Today 12 January 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2012 Pat Sharp to Join Smooth Radio Line up GMG Radio Guardian Media Group 12 January 2011 Archived from the original on 19 December 2011 Retrieved 27 March 2011 Pat Sharp gets daily show on Smooth Radio Radio Today 7 January 2013 Retrieved 7 January 2013 Pat Sharp leaves Smooth Radio Today 19 December 2013 Retrieved 19 December 2013 Pat Sharp Bio Breeze 31 December 2013 Archived from the original on 1 January 2014 Retrieved 31 December 2013 All The Hits Blue Revolution 24 December 2012 Pat Sharp joins Greatest Hits Radio weekends Radio Today 19 February 2019 Pat Sharp joins Norwegian radio station P8 Radio Today 7 December 2017 Top of the Pops bids fond goodbye BBC News 31 July 2006 Retrieved 12 June 2007 BSB TV Month BSB s listings magazine Redwood Publishing 1990 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Fun House 1990 IMDb Retrieved 12 June 2007 What s Up Doc details paulmorris co uk Retrieved 25 January 2010 Hang On UK Gameshows Retrieved 12 June 2007 Programmes Never Mind The Buzzcocks BBC Retrieved 1 October 2011 Moseley A Review Never Mind The Buzzcocks Lancashire Telegraph Retrieved 1 October 2011 60 seconds with Pat Sharp Q103 Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 13 June 2007 EPISODES YouTube YouTube Retrieved 26 January 2018 Credits Getting Back with Dave Benson Phillips Retrieved 26 January 2018 Guide British Comedy Getting Back With Dave Benson Phillips episode guide British Comedy Guide British Comedy Guide Retrieved 26 January 2018 External links EditPat Sharp at IMDb The Top 10 at 10 with Pat Sharp on Greatest Hits Radio Pat Sharp on Greatest Hits Radio Pat Sharp presenting Coca Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 programme open Pat Sharp presenting Coca Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 programme close Interview with Pat Sharp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pat Sharp amp oldid 1130340468, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
