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Derek Jameson (born 29 November 1929, London
London

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) is a British tabloid journalist and broadcaster.

He was evacuated from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in WW2. His career began in Fleet Street
Fleet Street

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, as a messenger boy, before becoming managing editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper and editor of the Daily Express
Daily Express

The Daily Express is a conservative, United Kingdom tabloid newspaper, in its heyday a middle-market title but nowadays very much downmarket....
, Daily Star and News of the World
News of the World

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.

He joined BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio radio station and the List of most-listened-to radio programs in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult contemporary music or Album-orientated rock, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres....
 in late 1985, sitting in for Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young

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, before taking over the breakfast show from Ken Bruce
Ken Bruce

Kenneth Robertson Bruce is a veteran United Kingdom broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9.30 am until 12noon....
 in March 1986, presenting it until December 1991.






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Derek Jameson (born 29 November 1929, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
) is a British tabloid journalist and broadcaster.

He was evacuated from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in WW2. His career began in Fleet Street
Fleet Street

Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. It was the home of the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom until the 1980s....
, as a messenger boy, before becoming managing editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper and editor of the Daily Express
Daily Express

The Daily Express is a conservative, United Kingdom tabloid newspaper, in its heyday a middle-market title but nowadays very much downmarket....
, Daily Star and News of the World
News of the World

The News of the World is a United Kingdom tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and can be considered the Sunday equivalent of The Sun ....
.

He joined BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio radio station and the List of most-listened-to radio programs in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult contemporary music or Album-orientated rock, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres....
 in late 1985, sitting in for Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young

Jimmy Young may refer to:*Jimmy Young *Jimmy Young , singer See also*Jim Young *James Young ...
, before taking over the breakfast show from Ken Bruce
Ken Bruce

Kenneth Robertson Bruce is a veteran United Kingdom broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9.30 am until 12noon....
 in March 1986, presenting it until December 1991. He then hosted the Monday to Thursday late-night show, along with his wife Ellen, until March 1997.

In 1989 he began presenting the BBC1 television show People.

Now retired from broadcasting, Jameson wrote a weekly column in the Brighton Argus
The Argus (Brighton)

The Argus is a local newspaper based in Brighton & Hove in East Sussex, with editions serving the city of Brighton and Hove and the other parts of both East and West Sussex....
 until October 2000, and is an after-dinner speaker.

Portrayals

  • Jameson's cockney accent and abrasive persona caused Private Eye
    Private eye

    A private eye is a nickname for a private investigator. It may also refer to:*Private Eye, a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop...
     to refer to him as Sid Yobbo.


  • Jameson brought an action against the BBC over a 1980 sketch on Radio4's
    BBC Radio 4

    BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history....
     Week Ending
    Week Ending

    Week Ending... was a satire radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It was devised by writer/producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by Nationwide presenter Michael Barratt....
     which described him as an "East End boy made bad": Jameson lost the action when it came to court in 1984; the jury found the broadcast defamatory, but also fair comment and Jameson had to pay costs.


  • Jameson was decribed on the radio series The Mary Whitehouse Experience as "a Tosspot of the first order"


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