James Moir

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

James Moir

Jim Moir is also the real name of comedian Vic Reeves
Vic Reeves

Vic Reeves is an England comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer . He is known for his surrealism and non sequitur sense of humour....
.

James Moir (usually known as Jim Moir) was a senior BBC executive for many years until his retirement in 2003. Among the programmes he produced were The Generation Game

The Generation Game

The Generation Game was a United Kingdom game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two compete to win prizes.The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van de acht, "One of the Eight", the format devised in 1969 by Theo Uittenbogaard for VARA Television....
featuring Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

'Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson' Order of the British Empire is a British people BAFTA award-winning showman and entertainer, who achieved celebrity status on the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present the television series The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, ...
.

Having been head of Light Entertainment and Variety on BBC television, he was appointed controller of BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

Discussion

Ask a question about 'James Moir'

Start a new discussion about 'James Moir'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

James Moir (usually known as Jim Moir) was a senior BBC executive for many years until his retirement in 2003. Among the programmes he produced were The Generation Game

The Generation Game

Bruce Forsyth

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 1995 and took up his post in 1996. Many assumed this would be a quiet end to his career but he turned the station from a declining backwater to the most popular in the UK, winning back many former Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
listeners who had defected to commercial radio. This was achieved through broadcasters like Steve Wright, Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker (DJ)

Johnnie Walker Order of the British Empire is a popular United Kingdom veteran radio disc jockey and broadcaster.He is often referred to as "The Alternative John Peel" in recognition of his knowledge and love of music, his championing of new artists and his attributing more importance to songs he plays rather than the chat in between....
, Janice Long

Janice Long

Janice Long is an England radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 03:00. ]....
, Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini

Paul Matthew Gambaccini is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and United Kingdom nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005....
, Lynn Parsons

Lynn Parsons

Lynn Parsons is a United Kingdom disc jockey and current afternoon host on 102.2 Smooth Radio.Parsons has an OND in electronic principles and started her career working in the television industry as a sound engineer and then a vision mixer....
, Bob Harris

Bob Harris (radio)

"Whispering" Bob Harris is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week. His programmes feature a moderately eclectic blend of mostly American and British rock and roll, country music, and occasional folk music from the 1950s to the present....
and Alan Freeman

Alan Freeman

Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman Order of the British Empire was a United Kingdom disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years....
, all of whom joined Radio 2 during Moir's controllership.

Moir was also responsible for negotiations between the BBC and the British royal family

British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in his or her Commonwealth realm#The Crown in the Commonwealth realmss, thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family....
and negotiated the reduction in the scale of the BBC's planned coverage of the Queen Mother

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Empire Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952....
's death.

Since June 2004 Moir has been a non-executive director

Non-executive director

A non-executive director or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team....
of Celador

Celador

Celador is an independent production company formed in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows but is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire....
Radio Broadcasting and advises on company licence applications.

Recently James Moir has came out of the closet and announced his love for his life long friend Jonnathan Donoghue. When Jonathan was asked to comment on the situation he stated "I always had a feeling that he felt that way for me and I definatley felt the same way back. I just wish he had told me earlier." The two were recently spotted performing oral sex on eachother in the 69 position during the Gay Pride Parade march :/