Alan Frreeman was the best disc jockey buy a million miles thank god i put all the home tapes onto cd my heart sings every time i hear the guy talk the guy talk and introduce songs hey love but so respectful so wonderful. God bless the Great Alan freeman

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this, it brought back so many memories. As a DJ Alan Freeman was in a league of his own. Thanks for posting.

Loved him. An amazing bloke who was bewildered by his popularity, just like the very best famous people do.

@Inglese001

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it says a lot that so many DJs wanted to participate.

Sunday wasn’t Sunday without Alan Freeman and Pick of the Pops on my little transistor radio.

I met him at the Talk of the South nightclub in Southend on Sea in 1972 - he was the nicest person I ever met. So polite and interested. Even today nobody has come close to his top twenty chart rundown. It just can't be bettered. God bless you Alan, a lovely bloke.

Thanks for posting. Fascinating to watch....Fluff was a unique and superb DJ.

No one had the charm that Eamonn Andrews brought to this show and made it a smash hit in uk having originally been a US show format .....loved by millions later hosts didn't achieve the same charisma

@robertsmith3672

Жыл бұрын

He had no charisma

@malcolmjawohowelll2892

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsmith3672 ok well we all have personalities and impressions of people

@patdoyle3686

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@robertsmith3672your so wrong Eamon Andrews was an outstanding presenter great speaker lovely manner And loved by the general public for his tv shows he had charm charisma and a joy to watch he was wonderful🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@robertsmith3672

Жыл бұрын

@@patdoyle3686 Sorry he was a dumbo

Top Man ! Fluff Freeman had the perfect voice for pick of the pops, great show !!

I remember seeing this episode on Yorkshire Televison while staying with my grandparents. I couldn't remember who the subject was but recognised it from the date- 14/10/1987, the night before The Great Storm. I hadn't realised it was only a few weeks later when Eamonn Andrews sadly passed away.

@chascarpenter5006

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, did'nt know that the passing of Eamonn.

i like to see more of Alan Freeman top of the pops best dj in the world

Wonderful man. I was heartbroken when 'Pick Of The Pops' finished in September 1972.

Thanks for uploading this. I've added it to my playlist of 1980s This Is Your Lifes!

i actually remember watching this back then, fluff was always one of my favorite disc jockeys.

This is great Fluff was a true gent and a legend. Interesting Eamonn Andrews is looking really unwell here. And his successor Michael Aspel is in the clip too. I miss him as a presenter and one of my earlier impressions going about saying 'This is your loife'

Eamonn Andrews passed away 3 weeks after this broadcast

Ah, if only we had radio presenters and broadcasters of his calibre nowadays....

Fluff Freeman, Tommy the Vance & Simon our tune Bates. The best.

Brilliant. Thanks.

A fitting "This is your life" to another wonderful DJ, the late great Alan "Fluff" Freeman himself who as far as i am concerned was, still is and always will be a legend in my eyes, though obviously not to all the Alan "Fluff" Freeman haters out there who are labelling "Fluff" as some sort of a not so nice man (i won't mention the five or ten letter words that some are describing "Fluff" here on KZread and other social networks) all of a sudden these past few years or so to this present day. Stuff all the Alan Freeman detesters out there, for if he was this not so nice man, provide your evidence of "Fluff's" wrongdoing (none whatsoever). Exactly no proof whatsoever, as the late great "Fluff" is now dead and cannot defend himself from his grave from these so-called allegations (thankfully low level accusations at present) about the five or ten letter word which i will not address on here that is being used to describe "Fluff", so as to not offend my fellow Alan "Fluff" Freeman lovers (not in a morbid context) and his many still admirers out there, both past, present and future. And if he is this not so nice man, why is "Fluff" still being mentioned and broadcast on the BBC, and not totally erased forever ages ago by the organisation (the BBC) itself. R.I.P. Alan "Fluff" Freeman, total legend, and to me was, still is and always will be a (another) rock to me past, present and future, always !

@chascarpenter5006

3 жыл бұрын

Fluff has always been amazing DJ to me, takes me back to the early years of Radio 1 in the early 70's, in the 90's many of his shows i taped & his last show on Radio 1 i taped, with the music he played & snippets from other track really set his show apart, I sit hear listening to him on the eve of 2020-2021, what better way to hear the new year in with some proper music. Thank you Fluff. ps, wonderful to see all the DJ's from many moons ago, yes. i remember them all.

@treasurehunteruk9718

Жыл бұрын

Was it his sexuality? Like Dale Winton. Freeman said he was bi, when queried, like Dusty Springfield, but it was a different time, it was still frowned upon.

@grantgrove6800

Жыл бұрын

Alan will always be 'the Governor' to me.

Jimmy Saville talking about taking milk around wards of Leeds Infirmary 😳😕

@annyirish6106

9 ай бұрын

The pos Freeman they are celebrating was part of the pedo ring with Saville.

Loved listening to Alan Freeman.

The late great Roger Scott making an appearance if fluff was number 1 then he was certainly number 2 📻⭐️

This must have been one of the last This Is Your Life shows Eamonn Andrews hosted.

@bungabening3530

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he replaced by Michael Aspel who appears at the start of this?

@FishOnTwoWheels

Жыл бұрын

@@bungabening3530 Yes!

i like to see more of alan freeman top of the pops the best dj ever live

Shame this misses the 'Trap' at the beginning. That was sometimes the best part of the show. But great anyway and thanks for posting.

Interesting to see Michael Aspel as a guest on the show, who of course later presented the show.

Alan is adorable! Especially when he facepalms himself in embarassment with his singing at 9:02, thinking “Oh crap...not this again!”

miss you fluff on pick of the pops on radio2 and listened on sundays on radio 1 RIP. these days Miller Wilson is a great youtuber on australian wildlife

Simply the best and sadly missed...

Secret handshakes

Top twenty every Sunday ,and he was the tops

i know radio 2 but I thought perhaps Jimmy Young and Terry Wogan.could have been there.

@markg6860

4 жыл бұрын

The DJs featured were from Freeman's Radio One and Capital days ... the guys he would have best known. JY and TW were weekday jocks on R2, so he would likely have rarely seen them.

@glensalt7460

4 жыл бұрын

@@markg6860 yes thank you for that all great DJS though Fluff and Tommy Vance.

@jeremypreece870

3 жыл бұрын

David Jacobs would have been appropriate as Fluff took over Pick of the Pops from him. Also, Fluff Freeman, Pete Murry and David Jacobs were the three main DJ presenters back in the early days when it was still the BBC Light Programme. Another omission was John Peel. If you look at the edition when Peel was the subject, there is a terrific warmth when Freeman appears as a guest and there was a huge mutual respect between John Peel and Alan Freeman.

@treasurehunteruk9718

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremypreece870 I noticed John Peel was missing.

"And here tonight, that person you always hated and have been avoiding for 35 years.."

Poor daft old Eamonn died very soon afterwards, November 1987.

Andrews died on 5 November 1987, so this was three weeks and 1 day before, so I guess there were two more (21 Oct, 28 Oct and 4 Nov) that were broadcast by Thames before he died. Ironic that Michael Aspel was on this one on basis of him taking over after Andrews' death.

@shippy555

8 жыл бұрын

It was also broadcast on Cliff's 47th birthday. Not sure how long before, it would have been recorded, though.

@ivyrichardson6601

7 жыл бұрын

Jon Guiry

@johnking5174

6 жыл бұрын

There were also two more episodes that Eamonn made and were postponed until January 1988.

I love Alan’s adorably embarassed reaction to hearing himself sing…

The bestdjsin208

Great show, but it kind of goes sour when Savile walks on.

@robertmcelwaine7024

5 жыл бұрын

Interestingly Savile wasn't even present at Freemans funeral.

The episode that was aired on the announcement of eanomn Andrews death. Was jimmy cricket the last one was Jill rosslington of crossroads. He recorded. Roger Scott died the following year of cancer and I finally got to see Richard Allison from capital radio and radio two.

22:23 Really interesting. Saville couldn't have been edited out!

Pretty cursory greeting from Simon Bates. Barely says 'hello '.

@chrispearson3333

6 жыл бұрын

No surprise there, why was he on anyway? Thought Tom Browne might have been on as Alan mentored him when he took over the Top 20 in 1972.

@jeremypreece870

3 жыл бұрын

The body language when various people greeted the subject of show on each edition of TIYL always spoke volumes.

Ah, another encounter between Michael Aspel and Jimmy Savile. Three times that I know of where they appeared together on This Is Your Life. Remember, Aspel publicly declared that he'd never met Savile.

Fluff on the needle, awright

@chascarpenter5006

3 жыл бұрын

Not arf.....

@theculturedthug6609

3 жыл бұрын

Fluff smacked up?

All male DJs I note.

The KING Alright? Not Arf!!

I was privileged and honored meeting Fluff. He was, always be. A legend Bless him❤ pick of the pops will not be the same without him.Gambo just does not fit correctly. So I don’t listen

At 08:53 his singing is pretty good, but what a "glitch in time" - I mean from 1940s-type crooning to Boss-jocking heavy rock...

My favourite DJ of all time...... Not Arf!

The headline in the sun will be “Johnnie Walker on the rocks!”

I enjoyed this but when you know came on i felt low

@patdunn6397

7 жыл бұрын

you for 1

@theculturedthug6609

3 жыл бұрын

Of Sir James...lies slander and more lies. Goodness Gracious.

Eamonn Andrews died within a month of this broadcast

@charlesdurrans4279

2 ай бұрын

It’s why the cameras don’t focus on him much or close up on him

Most of them now dead. :(

doing well to conceal the special handshakes

Wot.... no kenny everett..???

No wounder the last kid ran off seeing Jimmy Savile

Haimshehaele

alright until savile and travis walked on.

@john111257

6 жыл бұрын

travis...not proven

@christopherrainbow1657

6 жыл бұрын

i beg to differ, im sure i saw on the news of at least one conviction.

@clivemoore6510

2 жыл бұрын

No conviction at all

@chrisrainbow2393

2 жыл бұрын

@@clivemoore6510 He was found guilty of indecent assault and given a suspended jail sentence

@chriswalford9228

Жыл бұрын

Many years ago late 90's had friends in London who had a female friend who stopped at a petrol station and was goosed up by the hairy corn flake

Not a woman amongst them