Tommy Vance
Born: 1940-07-11
Died: 2005-03-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with London-based disc jockey Neal Kay, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was one of the first radio hosts in the United Kingdom to broadcast hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans. The Friday Rock Show that he hosted gave new bands airtime for their music and fans an opportunity to hear it. He used a personal tag-line of "TV on the radio". His voice was heard by millions around the world announcing the Wembley Stadium acts at Live Aid in 1985.
Filmography
2007
2006
- Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes ... (Director)
1997
- Classic Albums as Self
- Brass Eye as Self
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1988
- More Bad News as Self
1985
- Live Aid as Self
- The Story of the Kinks as Narrator (voice)
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as Concert Compere
1976
- Pressure as Radio DJ
1975
- Flame as Ricky Storm
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self - Presenter