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Pat Sharp | |
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 Sharp at Capital FM | |
| Born | Patrick Sharpin England |
| Occupations | Radio & television presenter |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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Patrick Sharpin known professionally asPat Sharp, is an Englishradio presenter, television presenter and DJ. He worked on the children'sITV programmeFun House, was one of theSky Channel'sVJs and presented theCoca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 andNescafé UK Top 50.
Sharp worked as a presenter atBBC Radio 1 in 1982 and 1983, mixing holiday cover for other radio presenters[1] with a regular early Sunday morning slot and television appearances hostingBBC1'sTop of the Pops.[2] He deputised forDavid Jensen onThe Network Chart Show.[3] In the mid-1980s he became a DJ forRadio Mercury[4] and has also worked for theBritish Forces Broadcasting Service. For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ onCapital FM in London[5] followed by another 11 years at Heart, both in London andCambridge.
In the late 1980s, Sharp teamed up with his Capital colleague Mick Brown as the duoPat 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 theSmash Hits Poll Winners Party awards, where he was also in the top three DJs. He was awarded theSony Award in 1992 for best DJ.[7]
Between 1997 and 2004, Sharp presentedHeart 106.2's weekday morningTime Tunnel show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on theCentury FM group of stations. In December 2010, Sharp joinedSmooth 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 an overhaul of the Smooth schedule, replacingCarlos who moved to weeknights.[10]
Smooth Radio was acquired by Global Radio in 2013. Following a studio and business move to Global's headquarters inLeicester Square, Pat Sharp andDavid 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 also formerly appeared regularly onSam FM south coast.
In 2018, Sharp covered the mid-morning show on Southampton-based Hampshire Hit Radio for a week. He also appeared covering on Guildford-based Eagle Radio in recent years, before that station became Greatest Hits Radio.
Sharp frontsAll The Hits, a weekly syndicated radio show produced byBlue Revolution,[13] which is broadcast on various stations around the world[citation needed].
From February 2019 to March 2023, Sharp presented a weekend radio show onGreatest Hits Radio,[14] as well as P8 Pop in Norway.[15]
He currently presents the mid-morning show on Global's Heart 80s radio station.
During his brief Radio 1 career in 1982/83, Sharp presented a few editions of the music programmeTop of the Pops, and returned as one of the many presenters on the last programme.[16] In 1987-88, he presentedITV showThe Roxy, and in 1990-91 he presented daily chart showThe Power Chart onBSB satellite music television channelThe Power Station.[17] Sharp's appearances on children's television'sCITV includeFun House, a programme running from 1989 to 1999, produced byScottish Television,[18] which he presented along withMelanie and Martina Grant. During a 1993 episode of Fun House, Sharp was accidentally taken out by an overenthusiastic child in a go-kart. Though he laughed it off at the time, he later revealed the impact had torn his meniscus, leaving him with chronic knee pain, and in later interviews he admitted to undergoing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, citing recurring nightmares of garishly coloured go-karts hurtling towards him at full speed.[19]
Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning showWhat's Up Doc? (STV, 1992–94)[20] and presented phone-in quiz showHang On! (LWT for ITV) in 1996.[21]
Sharp's guest television appearances include several episodes ofYou Bet!,Surprise Surprise,Celebrity Squares andThe Weakest Link. In more recent years, Sharp has regularly appeared on music TV channels presenting continuity in programmes looking back at 70s, 80s and 90s music hits, appearing on channels includingThe Hits,Now 70s,Now 80s andNow 90s. He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series and episode four of the 26th series ofNever Mind the Buzzcocks.[22][23]
In 2004, he participated inChannel 4 sports reality showThe Games finishing last out of five contestants,[24] but was proclaimed the People's Hero. Further reality TV involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch onITV2'sX Factor spin-off showX-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on aBig 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 onBig Brother's Bit on the Side on 27 October 2011.
In May 2010, Sharp appeared onCome Dine with Me withJenny Powell,Michael Barrymore andAnthea Redfern. He also appeared onBBC Two'sNever Mind the Buzzcocks twice in the same series in 2010, along withBBC One'sThe One Show.[citation needed]
In November 2011, Sharp was a contestant on theeleventh series of theITV reality television showI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
In 2017 Sharp played a version of himself in online mockumentary Getting Back withDave Benson Phillips[25][26][27]
In 2019, he appeared as a celebrity guest onJoe Lycett's Got Your Back.
In 2021, Pat Sharp appeared on the BBC One game showMichael McIntyre's The Wheel.
Pat Sharp appeared on the 2022 Christmas special ofI Literally Just Told You.