Adrian Love

Adrian Love (born 3 August 1944 in York – 10 March 1999) was a British radio presenter, remembered for his Love In The Afternoon show on Radio Two. He was the son of musician Geoff Love.

He attended Tottenham Grammar School and after working for Burton the tailors and as a song plugger in Soho, he began his radio career in 1966 with Radio City on the Shivering Sands Fort. He moved ashore with a stint on the BBC Light Programme, which led to work on the BBC World Service.

He became station manager at UBN, at the United Biscuits works in Harlesden. While there he recruited Roger Scott and Graham Dene, with whom he later worked at Capital Radio, and gave Dale Winton and Steve Allen their radio breaks. The launch of commercial radio in 1973 led him to move to LBC and then to Capital Radio, where he stayed for eight years. He presented a late-night problem phone-in on Capital Radio, Anna And The Doc, with the agony aunt Anna Raeburn.

In 1981, he returned to the BBC, presenting programmes on Radio One, Radio Two and Radio Four. In 1982 he was sacked from his award-winning show on Radio 1 for broadcasting while drunk. He spoke of his alcoholism, and occasionally shared experiences with listeners.

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