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Mike Smith (television presenter)

Mike Smith
Born Michael George Smith
(1955-04-23)23 April 1955
Romford, Essex, England
Died 1 August 2014(2014-08-01) (aged 59)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham City
Nationality British
Occupation Television and radio presenter, racing driver, pilot, businessman
Known for Television and radio presenter
Spouse(s) Sarah Greene (1989–2014; his death)

Michael George "Mike" Smith (23 April 1955 – 1 August 2014), also known by his "on air" nickname Smitty, was an English television and radio presenter, racing driver, pilot and businessman. He died from complications following major heart surgery.

Smith began his broadcasting career at Chelmsford Hospital Radio, before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1975 as a freelance producer and presenter. His work included promotions and production work for the Radio 1 Roadshow, Quiz Kid and most daytime network shows. As a standby DJ, Smith occasionally broadcast when live outside broadcasts failed. In June 1978, he joined London's Capital Radio and presented a variety of shows, until July 1980 where Smith became the breakfast show presenter. He moved back to BBC Radio 1 in 1982, presenting the weekday early show from 6 to 7 am and a Saturday morning show.

In 1983, Smith took over the weekday lunchtime show from 11.30 am–2 pm until March 1984, when he briefly left to present BBC Breakfast Time. He returned to Radio 1 in May 1986, taking over from Mike Read on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from 7.00 to 9.30 am, where he remained until exactly two years later. Smith admitted to Chris Moyles in a BBC documentary aired in May 2010, When Moyles met The Radio 1 Breakfast DJs, that he really missed being on the radio, but not television.

Smith's career as a television presenter included Thames TV's CBTV, BBC1 entertainment magazine and music chart shows Top of the Pops (1982-1988) Show Business (1983) and Friday's People (1985–87), Noel Edmonds' The Late, Late Breakfast Show (1984–86), That's Showbusiness (1989–96), and Julian Clary's Trick or Treat for ITV.


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