Roger Gale
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Sir Roger Gale MP |
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Member of Parliament for North Thanet |
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Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Majority | 10,948 (23.3%) |
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20 August 1943 Poole, Dorset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Gabrielle Marks |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, disc jockey, television producer, radio producer and journalist |
| Website | www.rogergale.com |
Sir Roger James Gale (born 20 August 1943) is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Thanet in Kent since 1983.
Gale was born in Poole, Dorset and was educated at Southbourne Preparatory School and the Hardye's School in Dorchester. He completed his education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He is the only former pirate radio disc-jockey to become a member of parliament.[1] He joined Radio Caroline North in August 1964, where he stayed until January 1965. From late 1965 to 1967, Gale helped set up and run Radio 270, "Voice of the North", with wrestling impresario Don Robinson and other Yorkshire businessmen; Radio 270 had a chequered career before closing along with the other pirate radio stations. Gale also fitted in work as the personal assistant to the general manager at Universal Films on and off for the nine years from 1962, before joining the BBC in 1972 as a reporter for Radio London, becoming a producer of current affairs in 1973. He became the producer of Radio 1's Newsbeat, then the producer of Radio 4's Today programme from 1973–6. In 1976, he was appointed Director of BBC Children's Television. He left the BBC in 1979 and joined Thames Television as a senior producer on children's television where he remained until his election to parliament.
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