Name
Tommy Vance
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-07-11
Deathday
2005-03-06 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
- 1975 Flame as Ricky Storm
- 1985 The Story of the Kinks as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as Self
- 1976 Pressure as Radio DJ
- 1985 Live Aid as Self
- 1988 More Bad News as Self
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 255 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 The Comic Strip Presents... ( 1 episode ) as Concert Compere
- 1997 Brass Eye ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 Steptoe and Son ( 1 episode ) as Disc Jockey (voice)
