Bill Rennells
Born
William Rennells

(1931-07-25) 25 July 1931
Canterbury, England
Career

Bill (Born William) Rennells (born 25 July 1931)[1] is an English broadcaster and former journalist, who presented Harmony Night on BBC Radio Oxford, Kent and Berkshire. Rennells previously hosted the late-night programme Nightride on BBC Radio 2 for 14 years.

Born in Canterbury, Rennells spent 25 years working as a journalist for various newspapers throughout the south of England, these included the Kentish Gazette, Eastbourne Gazette and Oxford Mail. In 1970 he joined the newly formed BBC Radio Oxford as a news producer and then became a freelance presenter on Radio Nottingham.

In November 1978 Rennells joined the national broadcaster BBC Radio 2 as presenter of the Thursday edition of the graveyard slot, he also co-hosted the Monday night programme Music from the Movies. In 1980 he began presenting both the Sunday and Thursday graveyard programmes. In February 1984 he took over the early morning programme and occasionally deputised for Ray Moore on the early breakfast show. In November 1984 he began presenting the late-night programme Nightride, which he presented until June 1993. He left Radio 2 soon after, however he did continue to present specialist programmes for the station until 1995.[2]

Rennells became one of the founding presenters of Saga Radio in 2004, where he presented a mid-morning programme.[3] In 2011 he returned to BBC Radio Oxford, where he has been since. For 13 years he presented the Sunday late night programme Harmony Night which also is broadcast on BBC Radio Kent and BBC Radio Berkshire.

Rennells presented his final Harmony Night show on New Years Eve 2023.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Annie, Grannie. "World War II in Canterbury". Silverrobin.
  2. ↑ "Bill Rennells - BBC Genome". BBC Genome.
  3. ↑ Mahoney, Elisabeth. "Radio Review - A bit fifty-fifty". Guardian.
  4. ↑ "BBC radio legend addresses 'cruel' axing of show". The Independent.


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