Alan Dedicoat is a British announcer from Hollywood, England, for programmes on BBC One.
15 Facts About Alan Dedicoat
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Alan Dedicoat is known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes, providing a voiceover for the draws since 1995.
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Alan Dedicoat was a BBC Radio 2 newsreader until his retirement from this role in March 2015.
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Since their inceptions in May 2004 and June 2005 respectively, Dedicoat has been the announcer on the BBC One reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and its American version Dancing with the Stars.
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The son of a newsagent, Alan Dedicoat was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham, and the University of Birmingham.
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Alan Dedicoat originally worked in the Civil Service as an executive officer, before joining the BBC.
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Alan Dedicoat joined BBC Radio WM at Pebble Mill in 1979 as a presenter, before moving to BBC Radio Devon four years later.
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Alan Dedicoat acquired the nickname "Voice of the Balls" from presenter Sir Terry Wogan.
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Alan Dedicoat read the news on BBC Radio 2's weekday breakfast show, Wake Up to Wogan, until the programme ended in December 2009.
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In October 2015, a recording of Alan Dedicoat was obtained by The Sun newspaper, in which he allegedly claimed that the BBC allowed a "drug peddler" to deliver Class A substances to the desks of staff.
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Alan Dedicoat subsequently apologised and retracted his comments, stating that during a covertly-recorded conversation he was elaborating on rumours he had heard from someone else.
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In September 2023, Alan Dedicoat joined Portsmouth-based Victory Online where he currently hosts a Sunday morning show titled the "Sunday Supplement".
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Alan Dedicoat is the co-owner of multiple examples of the AEC Routemaster with fellow broadcasters Charles Nove, Ken Bruce and Steve Madden.
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Alan Dedicoat is Patron of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, and has taken part in the National Hospital Radio Awards, both as the voiceover and in person.
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Alan Dedicoat is ambassador for Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity.