Dave Lee Travis moved to BBC Radio 1 where he became one of the station's leading presenters during the 1970s and 1980s, and a regular presenter of Top of the Pops.
32 Facts About Dave Lee Travis
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Dave Lee Travis faced a retrial on the two outstanding counts, with an additional alleged offence from 1995.
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On his return to the UK, Dave Lee Travis returned to the north of England and continued to promote his own shows in Blackpool, Bury and the surrounding areas.
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In September 1965, Dave Lee Travis started work at the offshore pirate radio station Radio Caroline South from the MV Mi Amigo off the Essex coast, later moving onto Radio Caroline North from the MV Fredericia off the Isle of Man until mid-August 1967.
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Dave Lee Travis returned to Manchester to present the daily radio show Pop North on Radio 1 in 1968, and hosted Saturday afternoon programmes in the 4 to 5:30pm slot.
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Dave Lee Travis presented the Sunday afternoon request show between 3 and 5pm.
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Dave Lee Travis then took over The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from Noel Edmonds in May 1978 and continued in this slot until January 1981.
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Dave Lee Travis nicknamed himself "the Hairy Cornflake" during his time as the Radio 1 Breakfast Show host.
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The song reached number four in the UK singles chart and Dave Lee Travis appeared as the song's narrator "Super Scouse" on Top of the Pops.
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In January 1981, Dave Lee Travis moved to weekday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30pm.
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On 8 August 1993, Dave Lee Travis resigned on-air during his Sunday morning show, stating that he could not agree with changes that were being made to Radio 1.
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From 1981 to 2001, Dave Lee Travis presented the BBC World Service music request programme A Jolly Good Show, having taken over from Noel Edmonds.
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Dave Lee Travis said he was "touched" but "not surprised" that she had remembered it.
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On leaving Radio 1, Dave Lee Travis hosted a networked Sunday morning show across some of the UK's commercial radio stations.
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In 2002, Dave Lee Travis left Classic Gold to work for the British Army's Garrison FM.
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From March 2003 to March 2007, Dave Lee Travis returned to the BBC, and presented a Sunday morning show from 9am to noon on BBC Three Counties Radio, his local BBC radio station.
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Dave Lee Travis is a member of the Radio Academy Hall of Fame.
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Dave Lee Travis worked at the Magic Network from July 2006 until 2012.
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Dave Lee Travis returned to the radio in April 2018 presenting a Saturday show on United DJs Radio.
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Dave Lee Travis left in September 2018 due to back pain but returned on 29 February 2020.
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Dave Lee Travis presented the German TV show Beat-Club, where he introduced such acts as Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steamhammer.
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In November 1973, Dave Lee Travis first presented BBC1's Top of the Pops as a replacement for Kenny Everett.
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Dave Lee Travis was the presenter of The Golden Oldie Picture Show in the mid-1980s, an attempt by the BBC to create videos for classic pop songs that pre-dated the video age.
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Dave Lee Travis provided the UK commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 in Dublin, Ireland, and in 1985 presented the Eurovision Song Contest Previews on BBC1.
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On 14 February 2000, Dave Lee Travis was the subject of the This Is Your Life programme on British TV.
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In 2007, Dave Lee Travis appeared in the video for the Comic Relief version of the Proclaimers song "I'm Gonna Be ", performed by Peter Kay and Matt Lucas.
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One of the women, who was 17 at the time, claimed in the media after making a formal statement to police that Dave Lee Travis put his hand up her skirt in 1977.
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The other, presenter Vivien Creegor, claimed Dave Lee Travis "jiggled her breasts" when she was live on BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s.
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On 15 November 2012, Dave Lee Travis was arrested at his home by the Metropolitan Police as part of the Operation Yewtree inquiry.
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Dave Lee Travis was the fourth person to be arrested as part of the investigation.
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Dave Lee Travis pleaded not guilty and the trial began in January 2014 at Southwark Crown Court.
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Dave Lee Travis was found not guilty of indecently assaulting another woman while appearing in a production of Aladdin in 1990.