| Biography | John Dunn, was born in Glasgow in 1934, the son of an electrical engineer. He was educated at Christ Church Cathedral Choir School - his youthful voice was said to be excellent - and The Kings School, Canterbury.
He did his National Service with the Royal Air Force in Germany, followed by diverse jobs which included running a car wash, portering at Euston Station and working in a cigarette factory in Bristol.
He joined the Corporation in 1957, working first as a studio manager for the Nine O'Clock News on what was then the Home Service.
In those days, the famous wartime newsreaders, Alvar Lidell and Frank Phillips, were still broadcasting.
He worked on BBC World Service as well as all the domestic networks, including Radio One, where he once followed the defiantly transatlantic Emperor Rosko by announcing "And now here is the news.. in English."
But Radio 2 would eventually become his home. He first worked for in 1966, when it was still the Light Programme, presenting Breakfast Special and, for a year, Late Night Extra. |