Tommy Boyd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tommy Boyd
Occupation	Television Presenter
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1952(1952-12-14)
Age	72
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Ealing
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tommy Boyd Biography

Tommy Boyd is one of the most popular and richest Television Presenter who was born on December 14, 1952 in Ealing, United Kingdom. Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952) more popularly known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio personality.

Between 1982 until between 1982 and Boyd was the host of Central Television’s morning children’s TV the show The Saturday Show alongside Isla St Clair. He followed this by Saturday Starship in 1985 (co-presented by Bonnie Langford). In 1993 and 1994, Boyd worked on The Children’s Channel The Children’s Channel, the satellite-based television channel.

He was a radio presenter on the British AM station Talk Radio (later talkSPORT) from its inception in February 1995 until November 1998, when he lost his job in a reshuffle at the station after it was taken over by a consortium led by former Sun newspaper editor Kelvin MacKenzie. It was during this tenure that Boyd consolidated his reputation for being controversial. Broadcasting at first from 3pm to 7pm, the format of the show would involve Boyd making a proposition (e.g. “Save a life … Humiliate a sunbather” or “Who needs their legs?”) and engaging in a frequently heated debate. Less argumentative strands of the show would also see the emergence of “The Angry Hour” and “The Wonderful Hour”, the latter of which would always take place during the final hour of the Friday show.

In January 2000, Talk Radio was rebranded as talkSPORT, but with part of its schedules being retained for talk and non-sport phone in. After covering for absent presenters on several occasions, Boyd took up a permanent position in April 2000. In May, he began an experiment on his Sunday night slot whereby calls would go straight to air unscreened. This later evolved into The Human Zoo. Boyd presented the show with Asher Gould. This style of programme came to light again in May 2006 when the LBC presenter Iain Lee started a show called Triple M, expanded from a half-hour section of his regular show using this format. Boyd also hosted a professional wrestling radio show on talkSPORT called Talk Wrestling. The show’s success prompted him to investigate re- introducing wrestling as a mainstream entertainment in the UK. He hired Crystal Palace, and put on one of the biggest UK-run wrestling shows in recent years, including the future WWE heavyweight champion, Eddie Guerrero. Boyd was sacked from TalkSPORT in March 2002 after failing to use the profanity delay to “dump” a caller’s remarks that the British Royal Family should be shot.

In the latter half of the 1990s Boyd presented radio on ILR station Southern Sound on the late Sunday evening program, alongside Nicky Keig Shevlin and David Legg. The format was a type of phone-in/quiz with occasional records added for the record – “Two Little Boys” by Rolf Harris and ‘Narcissus’ by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band being two of the songs that were played regularly. Boyd ended every show with “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong.

Tommy Boyd Net Worth

Tommy Boyd is one of the richest Television Presenter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tommy Boyd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the late 1970s he hosted the radio show that aired on Saturday mornings Jellybone that was geared towards children on LBC radio station in London. The show included items like a phone-in news test, as well as an episode that club or group members – like bus spotters were invited to the studio to talk about their hobbies, and participate of Jellybone’s Jellybone Jury, reviewing and scoring the latest releases on the market. Then He hosted the Saturday Nightline program that featured a phone-in, taking over Jeremy Beadle as host on Sunday nights from June 1980. The show is famous by its mystery guest segment where celebrities would call to the show and make an appearance and listeners would call in to identify the person the person they were calling in. Roy Castle once featured and “talked” only by playing his trombone. In recognition of his Nightline show, Boyd was named with the Royal Variety Club Radio Personality of the Year award. He returned to the children’s radio on LBC with the Sunday afternoon show Lazily Stacey which was named for a detective character that he’d created. He then co-hosted the morning show with Anne Diamond, before finally taking his leave in 1999.

From 1977 until the year the year 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children’s magazine Magpie in place of Douglas Rae. The year was 1981 when he appeared on What’s Happening?, which was a news-based game. He also hosted the Saturday show, a TV-am program Wide Awake Club from 1986-1990 and the Sunday version, WAC Extra, throughout the 1980s. He joined the show in 1982. was part of the crew of Jigsaw with Janet Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport. Boyd also hosted a BBC Children’s program known as Puzzle Trail.

In the late 1990s, Boyd presented the TV programme MLB on Five in 1997.

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Who is Tommy Boyd Dating?

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On Friday 19 May 2017, Boyd returned to British talk station Talkradio for a one off show, covering for Iain Lee. Over the following weeks he went on to fill various other time slots on the station in lieu of the usual presenters.

Facts & Trivia

Tommy Ranked on the list of most popular Television Presenter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Tommy Boyd celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

Top Facts about Tommy Boyd

1. Tommy Boyd is a British radio presenter and DJ.
2. He was born on May 18, 1952 in London, England.
3. Boyd started his career as a children’s TV presenter.
4. He hosted the popular UK show “The Big Breakfast” in the 1990s.
5. Boyd has also worked as a talk radio host and author.
6. In recent years, he has become known for his controversial views on mental health and medication.
7. Boyd has been married twice and has four children.
8. He is an advocate for homeschooling and alternative education methods.
9. Boyd is active on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
10. His net worth is estimated to be around $1 million USD.

Where is Tommy Boyd now?

Former BBC Southern Counties and Talk Radio presenter Tommy Boyd is joining West Sussex based Play Radio UK. Play is an Internet broadcaster with a range of different streams and formats, but on Sunday evenings Tommy Boyd and co-host Duncan Barkes opens the phone lines for a talk show.

Is Tommy Boyd still on the radio?

He makes it clear that he is still keen on the talk radio concept , stating “I’m still hopeful that we’ll get a proper Talk service in the UK before I go fully senile.” On 19 May 2017, Boyd returned to British talk station Talkradio for a one-off show, covering for Iain Lee.

What age is Tommy Boyd?

69 years (December 14, 1952)

When did Tom Boyd play for Celtic?

Celtic hero Tom Boyd was born in Glasgow on 24 November 1965 (age 56). Boyd was transferred to boyhood heroes Celtic in an exchange deal which saw Tony Cascarino going to Chelsea. He played for Celtic for the remainder of his career, serving as club captain from 1997 to 2002.

What happened to the magpie presenters?

Bastable and Brady left Magpie in 1972 and were replaced by Rae and Robertson. Miss Stranks left in 1974 after which Miss Hanley joined. The only other change came when Tommy Boyd took over from Rae in 1977. All the presenters were invited back for the last episode in 1980.