Mike Smith

I knew Liz [Liz Kershaw] - in fact I worked with her before she joined the station, making a BT chart rundown telephone service every week. And I was also around when she joined the station. I don't know which of the schoolboys stuck his hands where they shouldn't be. And, frankly, I don't know why Liz can't name him. But if this "trick" happened, it was a specific case. In her R4 Today interview she goes on to imply that it was a more general practice. It wasn't. I simply don't recognise the culture she describes. R1 was staffed by (mainly) fun people from both sexes (if that matters) and what went on was no different to any other institution or workplace. Show less «

I miss radio tremendously, TV not so much. Radio has a contact with the audience in a very special way. Show less «

Part of problem with the Jimmy Savile thing is that nobody would stand up and name him so he got away with it for so long... allegedly. Show less «