Sing Something Simple was a half-hour radio programme, which featured Cliff Adams and The Cliff Adams Singers, with Jack Emblow on accordion. The programme, which featured arrangements of popular easy-listening songs, ran for 42 years from 1959 until 2001, initially on the BBC Light Programme and later on BBC Radio 2 , and earning itself the title of the longest-running continuous music programme in the world.
24-690: The lyrics to its main theme began as follows: Sing something simple As cares go by Sing something simple Just you and I When Sing Something Simple was broadcast by Radio 2, this song would be followed by an announcer (in latter years, Alan Dedicoat ) who would say: " We invite you to Sing Something Simple, a collection of favourite songs, old and new, sung by The Cliff Adams Singers, accompanied by Jack Emblow. " and alternately 'We invite you to Sing Something Simple, not only listening, but joining in we hope, with all these songs you know so well'. The pianist, Semprini, introduced his own show with "Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones" but
48-399: A National Lottery-funded location. The actual Lotto draw itself is not broadcast, and remains online. The first show was presented by Noel Edmonds . Afterwards, it was co-presented by Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy , later replaced by Bob Monkhouse , all of them assisted by the psychic Mystic Meg and numbers expert Sam Weren. Carol Vorderman had a segment during the early years of
72-672: A commercial break. A new midweek National Lottery Draw was introduced and aired on BBC1 from 5 February 1997 to 26 December 2012. From 2 January 2013, the Wednesday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. The Friday night draws showed the EuroMillions results and the Thunderball draw and are usually broadcast at 23:15. The Friday night draws were the only draws not to be broadcast live. From January 2013,
96-514: A position he retained until his retirement in 2015. Dedicoat acquired the nickname "Voice of the Balls" from presenter Sir Terry Wogan . As part of this job, he read the news on BBC Radio 2 's weekday breakfast programme, Wake Up to Wogan , until its final edition in December 2009. In September 2023, Dedicoat joined Portsmouth-based Victory Online where he currently hosts a Sunday morning show titled
120-412: Is no longer featured during the draws. These gameshows usually aired at about 8.00pm, meaning the draw was a lot earlier than when there is no gameshows, when the draw was around 10.00pm. A new gameshow has been released every year, except 2010, 2012, and 2016. Gaby Roslin hosted the final live draw on 31 December 2016, with Alan Dedicoat joining her in vision to close the show. From 7 January 2017, with
144-754: Is the co-owner of multiple examples of the AEC Routemaster (the best-known London red bus) with fellow broadcasters Charles Nove , Ken Bruce and Steve Madden . He is Patron of the Hospital Broadcasting Association , and has taken part in the National Hospital Radio Awards, both as the voiceover and in person. In addition, Dedicoat is the president of Hospital Radio Bedside, a hospital radio station broadcasting to hospitals in Bournemouth , Poole , Christchurch and Wimborne in
168-703: The University of Birmingham . Dedicoat originally worked in the Civil Service as an executive officer, before joining the BBC . Dedicoat joined BBC Radio WM at Pebble Mill in 1979 as a presenter, before moving to BBC Radio Devon four years later. After working in the West Country , he moved to London to join the Presentation Department of BBC Radio 2 in 1986 at Broadcasting House . and later became its head,
192-554: The "Sunday Supplement." In 1994, the National Lottery and its draw programmes were launched on BBC Television. The following year, Dedicoat began working as the show's announcer. In 2015, a recording of 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. He subsequently apologised and retracted his comments. Dedicoat
216-515: The Friday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. There is still a results update on BBC One at 22:35. Between 1998 and when the televised draws were decommissioned at the end of 2016, eighteen National Lottery game shows had aired. Who Dares Wins , hosted by Nick Knowles , continued to air until 2019, but without the National Lottery branding. The National Lottery 10th Birthday Celebration, which aired on 6 November 2004
240-650: The UK. The National Lottery Draws The National Lottery Results (previously The National Lottery Live , The National Lottery Draw , The National Lottery Stars and The National Lottery Draws ) is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the National Lottery in the United Kingdom. The programme launched on 19 November 1994 on BBC One , and was initially broadcast live on Saturday nights, before expanding to Wednesday nights in 1997 and Friday nights in 2008. From January 2013 to December 2016,
264-516: The Wonderwall round on Winning Lines , hosted by their relevant hosts Ian Wright , Eamonn Holmes , Dale Winton and Phillip Schofield . National Lottery Stars were held each year and aired on BBC One between 2010 and 2019. Until 2015, the ceremony's name was The National Lottery Awards . The National Lottery draws were originally filmed at BBC Television Centre in London . From 2006 to 2013, it
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#1732869767259288-399: The effect was similar on "Sing Something Simple". The tune would then continue: We'll sing the old songs like you used to do, We'll sing something simple for you, something for you. Ten minutes in, Cliff Adams would perform a piano solo, which he would introduce, after which the singers would continue with a selection of popular songs of varying vintage. In the 1960s it
312-416: The former Radio 1 audience. This article about a radio show or programme in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alan Dedicoat Alan Dedicoat is a British announcer from Hollywood , England , for programmes on BBC One . He is known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes , providing a voiceover for the draws since 1995. He
336-535: The move to the BBC iPlayer , the programme featured no presenter with Dedicoat continuing to announce the draws using pre-recorded commentary. This lasted until April 2017. On BBC One on Saturday nights straight after the BBC Weekend News (previously Match of the Day ), a segment known as Lottery update was broadcast showing the results of the day's Lotto and Thunderball draws and also how many winners there are. It
360-450: The programme aired only on Saturday nights. Since January 2017, the live draws are no longer broadcast on television and are available to watch online at the National Lottery website and YouTube. Since April 2018, a new show called The National Lottery Lotto Results has aired on ITV on Wednesday and Saturday nights during commercial breaks. Presented by Stephen Mulhern , the show features that night's winning Lotto numbers, and spotlights
384-401: The show whereby, she would use mathematical techniques to predict the winning numbers. When Gordon left, Anthea remained as solo host and was followed by a number of presenters over the years. Commentary on the draws has, since 1995, been provided by Alan Dedicoat , who earned the nickname The Voice of the Balls . During the live show era, in the event of Dedicoat being unavailable, commentary
408-517: The viewers about how to play the draws and what the Lotto jackpot is, etc. Since 23 September 2006, most of the game shows were pre-recorded, with the live lottery draws included as a separate segment with a different presenter. The draws on Saturday night consisted of "Thunderball" followed by "Lotto" a few minutes later, though in the past "Lotto Extra" and its replacement "Dream Number" would also be shown too; both now retired draws. Since 2014, "Lotto Raffle"
432-817: Was a BBC Radio 2 newsreader until his retirement from this role in March 2015. 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 . Dedicoat was born in Hollywood in Worcestershire . The son of a newsagent , Dedicoat was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham , and
456-534: Was also broadcast on BBC One on weeknights after the local news opt-out whenever there were lottery draws taking place, such as the midweek Lotto and Thunderball draws and the Tuesday and Friday EuroMillions and UK Millionaire Raffle draws. This was discontinued at the end of February 2020, bringing to an end the BBC's association with the draw. Since 2020, only the Saturday night Lotto draw results are broadcast on ITV during
480-543: Was broadcast at 7pm, following on from ' Pick of the Pops ' introduced by Alan Freeman . In later years - particularly in the 1980s - in the days when Radio 2's FM frequencies were leased to BBC Radio 1 , the programme would be broadcast at 4.30pm, directly before the Top 40. The last broadcast was on 25 November 2001. The programme ended partly because Cliff Adams died that year and partly because of Radio 2's repositioning to appeal to
504-515: Was filmed at Arqiva Chalfont Grove studios in Chalfont St Peter , Buckinghamshire in a set known as Lottery HQ. From January 2013, it has been filmed from Pinewood Studios . The EuroMillions draw takes place in a dedicated studio in Paris , France. The draw is occasionally shown at other locations for special events such as The National Lottery Awards ceremony. Until 2017, the programme
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#1732869767259528-405: Was provided by fellow BBC Radio 2 announcer Charles Nove . From 1998 to 2016, the Saturday night draws were usually presented as part of a game show that is shown to be associated with the lottery branding. Most of the game shows were previously broadcast live, with the game show host also presenting the lottery draws, though since 18 May 2002, there would also be a draw presenter that would tell
552-562: Was the only National Lottery gameshow to feature celebrity contestants who played for money to their chosen charities, and the show featured six celebrities playing the first round on Wright Around the World , the remaining five playing the In The Red round of Jet Set , the remaining three raising money in winner's row on In It to Win It , and the celebrity who raised the most money on In It To Win It playing
576-462: Was usually broadcast on BBC One , although it was occasionally shown on BBC Two if BBC One was unable to show it. The BBC were granted the rights in 1994 after defeating a rival bid from ITV . The programme was also broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (or Radio 1 FM as it was then known) and later, it was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live . For the first few years of the lottery's existence, the results were also announced on ITV either by an ITN presenter relaying
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