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On television, Jacobs was a regular Dictionary Corner guest on Channel 4's popular quiz show Countdown between 1993 and 2001, making 62 guest appearances in all on the programme. In a revival of the 1950s show Journey into Space , he played the lead role of Jet Morgan in Frozen in Time on BBC Radio 4 on 12 April 2008, [ 10 ] and he played The ...
Sep 3, 2013 · Jacobs had minor roles as himself in the films The Golden Disc (1958) and It’s Trad, Dad! (1962) and he presented the radio chart show Pick Of The Pops (1957-61).
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Sep 3, 2013 · At its inception, it was one of BBC TV's rare acknowledgements of the increasing dominance of pop music, and was attracting huge audiences by the 1960s.
Sep 2, 2013 · He started at the BBC in 1945, hosting shows including Housewives' Choice, Juke Box Jury and Any Questions. BBC director general Tony Hall hailed him as "one of the great broadcast personalities".
Aug 23, 2023 · He went on to write episodes of series such as Family, Chicago Story and The Blue Knight. But it was Dallas he will be most remembered for - a series which became famous for...
Aug 25, 2023 · David Jacobs, who more than anyone invented the modern prime-time soap opera when he created “Dallas,” the long-running CBS series about an amoral oil baron and his feuding family, and followed...
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Sep 3, 2013 · Bookmark. Television and radio veteran David Jacobs, whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 87. The star, who stepped down from his Radio 2 show last month due to ill health,...
