Tony Blackburn Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$20,000,000

Tony Blackburn, a famous English disc jockey, boasts an impressive net worth of $20 million. Born in Guildford, Surrey, England in 1943, Blackburn made a name for himself as the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. Throughout his career, he has participated in various reality TV series and received two lifetime achievement awards from the Radio industry.

Key facts:

Tony Blackburn was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1967.

He has competed on reality TV series including King of the Jungle, which he won, and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Blackburn has earned two lifetime achievement awards from the Radio industry.

He started out as a singer and then became a DJ for offshore pirate radio stations.

Blackburn was fired by the BBC in 2016 but rejoined in 2017.

Basic Information About Tony Blackburn

Category	Celebrities › DJs
Professions	Presenter, Disc jockey, Actor
Net worth	$20,000,000
Date of birth	1943-01-29 (81 years old)
Place of birth	Guildford
Nationality	England
Spouse	12 June - Debra K Thomson ( 1992 - present) Tessa Wyatt - (1972 - 1977) (divorced) (1 child)
Gender	Male
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Tony Blackburn win?

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Tony Blackburn roles

Movie / Series	Role
The Goodies	Tony Blackburn 2 episodes, 1975
The Bill	Self 1 episode, 2001
Good Morning Britain	Self / ... 3 episodes, 2014-2020
Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self 5 episodes, 2001-2012
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!	Self / ... 16 episodes, 2002-2004
Loose Women	Self 5 episodes, 2007-2018
The Liver Birds	Radio DJ (uncredited) unknown episodes
The Queen's Nose	Presenter 2 episodes, 1996-1999
The One Show	Self / ... 5 episodes, 2008-2017

Tony Blackburn's Quotes

I try and block punk rock out of my mind. I hated it.
[on "Kayleigh" by Marillion] That is a great sound, isn't it?
[on Sir Jimmy Savile] He was just a complete one-off. I think he was a bit of a lonely character as well. In the privacy of his own life I don't think he had very many friends. I've never known anyone quite like him. He was a blunt speaking Northerner, but also kind and very respectful.
[on Dusty Springfield] She made such fantastic music, and I've always loved black soul music, but I think she was the first white soul singer in this country really. And she did a lot for soul music.
I was divorced for 17 years and in that time I was lonely, I lived by myself and I experienced loneliness. I think it's quite a good thing to have had that because I think then you can feel the way other people feel and I think a lot of people listen in to the radio for a friend.

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Interesting Facts about Tony Blackburn

DJ
He played a television presenter who interviews Phil Collins at the beginning of the music video for his hit single "Two Hearts" in 1988.
In an interview on The One Show (2006), he claimed England Dan & John Ford Coley's "Love is the Answer" was his favourite record.

References & Fact Checks ✅

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackburn_%26_Philbin_Radio_1_Roadshow_early_1980s.jpg
Original Source: Flickr: Radio 1 Roadshow early 1980s
Author: simon_music
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 1 August 1983, 00:00:00