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**** This programme was suggested by Paul Phippin, Alan Galliott and Adrian Dayne as part of 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra鈥檚 All Request Weekend ****

A revealing interview with arguably Britain鈥檚 most creative broadcaster first heard on his local station, 麻豆社 Radio Merseyside.

Thanks to 4 Extra, this is the first national airing of an episode of the weekly series 'Somebody In Particular', subtitled 'Whatever Happened to Maurice Cole?' (Kenny Everett鈥檚 real name). The 鈥渨ireless wizard鈥� talks to Iain Mann about leaving school at 15, training to be a priest and joining pirate radio.

Kenny joined 麻豆社 Radio 1 for its opening in 1967 - but was sacked three years later after insulting the wife of a Government Minister.

He joined Capital Radio at the launch of Independent Local Radio in 1973. He had to give up the breakfast show after collapsing and saying he hoped to end his career on Radio 3 鈥渄rinking tea and slapping disc-jockeys鈥� wrists鈥� as 鈥渢he naughty young old boy of the 麻豆社鈥�.

At the time of the interview, Kenny was still broadcasting on London's Capital Radio at weekends having seemingly turned his back on TV after what he called 鈥渁n awfully disastrous series鈥� on London Weekend Television which 鈥渢ore my soul apart鈥�, insisting 鈥淚鈥檓 a radio chap鈥�. The Kenny Everett Video Show ran until 1981 before he returned to the 麻豆社 later that year for the Kenny Everett Television Show and a Saturday morning programme on 麻豆社 Radio 2.

Kenny moved back to Capital, helping relaunch the full AM only service of Capital Gold in 1988. He was still working there shortly before his death from an AIDS-related illness on 4th April1995, at the age of 50.

Presenter: Iain Mann

Audio supplied by Paul Rowley

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio Merseyside in February 1976.

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