Dave Cash
Dave
Cash: Nothing short of a Radio legend
Writer,
radio personality and broadcaster
Radio:
Since
his early days riding the airwaves on pirate ship Radio London,
through his 21 year stint at Capital and his continuing tenure
at the BBC, Dave Cash’s distinctive and unique voice have
made him one the best loved voices on the radio.
Aged
21, an accident of fate brought Dave Cash together with Radio
London’s programme director, Ben Toney, who persuaded
him to join the station as the afternoon DJ and commercial writer.
Once on board the ship Dave teamed up for the first time with
the late Kenny Everett for the ‘Kenny & Cash Show’,
the most successful of all Pirate Radio programmes. After parliament
outlawed the pirates Dave joined Radio Luxembourg, then in 1967
he became one of the ‘first day’ DJ’s on Radio
One.
Not
content with just reading the chart, Dave made the top ten in
1968, when ‘Microbe’, one of the characters from
the BBC programme featured in his own hit ‘Groovy Baby’.
Dave’s
popular Sunday show ‘Cash At Four’ attracted a guest
list that read like a ‘who’s who’ of 60s counter
pop culture; Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, John Cleese, Lady
Antonia Frazer, Rolf Harris, and David Bellamy.
In
1973 Dave began his long and fruitful association with ILR/Capital
radio as Production manager and Presenter. Dave stayed at Capital
for 21 years, re-introducing the ‘Kenny & Cash Show’,
hosting COD and the weekend programmes for Capital Gold. After
the success of Dave’s best selling first novel ‘The
Rating Game’ Dave left Captial to concentrate on his writing.
Dave
continues to work extensively for the BBC, broadcasting his
popular weekend shows on Saturday and Sunday nights to Radio
Kent, Southern Counties, Radio Solent, Hampshire and Essex.
Silver
Screen:
In
1970, Dave wrote and performed ‘The Radio Programme’,
a twenty-six part sitcom/music show produced at HTV and sold
to the UK networks, Europe and NBC America. Guests included
Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Harris, and Terry Thomas
In
1976 Dave appeared as himself in the cult hit ‘Quadrophenia’
and in 1979 took a cameo role alongside Dennis Hopper in ‘The
American Way’.
In
1988, he co-wrote and produced ‘At Last It’s Hogmanay’
with Billy Connolly and Robbie Coltrane for Channel 4.
The
voice:
Dave
has lent his distinctive mellow tones to commentary and voice
over work ; to the BBC wildlife programming department and to
commercial and video markets.
Writer:
In
1991 Dave’s first novel ‘The Rating Game’
made the best seller charts in just four weeks followed in 1993
by ‘All Night Long’ and ‘King of Clubs’
in 1995.
Dave
is currently working on his autobiography and history of pirate
radio. He is also developing the first ever triography (!) –
a biography written by Dave and his two best friends detailing
their eventful road trip to Mexico. A prolific writing talent,
Dave is also working on a thriller set in the world of broadcasting.
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