Profile
David Jacobs
Actor + Broadcaster + President
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Born
May 19, 1926
Age
87
David Lewis Jacobs CBE is a British actor and broadcaster who gained prominence as presenter of the 1960s peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions?
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Pushing Editorial Into World Of AppsWall Street Journal - Mar 18, 2013
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Why We Won’t Have Tablet Native JournalismReuters.com - Dec 11, 2012
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Facebook User Backlash Over Policy ChangeWall Street Journal - Nov 27, 2012
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Up & ComingThe Portland Mercury - Nov 21, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1926
Birth
Born in 1926.
TEENAGE
1944
18 Years Old
Jacobs was born in London and educated at Strand School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1947, and first broadcast on the popular BBC General Forces Programme Navy Mixture in 1944.
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THIRTIES
He had, between 1957 and 1961, established the chart show format of the Light Programme's Pick of the Pops, to which he briefly returned in 1962.
FORTIES
He hosted the panel game What's My Line? when it was revived on BBC2 from 1973 to 1974.
1975
49 Years Old
In 1975, Jacobs survived a car accident in which his second wife, Caroline, whom he had married earlier that year, and Caroline Marsh, wife of politician Richard Marsh, were killed.
FIFTIES
1978
52 Years Old
His actress daughter Emma Jacobs is best known for her role as Alex Khaled, daughter of Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) in the 1978 film The Stud.
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1985
59 Years Old
Between January 1985 and December 1991, Jacobs presented a daily lunchtime programme on Radio 2 of what he characterised as "our kind of music", much of it popular tunes from musical theatre.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1986
60 Years Old
He also presented Radio 2's long-running Sunday programme Melodies for You from 1986 to 1998.
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In Journey Into Space, he played the lead role of Jet Morgan in Frozen In Time on BBC Radio 4 on 12 April 2008, and he played The Host in The Host on BBC Radio 4 on 27 June 2009.
2010
84 Years Old
In 2010, he provided soundbites for Chris Evans's breakfast show, and chose a record each Thursday.
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During the first half of 2012, while Jacobs was recovering from two major operations, he continued to be heard each Sunday on BBC Radio 2, which broadcast repeats of The David Jacobs Collection and Frank Sinatra: Voice of the Century, presented by Jacobs in 1998.
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