BBC Radio 1 icon Malcom Brown who worked alongside DJ Steve Wright dies as tributes pour in

Much-loved BBC Radio producer Malcolm Brown, who famously worked alongside DJ Steve Wright, has died.

Malcolm was a leading BBC producer throughout the 80s took part in his shows Young Steve and The Afternoon Boys and The Legendary Pub Singer.

Radio presenter Shaun Tilley, paid tribute and wrote: ‘Such sad news about legendary BBC producer Malcolm Brown passing away. 

‘He was hugely respected and liked in equal measure as well as being very helpful to me during the making of the My Radio 1 series.’ 

Meanwhile, broadcasting veteran Steve was found dead in his £2million home in Marylebone on February 12 this year. 

A coroner’s court ruled out a probe into his unexpected death.

BBC News had reported that the Metropolitan Police had said in the past that Mr Wright’s death was ‘was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious.’ 

Mr Wright joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show before moving on to host Steve Wright In The Afternoon a year later, where he stayed until 1993.

Mr Wright joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show before moving on to host Steve Wright In The Afternoon a year later, where he stayed until 1993

He then fronted the Radio 1 Breakfast show for a year until 1995, and completed a stint at commercial radio stations before returning to BBC Radio 2 in 1996 to host Steve Wright’s Saturday Show and Sunday Love Songs.

In 1999, he recreated Steve Wright In The Afternoon every weekday on Radio 2, with celebrity interviews and entertaining trivia featured in his Factoids segment, before stepping down in September 2022 – he continued to present Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.

In a schedule shake-up, former BBC Radio 1 host Scott Mills took over the afternoon slot.

Emergency services rushed to the star’s home in Marylebone, central London, just after 10am on February 12, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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