What I do want to do is celebrate the show's success and long run, and also mention that I'm not retiring! (561) 737-1010. Were not done yet. Asked about his worst-ever on-air interview, he said: It was the guy who used to play Captain Kirk on Star Trek, William Shatner. Kathy Friend, from Glasgow, was involved in a number of nature-related ventures, and formerly worked as a camerawoman. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. "I asked where his luggage was and he just waved his passport at me. The insider says that on Fridays at the pre-recording for his Sunday Morning Love Songs show, Steve usually offers to buy his production team breakfast but rarely has the right money. Save big after the big day, with 20% off anything that's still on your registry. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. For Avelli's restaurant, they will be told: "Tell Pete it's 'for Steve' and he'll know how to make it.". Steve joined BBC Radio 2 back in March 1996, where he began presenting Steve Wright's Saturday Show (1996-1999). And they say instructions given by producers to broadcasting assistants to make sure the stations star DJs are taken care of tell their own story. Shared laundry. Something went wrong, please try again later. It was announced on Friday, Steve, 67, will bid farewell to Wright in the Afternoon, which is broadcast each weekday from 2-5pm, at the end of September. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Lets give somebody else a go. Steve asks for his lunch at precisely 1.30pm and the broadcasting assistant is instructed to lay out Steves food on the white cabinet in his studio. This eventually took him to the BBC, as a record librarian, then to his own shows, first on Radio Atlantis then on Readings Radio 210 and eventually a six-month stint on Radio Luxembourg. He can't quite remember. A BBC source said: Steves eating habits have become stuff of legend at the Beeb. He'll tell you what he wants for both feedings and will give you money.". Radio 2 told me several months back that they wanted to do something different in the afternoons, and I thought fair enough. Steve Wrights co-presenters on the weekday afternoon show, Janey Lee Grace and Tim Smith, will be leaving Radio 2. The wedding registry that gifts you more. Their parents marriage came to end in 1999 after Steve and US-born Cyndi Robinson decided to live separately. All rights reserved. He will also leave 5 Live. Find a Couple. It wouldnt have been The Big Show without them., Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2 says: Id like to thank Janey, Bobbie and Tim for all their wonderful contributions to The Big Show, and wish them the very best of luck for the future.. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. "Steve doesn't queue, so you'll need to get him the ticket before he leaves for the station," the source adds.