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 worked alongside DJ Steve Wright, has died.

Malcolm was a prominent BBC producer during the 1980s, appearing on their shows Young Steve and The Afternoon Boys and The Legendary Pub Singer.

He began his career at the station in 1963 as a trainee studio manager before going on to work for Irish station Atlantic 252.

Radio presenter Shaun Tilley paid tribute, writing: “What sad news about the passing of legendary BBC producer Malcolm Brown.”

“He was greatly respected and loved in equal measure, as well as being a great help 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 an inquest into his unexpected death.

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

Wright joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to present a Saturday night show before moving on to present Steve Wright In The Afternoon a year later, where he remained until 1993.

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

In 1999, he recreated Steve Wright In The Afternoon every weekday on Radio 2, featuring celebrity interviews and entertaining trivia in his Factoids segment, before resigning in September 2022; She continued presenting Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.

In a change of schedule, former BBC Radio 1 presenter Scott Mills took over the afternoon slot.

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