Chapter Eight - BBC Radio 2

An unexpected phone call from BBC Radio 2 takes Jan Leeming to London. "I passed the audition with flying colours and was offered a one-year contract in London. I didn't mind working on radio rather than television at all and was absolutely delighted to have a job." She recounts the rise of the 'personality' DJ in the late seventies and how Noel Edmonds delighted in trying to make her 'corpse' on air.

With Radio 2 extending its schedule to 24hrs comes the opportunity to front three shows a week - just at 2am in the morning! Considering her options, Jan returns to Australia and her great friend Michael Laurence, and meets Howard Keel.

"Our regular listeners were insomniacs, shift workers, old people and many who were simply lonely in the wee small hours of the night and listened to the radio for comfort. I feel radio is a much more intimate medium than television."