Paul Barnes (broadcaster)

Paul Barnes (1939[1]-2025[2]) was a British broadcaster and journalist. During his career, he presented on both radio and television.

Background

Barnes was born in July 1939 in Coventry.[1] He attended Leamington College and Coventry College of Art.[3]

Career

Prior to working as a broadcaster, Barnes worked in documentary film production, advertising and publishing.[3]

Barnes's career in broadcasting spanned 49 years.[4] Barnes's first radio broadcast took place in 1969.[3] Following this first broadcast, Barnes then became presenter of Out of this Week on BBC Radio 4.[5] Barnes began presenting Sunday in 1972.[6] Barnes was the first presenter of Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1[7] in 1973.[8] Barnes worked as a presenter and/or reporter on Jazz Notes, Outlook, Sunday, Woman's Hour, The World at One, Today and several other radio programmes during his radio career;[3] Barnes presented Today between 1975 and 1977.[9] In the 1970s, Barnes worked as a reporter for Woman's Hour.[10]

Barnes's career in television began when he was appointed a presenter on Granada TV in Manchester in the very early 1970s.[5] At ITV, Barnes presented Folio, Anything Goes and The Village Show.[7] In approximately 1997, Barnes began presenting a show on BBC Local Radio in the East of England called The Late Paul Barnes, which in 2009 was broadcast between 11pm and 1am at the weekend.[5] The show always involved Barnes signing off in the same way[11] and focused on jazz and big band music.[12] In 2011, Barnes received a jazz broadcaster of the year award. Barnes left the BBC in 2018.[4]

Barnes also once managed a school, for training people to become pilots, at Norwich Airport.[11]

Death

In March 2025, it was announced that Barnes had died.[2]

Personal life

Barnes was married until his death to Helen McDermott, who was also a broadcaster.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b BBC. "Paul Barnes". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Former BBC Radio Norfolk presenter Paul Barnes dies aged 85". BBC News. 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "Profile: Paul Barnes". 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  4. ^ a b "Lack of appreciation and pay behind presenter's decision to leave BBC Radio Norfolk". Eastern Daily Press. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  5. ^ a b c Walker, Peggy (7 July 2009). "Paul Barnes - Local Radio presenter" (PDF). Ariel. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  7. ^ a b "Former BBC radio and television presenter Paul Barnes dies aged 85". NationalWorld. 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  8. ^ "Radio 1 Newsbeat celebrates 40 years of broadcasting". BBC News. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  9. ^ BBC; Broadcasting, BBC Public Service (2018-09-06). Today Programme Puzzle Book: The puzzle book of 2018. Octopus. ISBN 978-1-78840-113-5.
  10. ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  11. ^ a b "EADT columnist and BBC and Anglia TV star Paul Barnes dies aged 85". East Anglian Daily Times. 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio Norfolk - Programmes - A to Z, L". BBC. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
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