Editing Tony Capstick (section)

==Life and career==
First son of Joe Capstick, a wireless operator in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], and his wife, June, née Duncan, he was born in [[Rotherham]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]],<!-- do not change to "South Yorkshire": before 1974 it was in the West Riding --> England, and spent most of his childhood in [[Swinton, South Yorkshire|Swinton]], near [[Mexborough]]. For over thirty years he was a presenter on [[BBC Radio Sheffield]]. In the 1970s he presented ''Folkweave'' for [[BBC Radio 2]] and continued to work for that station sporadically until the early 1990s.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Tony+Capstick&svc=9371514#search] {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref>  Outside [[Sheffield]], he is perhaps better known as one of the policemen in the long-running British sitcom, ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', where he played the role until his death in October 2003, with his final appearance on the show broadcast in April 2004.