Editing Pat Sharp

{{short description|English broadcaster (born 1961)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox presenter
| name        = Pat Sharp
| image       = PatSharp.jpg
| caption     = Sharp at Capital FM
| birth_name  = Patrick Sharpin
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| birth_place = England
| country     = United Kingdom
| occupation = Radio & television presenter
| prevshow    = {{hlist|[[BBC Radio 1]]|[[Capital London|Capital FM]]|[[Heart London|Heart 106.2]]|[[Greatest Hits Radio]]}}
}}
'''Patrick Sharpin''' known professionally as '''Pat Sharp''', is an English [[radio presenter|radio]] presenter, television presenter and DJ. He worked on the children's [[ITV (TV Network)|ITV]] programme ''[[Fun House (British game show)|Fun House]]'', was one of the [[Sky One|Sky Channel]]'s [[Video jockey|VJs]] and presented the [[Coca-Cola]] Eurochart Top 50 and [[Nescafé]] UK Top 50.

==Radio work==
Sharp worked as a presenter at [[BBC Radio 1]] in 1982 and 1983, mixing holiday cover for other radio presenters<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/barryskipsey/1982-09-06-r1-pat-sharp-first-show/|title=Pat Sharp first show|website=mixcloud.com|accessdate=4 September 2022}}</ref> with a regular early Sunday morning slot and television appearances hosting [[BBC1]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/pat_sharp.htm|title=People: Pat Sharp|publisher=Radio Rewind|access-date=12 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626072316/http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/pat_sharp.htm|archive-date=26 June 2007}}</ref> He deputised for [[David Jensen]] on ''[[The Network Chart Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3630|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on The Network Chart Show|publisher=jinglemad.com|access-date=25 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226130206/http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3630|archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> In the mid-1980s he became a DJ for [[Mercury FM|Radio Mercury]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercuryfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1533463|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on Radio Mercury|publisher=Mercury FM|access-date=25 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> and has also worked for the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]]. For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ on [[Capital London|Capital FM]] in London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heartcambridge.co.uk/Article.asp?id=408331|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on Capital Radio for ten years!|publisher=Heart Cambridge|access-date=25 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> followed by another 11 years at Heart, both in London and [[Cambridge]].

In the late 1980s, Sharp teamed up with his Capital colleague Mick Brown as the duo [[Pat and Mick]], to release the charity singles "[[Let's All Chant]]" and "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet". Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart. The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75, raising more than a million pounds for charity.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://weekenderinteractive.butlinsonline.co.uk/features/we-love-the-80s/pat-sharp | title = Reference to Pat & Mick raising over a million pounds for charity | publisher = Butlins | access-date = 25 January 2010 | archive-date = 17 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100317160935/http://weekenderinteractive.butlinsonline.co.uk/features/we-love-the-80s/pat-sharp | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1987, he was voted as having the worst haircut (winning this accolade more than once) at the [[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party|''Smash Hits'' Poll Winners Party]] awards, where he was also in the top three DJs. He was awarded the [[Radio Academy Awards|Sony Award]] in 1992 for best DJ.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.100centuryfm.com/Article.asp?id=77431 | title = Pat Sharp | publisher = [[Century FM]] | access-date = 12 June 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928165958/http://www.100centuryfm.com/Article.asp?id=77431 | archive-date = 28 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Between 1997 and 2004, Sharp presented [[Heart London|Heart 106.2]]'s weekday morning ''Time Tunnel'' show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the [[Century Network|Century FM]] group of stations.  In December 2010, Sharp joined [[Smooth Radio (2010)|Smooth Radio]] to host Weekend Breakfast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/01/sharp-keeps-it-smooth/ |title=Pat Sharp keeps it Smooth |work=Radio Today |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2012}}</ref> He was officially appointed as the station's Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.gmgradio.com/news/story/pat-sharp-to-join-smooth-radio-lineup/168|title= Pat Sharp to Join Smooth Radio Line-up|publisher= Guardian Media Group|work= GMG Radio|date= 12 January 2011|access-date= 27 March 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111219025421/http://www.gmgradio.com/news/story/pat-sharp-to-join-smooth-radio-lineup/168|archive-date= 19 December 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2013 Sharp became the station's weekday afternoon presenter after an overhaul of the Smooth schedule, replacing [[Carlos (DJ)|Carlos]] who moved to weeknights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/01/pat-sharp-gets-daily-show-on-smooth-radio/ |title=Pat Sharp gets daily show on Smooth Radio|publisher= Radio Today |date= 7 January 2013|access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref>

Smooth Radio was acquired by Global Radio in 2013. Following a studio and business move to Global's headquarters in [[Leicester Square]], Pat Sharp and [[David Jensen]] were then dropped from the schedules on 19 December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/12/kid-jensen-pat-sharp-leave-smooth-radio/ |title=Pat Sharp leaves Smooth |work=Radio Today |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Sharp started broadcasting on the Breeze network New Year's Eve 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://portsmouth.thebreeze.com/on-air/pat-sharp/ |title=Pat Sharp Bio=Breeze |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101092123/http://portsmouth.thebreeze.com/on-air/pat-sharp/ |archive-date=1 January 2014  }}</ref> He also formerly appeared regularly on [[Greatest Hits Radio South Coast|Sam FM]] south coast.

In 2018, Sharp covered the mid-morning show on Southampton-based Hampshire Hit Radio for a week. He also appeared covering on Guildford-based Eagle Radio in recent years, before that station became Greatest Hits Radio.

Sharp fronts ''All The Hits'', a weekly syndicated radio show produced by [[Blue Revolution (production company)|Blue Revolution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bluerevolution.com/all-the-hits|title=All The Hits|date=24 December 2012|website=Blue Revolution}}</ref> which is broadcast on various stations around the world{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}.

From February 2019 to March 2023, Sharp presented a weekend radio show on [[Greatest Hits Radio]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/02/pat-sharp-joins-greatest-hits-radio-weekends/|title=Pat Sharp joins Greatest Hits Radio weekends|date=19 February 2019|website=Radio Today}}</ref> as well as P8 Pop in Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/12/pat-sharp-joins-norwegian-radio-station-p8/|title=Pat Sharp joins Norwegian radio station P8|date=7 December 2017|website=Radio Today}}</ref>

==Television work==
During his brief Radio 1 career in 1982/83, Sharp presented a few editions of the music programme ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', and returned as one of the many presenters on the last programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5228858.stm |title=Top of the Pops bids fond goodbye |date=31 July 2006 |access-date=12 June 2007|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 1987-88, he presented [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] show ''[[The Roxy (TV series)|The Roxy]]'', and in 1990-91 he presented daily chart show ''The Power Chart'' on [[British Satellite Broadcasting|BSB]] satellite music television channel [[The Power Station (TV channel)|The Power Station]].<ref name="BSBTVM">{{cite magazine |date=1990 |title=BSB TV Month (BSB's listings magazine) |publisher=Redwood Publishing }}</ref> Sharp's appearances on children's television's  [[CITV]] include ''[[Fun House (British game show)|Fun House]]'', a  programme running from 1989 to 1999, produced by [[Scottish Television]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457240|title="Fun House" (1990)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=12 June 2007 }}</ref> which he presented along with [[Melanie and Martina Grant]].  During a 1994 episode of Fun House, Sharp was accidentally taken out by an overenthusiastic child in a go-kart. Though he laughed it off at the time, he later revealed the impact had torn his meniscus, leaving him with chronic knee pain, and in later interviews he admitted to undergoing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, citing recurring nightmares of garishly coloured go-karts hurtling towards him at full speed. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwLL0gZPy3k&t=55s&ab_channel=ChallengeUK|title=Fun House Memories with Pat and The Twins|date=23 January 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref>

Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show ''[[What's Up Doc? (British TV series)|What's Up Doc?]]'' (STV, 1992–94)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/whatsupdoc.htm | title = What's Up Doc details|publisher=paulmorris.co.uk|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> and presented phone-in quiz show ''Hang On!'' (LWT for ITV) in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Hang_On!|title=Hang On! |publisher=UK Gameshows |access-date=12 June 2007 }}</ref>

Sharp's guest television appearances include several episodes of ''[[You Bet!]]'', ''[[Surprise Surprise (British TV series)|Surprise Surprise]]'', ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'' and ''[[The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link]]''. In more recent years, Sharp has regularly appeared on music TV channels presenting continuity in programmes looking back at 80s and 90s music hits, appearing on channels including [[The Hits]], [[Now 80s]] and  [[Now 90s]]. He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series and episode four of the 26th series of ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wh68x |title=Programmes "Never Mind The Buzzcocks"|publisher=BBC|access-date=1 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/tv/8632881.Review__Never_Mind_The_Buzzcocks__BBC2/?ref=rss|title=Review: Never Mind The Buzzcocks|author=Moseley, A|work=Lancashire Telegraph|access-date=1 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2004, he participated in [[Channel 4]] sports reality show ''[[The Games (British TV series)|The Games]]'' finishing last out of five contestants,<ref name="q103">{{cite web |url=http://www.q103.co.uk/Article.asp?id=408331&spid=16160 |title=60 seconds with Pat Sharp |publisher=[[Heart Cambridge|Q103]] |access-date=13 June 2007 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182427/http://www.q103.co.uk/Article.asp?id=408331&spid=16160 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but was proclaimed the People's Hero. Further reality TV involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on [[ITV2]]'s ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|X Factor]]'' spin-off show ''[[The X Factor: Battle of the Stars|X-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars]]''. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on a ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]'' phone-in. However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July 2007, then appeared four years later on ''[[Big Brother's Bit on the Side]]'' on 27 October 2011.

In May 2010, Sharp appeared on ''[[Come Dine with Me]]'' with [[Jenny Powell]], [[Michael Barrymore]] and [[Anthea Redfern]]. He also appeared on [[BBC Two]]'s ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' twice in the same series in 2010, along with [[BBC One]]'s ''[[The One Show]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

In November 2011, Sharp was a contestant on the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 11)|eleventh series]] of the [[ITV Network|ITV]] reality television show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''

In 2017 Sharp played a version of himself in online mockumentary Getting Back with [[Dave Benson Phillips]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpNIvRaysNrKM2d69-Ovq5syzq6yURCZp|title=EPISODES - YouTube|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettingbackdbp.com/credits/|title=Credits|website=Getting Back with Dave Benson Phillips|language=en-US|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/getting_back_with_dave_benson_phillips/episodes/|title=Getting Back With Dave Benson Phillips episode guide - British Comedy Guide|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, he appeared as a celebrity guest on ''[[Joe Lycett's Got Your Back]]''.

In 2021, Pat Sharp appeared on the BBC One game show ''[[The Wheel (game show)|Michael McIntyre's The Wheel]]''.

Pat Sharp appeared on the 2022 Christmas special of [[I Literally Just Told You]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1498031|name=Pat Sharp}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlR0laKVGuI Pat Sharp presenting Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 (programme open)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl6abg9f8G0 Pat Sharp presenting Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 in 1988 (programme close)]
*[http://www.denofgeek.com/television/13608/pat_sharp_interview.html Interview with Pat Sharp]

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