Mike Smash and Dave Nice were two characters played by comedians Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield respectively in the latter's early 1990s TV sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme. Paul Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958 is a British Comedian and actor Harry Enfield (born 30 May, 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English Comedian, Actor and Writer The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Harry Enfield's Television Programme is a British Sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.
"Smashie and Nicey" were two disc jockeys working at Radio Fab FM, a parody of BBC Radio 1. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Quasi-Australian-accented aging rocker Dave (short for, it was eventually revealed, Davenport rather than David) Nice was an obvious parody of the then Radio 1 Rock Show presenter Alan Freeman (whose radio persona deliberately bordered on self-parody anyway), with elements of Dave Lee Travis. Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 &ndash 27 November 2006 was a British Disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom Dave Lee Travis (born in Buxton, Derbyshire on 25 May 1945) also known professionally as DLT, is a British radio presenter Mike Smash was loosely based on Tony Blackburn, though he bore more physical resemblance to Mike Read, and Whitehouse's vocalisation had a certain similarity to pop star Cliff Richard. Tony Blackburn (born 29 January 1943 in Guildford, Surrey) is an award winning English Disc jockey, who broadcast on the This article is about the broadcaster For those with an identical-sounding but differently-spelled name see Mike Reid. Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Each sketch would involve the two "jocks" talking nonsense, reminiscing about their careers, modestly shrugging off their many works of "chairidee", and generally being bland and irrelevant, before putting on their favourite record, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The definition of charitable organization, and of charity varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates " You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet " is a rock song written by Randy Bachman and performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO on the album Bachman-Turner Overdrive (frequently known as BTO) is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that enjoyed a string of hit albums
The sketches proved very popular, largely because they genuinely reflected the image that Radio 1 had at the time. Much of the station's output was widely considered dull and unchallenging, and the average age of both listeners and presenters had risen above thirty, an embarrassment for what was supposed to be a station for young people. When Matthew Bannister arrived at Radio 1 in 1993 with a mission to rejuvenate the station, he stated that his goal was to rid it of its "Smashie and Nicey" image. For the New Zealand musician see Matthew Bannister (musician Richard Matthew Bannister (born 1957-03-16) is a British Whitehouse later expressed his unease after being congratulated by BBC Director-General John Birt for assisting this process stating that Birt was a greater menace than any of the DJs who were "harmless". John Birt Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944) served as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC from 1992 to 2000
A final 1994 TV special, 'Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era', reflected the events of Bannister's "revolution". Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The DJs were sacked from Fab FM, in a manner that deliberately mirrored Simon Bates' departure from Radio 1, and replaced with young, 'irreverent' DJs such as Chris Evans. Simon Bates (born Birmingham, 17 December 1947) is best known for being a Disc jockey in the UK and New Zealand. Chris Evans (born Christopher Evans, 1 April 1966 Warrington, England) is an English radio / Television presenter and Washed-up and unwanted, they were banished to "Radio Quiet" and left to reminisce about the good old days and try to pretend to themselves that they were still a powerful cultural force.
The special began in the 1960s, with Nicey presenting Blue Peter and dancing on stage with Freddie and the Dreamers in doctored footage of the band's appearance on the show performing "You Were Made For Me", interviewing The Beatles, and becoming a DJ on offshore station "Radio Geraldine" (based on Radio Caroline) where Smashie was initially his teaboy. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the Freddie and the Dreamers were a British musical band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Offshore radio refers to the practice of Radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures usually in International waters. Radio Caroline is a European Radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in International waters off the coast of It combined elements from the careers of several real DJs, with Smashie seen hosting a Saturday night TV show modelled on Noel's House Party, and having turned his show into a plea for his wife (named specifically as "Tessa") to come back after she had left him, repeatedly playing Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" (Tony Blackburn did precisely this in the mid-1970s when his wife, the actress Tessa Wyatt, left him). Noel's House Party was a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the Bobby Goldsboro, born January 18, 1941 in Marianna, Florida) is an American country / pop Singer " Honey " also known as " Honey (I Miss You " is a song written by Bobby Russell for American singer Bobby Goldsboro 's tenth album Tony Blackburn (born 29 January 1943 in Guildford, Surrey) is an award winning English Disc jockey, who broadcast on the Tessa Wyatt (born 23 April 1948) is an English actress who first came to the public spotlight through her marriage to Tony Blackburn Similarly, Nicey was revealed to have advertised "Deptford Draylons", alluding to Alan Freeman's ads for Brentford Nylons, to have interviewed the Sex Pistols (in doctored footage of their famous interview with Bill Grundy) and to have fronted The Dave Nice Video Show, a parody of The Kenny Everett Video Show. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 William "Bill" Grundy ( February 20, 1923 - February 9, 1993) was a British television presenter and the host of Thames Television Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Seaforth Lancashire; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995 was an English radio DJ and television entertainer Freeman himself made a cameo appearance, as did Blackburn and David Jensen. David "Kid" Jensen (born July 4, 1950) 58 is a Canadian -born British Radio DJ.
Although the characters have now been retired, and Radio 1 was ultimately successful in shaking off the image that they represented, the terms "Smashie and Nicey" and "Radio Fab FM" have become part of the British vernacular, used as shorthand to describe any style of music radio or DJ-ing seen as bland, self-aggrandising and unchallenging. The term "Radio Quiet", used in the sketches to refer to Radio Fab FM's sister station (an obvious parody of BBC Radio 2), is also occasionally used to refer to Radio 2's former incarnation, before it modernised itself by hiring a number of former Radio 1 DJs and changing its music policy.
Smashie and Nicey came out of retirement by guest-hosting an edition of Pick of the Pops on BBC Radio 2 as part of the station's 40th birthday celebrations on 30 September 2007, Whitehouse and Enfield having been asked specially. Pick of the Pops in its original incarnation was a BBC radio programme based on the Top 20 UK singles chart and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Dale Winton made the opening announcement but was quickly evicted by Smashie and Nicey who proceeded to play the top 40 from 27 September 1967. Dale Winton, (born May 22 1955 in London) is an English radio DJ and Television presenter. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. During the show Nicey accidentally confessed to being gay (which was previously alluded to in the 1994 special). Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. At the end of the show he emotionally begged the Controller of BBC Radio to give him a job, "even if it's only on Digital Radio 8" (a fictional station).
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