Kenneth (Ken) Robertson Bruce


1951 -

Broadcaster. Born in Glasgow, Bruce was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School and worked as an accountant prior to beginning his broadcasting career in hospital radio in the city. He joining BBC Scotland as a staff announcer and news-reader and then presented the afternoon show on Radio Scotland before moving to London and BBC Radio Two in the early 1980s. When Terry Wogan moved to television in 1985, Bruce took over his prime morning slot. He went on to host the mid-morning programme with an audience exceeding 6.6 million. By 2019, his programme became the most popular in the UK and, in 2021, he was named Britain's favourite radio presenter. In 2023, he announced he would take up a new role with commercial radio after 45 years with the BBC. Later the same year he was awarded an MBE.

Bruce has also presented the Eurovision Song Contest and Sunday Night is Music Night for Radio 2, Pick of the Week and travel programme Breakaway on Radio 4 and has worked for the BBC World Service. On television, he appeared regularly on the quiz shows Call My Bluff for the BBC and Countdown for Channel 4. He lives in Oxfordshire, where he is the drummer in a local band.


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