Acting

Alan Freeman

Born — Died

1927-07-06 — 2006-11-27

Place of birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

IMDb profile Official site

Alan Leslie Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006), nicknamed "Fluff", was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting Pick of the Pops from 1961 to 2000. Born and educated in Melbourne, Australia, Freeman worked as an assistant paymaster/accountant for one of Australia's largest timber companies after leaving school. He wanted to be an opera singer, but decided his voice was not strong enough. Freeman was invited to audition as a radio announcer in 1952, and began work for 7LA in Tasmania, known as the teenagers' station. Freeman's duties included continuity announcer, presenter of musical programmes incorp…

Known for

6.6

The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

Top of the Pops

1964

7.9

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

The Young Ones

1982

6.7

Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.

Suspense

1962

5.5

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Absolute Beginners

1986

6.5

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

A series of seven individual sitcom pilots from writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

Film credits

1990s · 1 titles

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era poster

7.7

A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

1994

1980s · 1 titles

5.5

Absolute Beginners

1986

1970s · 1 titles

This documentary is about the first five years of BBC Radio 1 and contains interviews with the disc jockeys and other folk who were involved in the station's inception. It also contains footage from the previous pirate radio era as a means of explaining why Radio 1 came about.

Radio Wonderful

1973

1960s · 6 titles

6.5

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

6.4

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.

Sebastian

1968

A guide to interior home decoration overloaded with facts and figures, with an insight into paper, manufacture and wallpaper design.

Between Those Four Walls

1962

5.2

When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party.

Just for Fun

1963

3.0

Three disc jockeys introduce a selection of different UK artists from the 1960s, including Lulu, The Applejacks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Animals, and more.

U.K. Swings Again

1965

4.5

Alan Freeman, Brian Matthew and Kent Walton present the 'Top Of The Pops' of 1964 with performances from The Four Pennies, Millie, The Merseybeats and The Migil Five.