[4] Chris Needs had known that he was gay while a teenager, and his husband, Gabe Cameron,[5] often answered listeners' calls to the show.
For his charity work and services to broadcasting he was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2005 New Year Honours.
[8] Needs was an accomplished pianist who had accompanied Bonnie Tyler[9] and appeared on S4C programmes such as Noson Lawen.
His other jobs included: language translator, actor, tour guide, and all-round vocal / piano entertainer, and through his work he has lived in Spain, Gibraltar, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Jersey.
The great majority of members were women, and everyone was given a membership number; in the case of men, this would be prefixed with M - for "Mere Male"!