His early acting career included appearances in Dr. Finlay's Casebook and Z-Cars, and in films such as the 1970 musical Toomorrow in which he played the part of the compere.
[citation needed] On his shows, whilst working on Radio 1, he enabled the broadcaster to find missing young people and called it She's Leaving Home using the tune recorded by The Beatles called She's Leaving Home, a track from their 1967 album Sgt.
He would encourage young people to contact the station by telephone enabling their parents to be aware that they were safe and well.
[citation needed] The opening theme music to his Radio 1 shows was Soul Finger a 1967 track recorded by the Bar Kays.
[4] At the peak of his career with the station, in the early seventies, his show attracted audiences regularly in excess of 11 million.