Chris Cowey Explained

Chris Cowey (born c. 1961 in Sunderland) is an English television producer specialising in music shows. He is best known for producing Top of the Pops from 1997 until 2003.[1] [2]

Cowey co-presented the Tyne Tees television pop show All Right Now and spent several years as a DJ at Sunderland Mayfair (Mecca) in the late 1970s. He also produced the Channel 4 music show The White Room between 1995 and 1996 and worked on The Tube in Newcastle in the 1980s. He co-presented Check It Out 1979 to 1982 and was one of the interviewers of the notorious appearance of John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) when he walked off set, leaving Cowey shaken.[3]

He became one of the judges on the ITV1 reality show Soapstar Superstar in 2006[4] and reprised this role in 2007.

He is a supporter of Sunderland A.F.C.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Television/Radio; Seeing, at Last, How Britain Counts Down the Hits . . Jon . Pareles . 6 January 2002 . 12 December 2008.
  2. News: Peters takes on Top of the Pops . . . 23 July 2003 . 12 December 2008.
  3. Web site: 10 Times People Died Inside During Awkward Interviews. Leon. Biljon. 17 May 2020. WhatCulture.com.
  4. News: ITV mulls music show to rival Top of the Pops . Matthews . Sam . 23 January 2006 . Campaign Live . 18 June 2022 . en.
  5. News: CV - Chris Cowey Producer, 'Top of the Pops'. Hughes. Scott. 16 March 1998. The Independent. 23 October 2011.