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]
References
edit- ^ Pareles, Jon (6 January 2002). "Television/Radio; Seeing, at Last, How Britain Counts Down the Hits". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Peters takes on Top of the Pops". BBC News Online. BBC. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ Biljon, Leon (17 May 2020). "10 Times People Died Inside During Awkward Interviews". WhatCulture.com.
- ^ Matthews, Sam (23 January 2006). "ITV mulls music show to rival Top of the Pops". Campaign Live. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Hughes, Scott (16 March 1998). "CV - Chris Cowey Producer, 'Top of the Pops'". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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