Tommy Sandhu
Encyclopedia
Tommy Sandhu is a British
DJ
, Remixer, producer
and television
presenter
who shot to fame after he appeared on the dating game show
Blind Date
with Cilla Black
. Tommy is best known for his trademark shaved head and cheeky nature.
Tommy's first presenting job was with Tess Daly
on Smash Hits TV for Sky One
. He was also the announcer
- replacing "our graham" on the final series of the British version of Blind Date
, starring Cilla Black
.
Tommy has DJ'd in Londons' finest venues over recent years: China White, Movida, Cafe De Paris, Paper, The Roof Gardens and The Shadow Lounge. His DJ sets include funky house, rnb, and a mix of old school tracks. As a composer Tommy has produced the theme music to several TV shows which include Blind Date
(ITV
), Britain's Next Top Model
(LIVING), Celebrity Snappers (Bravo), I'd Do Anything
(BBC 1) and many more.
Tommy began his radio career as the London showbiz reporter for the BBC Asian Network
covering premiere's, parties and all the gossip from the capital having interviewed an array of stars, such as Jeff Goldblum
, Ricky Gervais
, Kevin Spacey
, Harvey Keitel
, Keira Knightley
, Daniel Radcliffe
, Tilda Swinton
(Oscar and Bafta winner), Will Smith
, Johnny Depp
, Jennifer Ellison
, Amber Heard
, Marion Cotillard
and many more including Bollywoods' Akshay Kumar
.
He also presented on Desi DNA
and now hosts the breakfast show, weekdays between 07:00-10:00 on BBC Asian Network
.
According to recent figures, Tommy's breakfast show attracts approximately 200,000 listeners and is THE most listened to show on the BBC Asian Network
Tommy also hosts a gadget feature on BBC Worlds' FAST:TRACK which is viewed in over 50 countries and attracts a global audience of over 70 million people. His fun loving nature and light hearted take on the world of technology means everyone can enjoy the latest travel gadgets without getting lost in the jargon.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, Remixer, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
presenter
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
who shot to fame after he appeared on the dating game show
Dating game show
Dating game shows are television game shows, some say reality game shows, that incorporate a dating system in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants - usually for amusement value as opposed to any concern for their happiness or...
Blind Date
Blind Date (UK TV series)
Blind Date is a British dating game show produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise, Surprise...
with Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
. Tommy is best known for his trademark shaved head and cheeky nature.
Career
Tommy is the host of the Breakfast show on the BBC Asian Network. Tommy joined the stations' daily schedule in February 2010 amid rumours that the station may close. Since Tommy's arrival in the 'drivetime' and subsequently 'breakfast' slot, the stations figures have risen consistently every quarter. The RAJAR figures for the stations weekly reach were approximately 300,000 in early 2010 and in early 2011 they stand at approximately 500,000 listeners.Tommy's first presenting job was with Tess Daly
Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...
on Smash Hits TV for Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
. He was also the announcer
Announcer
An announcer is a presenter who makes "announcements" in an audio medium or a physical location.-Television and other media:Some announcers work in television production , radio or filmmaking, usually providing narrations, news updates, station identification, or an introduction of a product in...
- replacing "our graham" on the final series of the British version of Blind Date
Blind Date (UK TV series)
Blind Date is a British dating game show produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise, Surprise...
, starring Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
.
Tommy has DJ'd in Londons' finest venues over recent years: China White, Movida, Cafe De Paris, Paper, The Roof Gardens and The Shadow Lounge. His DJ sets include funky house, rnb, and a mix of old school tracks. As a composer Tommy has produced the theme music to several TV shows which include Blind Date
Blind Date (UK TV series)
Blind Date is a British dating game show produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise, Surprise...
(ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
), Britain's Next Top Model
Britain's Next Top Model
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model is a British reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Britain's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry...
(LIVING), Celebrity Snappers (Bravo), I'd Do Anything
I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series)
I'd Do Anything is a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. It premièred on 15 March 2008...
(BBC 1) and many more.
Tommy began his radio career as the London showbiz reporter for the BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
covering premiere's, parties and all the gossip from the capital having interviewed an array of stars, such as Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor. His career began in the mid-1970s and he has appeared in major box-office successes including The Fly, Jurassic Park and its sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Independence Day...
, Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, radio presenter, producer, musician, and writer.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator...
, Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey, CBE is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
, Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
, Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
, Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor who rose to prominence playing the titular character in the Harry Potter film series....
, Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her...
(Oscar and Bafta winner), Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...
, Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
, Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...
, Amber Heard
Amber Heard
Amber Laura Heard is an American actress and model. She played the lead and title character in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Heard's first starring role came in 2007 on the CW television show Hidden Palms...
, Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard is a French actress and singer. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as La Vie en Rose, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, Taxi, Furia and Jeux d'enfants...
and many more including Bollywoods' Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
.
He also presented on Desi DNA
Desi DNA
Desi DNA is a British television show on the BBC covering Desi art, culture and entertainment, currently broadcasting its fifth series in 2008....
and now hosts the breakfast show, weekdays between 07:00-10:00 on BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
.
According to recent figures, Tommy's breakfast show attracts approximately 200,000 listeners and is THE most listened to show on the BBC Asian Network
Tommy also hosts a gadget feature on BBC Worlds' FAST:TRACK which is viewed in over 50 countries and attracts a global audience of over 70 million people. His fun loving nature and light hearted take on the world of technology means everyone can enjoy the latest travel gadgets without getting lost in the jargon.
Discography
- Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Step Inside LoveStep Inside Love"Step Inside Love" is a song written by Paul McCartney for Cilla Black in 1967 as a theme for her TV series Cilla, which first aired in the beginning of 1968. Her version was released as a single on 8 March 1968. It reached number eight in the British charts...
(White Label 12"/Burn 'Em Records) [2003]
- Step Inside Love (Original Mix 6:29)
- Step Inside Love (Vacation Dub 4:53)
- Step Inside Love (All Burnt Out Mix 4:20)
- Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New SongsBeginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs- Re-release :The album was released on digital download in 2008 shortly after the CD was deleted.On 3 August 2009, EMI Records released a repackaged edition of the album exclusively to digital download...
(CD/EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) [2003]
- Cilla Black
- Step Inside Love (All Burnt Out Mix 4:20) [Hidden Track on CD]
- Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Beginnings: Revised (Digital DownloadMusic downloadA music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
/EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) [2009]
- Cilla Black
- Step Inside Love (All Burnt Out Mix 4:20)
- Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Cilla All Mixed Up (Digital DownloadMusic downloadA music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
/EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) [2009]
- Cilla Black
- Faded Images (Tommy Sandhu's Ram Mix 3:55)
- Kiss You All Over (Tommy Sandhu's Big Bill Mix 5:00)
- Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Step Inside LoveStep Inside Love"Step Inside Love" is a song written by Paul McCartney for Cilla Black in 1967 as a theme for her TV series Cilla, which first aired in the beginning of 1968. Her version was released as a single on 8 March 1968. It reached number eight in the British charts...
: Tommy Sandhu Remixes (Digital DownloadMusic downloadA music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
/K-TelK-telK-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series...
) [2009].
- Cilla Black
- Step Inside Love (2009 The Stunner Mix 3:32)
- Step Inside Love (2002 Club Mix 6:37)
- Step Inside Love (2002 Vacation Dub 4:59)
- Step Inside Love (2002 Club Mix - Radio Edit 3:10)
- Step Inside Love (2002 All Burnt Out Mix 4:29)
External links
- The Faces of Big Game TV featuring Tommy Sandhu