Bruno Brookes

Bruno Brookes (Trevor Neil Brookes, born 24 April 1959 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English radio presenter who became prominent on British radio and TV in the 1980s and early 90s.

He began his career at BBC Radio Stoke, before being moving on to BBC Radio 1 in early 1984. He started out as a stand-in for Steve Wright on Sunday afternoons and later took over the late afternoon weekday show from Peter Powell in September. He began presenting the Sunday afternoon Top 40 chart show in March 1986, famously also presenting the first 'real time' Top 40 in October 1987.

As a R1 DJ, he also duly joined the Top of the Pops presenter roster, appearing for the first time also in September 1984. Appearing briefly on the show prior to his debut, hosted by Janice Long & John Peel, he asked the latter "I've got to present this show next week can you give me a bit of advice?", to which Peel retorted "''Just don't do it like this". ''He presented 48 editions of the show until he was sacked by R1 in 1995.

Brookes also hosted the BBC children's TV show Beat The Teacher between 1987 and 1988.

He is currently CEO of Immedia, which creates and provides music and visual content for the retail industry.

Significant dates
80s 90s
 * 15 January 1984: first show on Radio 1
 * 06 September 1984: first TOTP appearance with John Peel & Janice Long
 * 10 September 1984: begins weekday 4.30 pm show on R1.
 * 13 September 1984: first full TOTP (with DLT).
 * 30 March 1986: first Sunday afternoon Top 40, preceded by Chartbusters at 4.00 pm (taking over from Richard Skinner.
 * 04 October 1987: announces "Europe's most up-to-date record chart", the first real time Top 40.
 * 23 September 1990: final Top 40 show (taken over by Mark Goodier)
 * 27 August 1990 - launch of BBC Radio 5
 * 21 February 1993: accidentally plays the uncensored version of Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name during the Top 40.
 * 06 April 1995: final TOTP.