Ed Stewart

Ed Stewart (Edward Stewart Mainwaring, b.23 April 1941 – 09 January 2016), also known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was a British radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was mainly known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1, his Saturday morning Junior Choice being his best-known show, and later on Radio 2. He was also presenter of Top of the Pops for some thirty shows between 1968 and 1977, and on the BBC children's television show Crackerjack.

He presented Family Favourites on BBC Radio 2 for a relatively short time between 1980 and 1983, before being dropped from the BBC radio roster, although re-joined in the early 1990s and remained until April 2006. Junior Choice was revived for Radio 1 & 2's 40th birthday celebrations in September 2007, and again for special Christmas Day editions between 2008 and 2015.

Stewart died suddenly on 09 January 2016 aged 74, in hospital in Bournemouth after suffering a major stroke, just days after presenting Junior Choice on Christmas Day 2015. An hour-long tribute was broadcast on Radio 2 on 10 February 2016.

Look-In
Stewart was also involved with the "junior TV Times" weekly magazine Look-In since it was first published in 1971, up to 1980. "Stewpot's Look-out" and "Stewpot's Newsdesk" became regular features in the magazine.

Ed and Zed!
In late 1970 Stewart hosted a children's TV show Ed and Zed! on BBC One. The first episode went out on 24 October and was billed in Radio Times as "Ed Stewart joins his robot assistant Zed for the first of a new series of comedy programmes with a large measure of pop music." The series was however short-lived and ended on 19 December of the same year.