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Johnnie Stewart | |
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| Born | Lorn Alastair Stewart 7 November 1917 |
| Died | 30 April 2005 (aged 87) East Dereham, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation | Television producer |
Lorn Alastair "Johnnie" Stewart (7 November 1917 – 29 April 2005) was a British television producer who worked for the BBC. In 1964, he co-created and co-produced the long-running music programme Top of the Pops with Stanley Dorfman and Bill Cotton. Stewart co-produced Top of the Pops with Dorfman until 1969, when Stewart was replaced by Mel Cornish as co-producer.[1][2]
- ^ "Top Of The Pops: Are These The Two Most Frighteningly Powerful Men In Pop? Probably one in a thousand teenagers have the vaguest ideas who Stanley Dorfman and Mel Cornish are, but in the pop record business they are two of THE most important men". by Richard Green 7 February 1970. New Musical Express (NME). Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Pop's top pair". Grimsby Telegraph. 27 February 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 3 June 2023.