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Adrian Love (born August 3, 1944 – died March 10, 1999) was a British radio presenter. He is best known for his popular show Love in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2.

Early Life and Start in Radio

Adrian Love was born in York on August 3, 1944. His mother was Cicely Joyce, and his father was the famous musician and bandleader, Geoff Love. Adrian went to Tottenham Grammar School. Before he started his radio career, he worked for a clothing company called Burton and helped promote songs in Soho, London.

Adrian began his journey in radio in 1966. He worked for a "pirate" radio station called Radio City. These stations broadcast from ships or old forts, like the Shivering Sands Army Fort, because there weren't many legal radio stations back then. After that, he worked for the BBC Light Programme and then the BBC World Service.

A Career in Radio

In the early 1970s, Adrian Love became the manager of United Biscuits Network. This was a special radio station just for the workers in the factories of United Biscuits. Because there wasn't much commercial radio in the UK at the time, this station became famous for helping new music artists get noticed. While there, he hired future radio stars like Roger Scott and Graham Dene. He also gave Dale Winton and Steve Allen their first chances in radio.

When commercial radio stations finally started in the UK in 1973, Adrian moved to LBC. He hosted a show called Nightline. Later, he joined Capital Radio and stayed there for eight years. He presented an evening call-in show called Anna and the Doc with an advice expert named Anna Raeburn.

Working for the BBC

In 1981, Adrian Love went back to the BBC. He presented shows on Radio 1, Radio 2, and Radio 4. In 1982, he left his popular show on Radio 1.

Five years later, in 1987, he returned to the BBC again, this time working for Radio 2. He started by hosting the daily afternoon show Love in the Afternoon. He stopped presenting this show in 1990 but continued to make special documentaries and shows for Radio 2, like Time Cycle and Pop Score. Adrian also filled in for other presenters, including Ken Bruce and Sarah Kennedy, before leaving the station in 1994.

Later Radio Work

Adrian Love also worked at other radio stations. These included BFBS, 102.2 Jazz FM, and Classic FM. He was one of the first presenters when Classic FM started in September 1992.

At Classic FM, Adrian had a fun segment called the "Oblique University." Listeners could get a special "degree" from this pretend university. To get one, they had to ask for a "research grant" for something silly, like why a cup handle always faces the back in a microwave. Or they could send in a simple truth, like "Women don't change their minds, they just make more decisions." If Adrian read out their idea, they received a special certificate.

Adrian spent his last four years as a presenter at BBC Southern Counties Radio.

Personal Life and Passing

Adrian Love was married three times and had three daughters. His second marriage was to Barbara Kudish in London in 1972. They had a daughter named Helen Peta in 1976.

Adrian married Ros Roux in 1990 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had a daughter named Amy later that year. Adrian lived in Edenbridge, Kent, and had asthma his whole life.

In December 1997, Adrian was in a car accident. He suffered a collapsed lung, and his health never fully recovered. Adrian Love passed away on March 10, 1999, from another lung collapse. He was 54 years old and died at the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. His funeral was held on March 18, 1999, in Crawley, West Sussex.