The Resume

(October 31, 1926-October 29, 2011)
Born in Leeds, England, United Kingdom
DJ on Radio Luxembourg (1958-67) and BBC 1 (1968-87)
Hosted the BBC TV shows Top of the Pops (1964-84) and 'Jim'll Fix It' (1975-94)

Why he might be annoying:

His last name is often misspelled 'Saville.'
Radio Times named him one of the '40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time.'
He usually appears in public wearing a track suit with gold jewelry and smoking a cigar.
He lived with his mother, who he called 'the Duchess.'
Since his mother's death (1980), he has kept her bedroom exactly the same and sends her clothes off once a year to be dry cleaned.

Why he might not be annoying:

He raised over 40 million pounds for charities.
He has run in over 200 marathons.
He was Honorary Chieftain of the Lochaber Highland Games (1971-2006).
BBC Radio 1 apologized to him after comedian Chris Morris falsely reported his death as part of a joke (1994).
He said, 'When people say to me, 'Don't you think you're too old to do this?', I say I'm doing what I'm doing cos I'm having a good time and why don't you piss off to leave me to do it?'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alleged Kid Lovers
• Born on Halloween [October 31st] (Ranked: 1926)
• Britain's 20 Sexiest Male Pensioners [Virgin Money - May 2006] (Ranked: 14)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 24]
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 84)
• I Drive a Rolls-Royce
• I Have Tinnitus
• I Made a Perverted Ass Out of Myself
• I Ran a Marathon
• I Ran in the London Marathon
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• John Lydon Doesn't Like Me
• Knights
• Look at Me, I'm Exercising
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Members of Mensa
• Profiles 27001-27250 (Ranked: 27208)
• Radio Disc Jockeys
• Too Old to Still Live at Home
• Variety Show Hosts
• Yahoo!'s Top 10 Scandal Searches [2012] (Ranked: 8)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 50 Votes: 42.00% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 287 Votes: 54.70% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 62 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 3042 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 569 Votes: 40.77% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3220 Votes: 39.35% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 84 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 78 Votes: 78.21% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 365 Votes: 89.59% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 90 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 66 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 577 Votes: 81.11% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 50 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying