Tommy Boyd - LBC and Five Live

LBC and Five Live

Boyd subsequently worked for the local station LBC in London, working on a "Nightline" phone-in programme during the early '80s remembered for its 'Mystery Guest' feature, where a famous person would come in and not talk in their real voice and people would have to call in and guess who it was – Roy Castle once featured and "talked" only by playing his trombone; later he joined BBC Radio Five Live. At Five Live he presented the weekday afternoon show 2.00 – 5.00, which consisted of sport and music.

During the late 1970s, he hosted the Saturday morning radio show Jellybone aimed at children. The show featured items such as a phone-in news quiz, and a segment where group or club members – such as bus spotters – were invited into the studio to discuss their hobby/interests, and to take part in the Jellybone Jury, reviewing and scoring the latest record releases. Previous hosts of the show include LBC stalwart Therese Birch, and the late Jeremy Beadle.

For his Nightline show Boyd was awarded the Royal Variety Club Radio Personality of the Year. He later co-presented the breakfast show with Anne Diamond, leaving the station in 1999.