1949 Anna Neagle |
1950 Wilfred Pickles |
1951 Stanley Matthews |
1952 Valerie Hobson |
1953 George Formby |
1954 Gilbert Harding |
1955 Jacob Malik (Russian Ambassador) |
1956 Reginald Dixon |
1957 John H Whitney (American Ambassador) |
1958 AE "Matty" Matthews |
1959 Jayne Mansfield |
1960 Janet Munro |
1961 Violet Carson |
1962 Shirley Anne Field |
1963 Cliff Michelmore |
1964 Gracie Fields |
1965 David Tomlinson |
1966 Ken Dodd |
1967 Horace King |
1968 Matt Busby |
1969 Canberra Bomber |
1970 Tony Blackburn |
1971 The cast of Dad's Army |
1972 Danny La Rue |
1973 Gordon Banks |
1974 Wendy Craig |
1975 Tom Baker (in costume as Doctor Who) |
1976 Carol Jean Grant (Miss United Kingdom) |
1977 Red Rum |
1978 Terry Wogan |
1979 Kermit the Frog and The Muppets |
1980 Cannon and Ball (Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball) |
1981 Earl & Countess Spencer |
1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward |
1983 Cast of Coronation Street, switched on by Doris Speed |
1984 Johannes Rau and David Waddington |
1985 Joanna Lumley, BBC Children in Need |
1986 Les Dawson |
1987 Frank Bough, Anne Gregg and Kathy Tayler (BBC Holiday programme) |
1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman |
1989 Frank Bruno |
1990 Julie Goodyear and Roy Barraclough |
1991 Derek Jameson and Judith Chalmers |
1992 Lisa Stansfield |
1993 Status Quo & Radio 1 |
1994 Shirley Bassey |
1995 Bee Gees & Radio 1 |
1996 Eternal & Radio 1 |
1997 Michael Ball & Radio 2 |
1998 Chris de Burgh & Radio 2 |
1999 Gary Barlow & Radio 2 |
2000 Westlife & Radio 22001 Steps & Radio 2 |
2002 Ronan Keating & Radio 2 |
2003 Blue & Radio 2 |
2004 Geri Halliwell & Radio 2 |
2005 Chris Evans & Radio 2 |
2006 Dale Winton & Radio 2 |
2007 David Tennant & Radio 2 |
2008 Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond and The Stig, & Radio 2 |
2009 Alan Carr & Radio 2 |