Last updated: 10 march, 2009 - 17:57 GMT

Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett plays the best of world music.

Photo by Philip Ryalls

Began presenting for the BBC in 1972 on the weekly programme Honky Tonk

Won Sony Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991

Also won the Sony awards 2002 for 'Best Specialist Music Show'

Author of The Sound of The City which has sold 250,000 copies

Also works as a music consultant for advertising agencies and film companies

It’s all been a dream that I’m always expecting to be woken up from. For the presenter to be able to choose what he or she plays on the radio is an increasingly rare privilege, and I never cease to be thankful to those who let me get away with it.

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