Richard Spendlove
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Richard Spendlove MBE (born June 16th 1939) is a British radio producer/presenter and writer. He worked for the former British Railways for 35 years, and in 1963 was appointed Relief Station Master at Cambridge, one of the youngest men in that job.
Richard retired from the railways at 50 and now works for the BBC, presenting his programme across the [[South and East of England - and world-wide, via the web], now believed to be the longest continually running 'chat show' in the history of British broadcasting. He was awarded the MBE "For Services to Regional and Local Radio Broadcasting".
He created and co-wrote with David Croft the BBC comedy series, Oh, Doctor Beeching!, making a guest appearance as the inspector, Mr. Ernest Orkindale.
He recorded a tape for the Norfolk Constabulary giving advice about distraction burglary and callers at your door. The recording of this tape was sponsored by his fan club.
