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Paul Christopher Walters (15 June 1947 – 21 October 2006) was a
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radio and TV producer, best known for his work and appearances on
Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 week ...
's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show ''
Wake Up to Wogan ''Wake Up to Wogan'' (''WUTW'') was the incarnation of '' The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakf ...
'' from 1995 until a few months before his death in 2006, where he was known to millions as "Dr Wally Poultry". He was also referred to by the name "Pauly Walters." Walters was born in
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, Hertfordshire, where he grew up. In 1973 he joined the BBC as a trainee Film Assistant after having worked for some time at ATV and Rank Radio International. In 1977 Walters became an acting producer at BBC Radio 2, initially for only three months before returning to television. However, he soon returned full-time to radio for ''The Radio 2 Early Show''. Walters worked on a range of programmes for BBC Radio 2, including ''You The Night & The Music'', ''Nightride'', John Dunn,
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, David Jacobs and the '' Eurovision Song Contest''. He also worked with many of the station's most famous presenters such as
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,
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, David Hamilton,
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and
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. In 1995, Walters became the producer of ''
Wake Up to Wogan ''Wake Up to Wogan'' (''WUTW'') was the incarnation of '' The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakf ...
'' and, together with
Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 week ...
, made it one of the most popular radio programmes in the UK. He had previously produced Wogan's breakfast show in the early 1980s. Walters became famous and a
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by taking part in Wogan's infamous banter, acquiring the nickname "Dr Wally" (or, in full, Dr Wallington P. De Wynter Courtney Claibourne Magillicuddy Walters). In 1996 Walters pioneered the use of
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in the programme. In 1998, Walters and Wogan launched Wogan's Web, a short lived lunchtime show broadcast on
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in May and June that year. The format was made up, like WUTW, of banter and viewer contributions via letters, emails and faxes, plus some topical items and guests, such as fellow Radio 2 presenter, friend and 'Pause For Thought' regular Canon
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. Walters appeared in vision and the programme also featured voiceovers from WUTW's regular newsreader,
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. Along with
Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 week ...
, Walters is widely credited with introducing the music of Beth Nielsen Chapman,
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and
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to the British public, as he selected much of their music to be played during the influential show. On 21 October 2006, the
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announced that he had died in a hospice in
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, aged 59, following a long illness that had been diagnosed the previous November. He had made his final on air appearance on WUTW in January that year. 2 days after his death, that morning's edition of WUTW was dedicated to Walters, playing a selection of his favourite music. He did continue to choose the music for the programme during his illness, and was replaced on production duties by Alan 'Barrowlands' Boyd, who filled in during his absence, and who remained until Wogan left the breakfast slot at the end of 2009.


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Wogan producer Walters dies at 59
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21 October 2006
Paul Walters
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