Jeremy Beadle has died after a short battle with pneumonia, aged 59. The media in general has given Jeremy a hard time over the years but I've always had a lot of time for him. People tend to always think of him as the onscreen prankster he was most known for but outside of this he was an extremely intelligent, well read man. He could converse intelligently on almost any subject and had a private library of 22,000 books.

He also did a massive amount of work for charity and is estimated to have raised over 100 million. I used to listen to a quiz he hosted on the radio and once took part although I did terribly. I had a lot of time for Jeremy Beadle, he was one of the good guys.