Alan Keith 1950s, he devoted time to devising and presenting music programmes for the BBC. In 1959, he devised "Your Hundred Best Tunes", a programme of famous classical music, operetta and ballads. Keith chose the original 100 pieces himself. Many works were suggested by listeners and played in the programme. Thus a good many more than 100 works were played and the list evolved. Therefore, in subsequent years, a 100 Best were periodically voted for by listeners. In early March 2003, at the age of 94, he recorded an announcement that he intended to retire from the programme after 44 years. However,
Alan Douglas (journalist) Alan Douglas (journalist) Alan Douglas (born Dundee, 16 October 1951) is a journalist and broadcaster. Douglas was a reporter and then studio presenter on BBC Scotland's evening news programme "Reporting Scotland" from 1978 to 1996. Alan Douglas left "Reporting Scotland" BBC Scotland in 1996 having already teamed up with his wife Viv Lumsden to co-present Scottish Television's BAFTA-winning style programme, The Home Show for six years. He has worked on newspapers and radio throughout his journalistic career which has spanned over forty years, starting at the Comet Newspaper, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He spent four years working in BBC Local Radio in