Willie Rushton he was an established guest on quiz shows and celebrity panel games: "Celebrity Squares", "Blankety Blank", "Countdown" and "Through the Keyhole". When asked why he appeared on these "ludicrous programmes", his answer was simple: "Because I meet everybody there". For 22 years until his death, he was a panellist in the long-running BBC Radio 4 panel comedy game show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", which he joined as a regular team member in the third series in 1974. In its later years, the show's wealth of silliness, smut and punning was drawing audiences of up to a thousand people
BBC Radio York Tragedy (BBC Radio York) In 2011 BBC Radio York's news team won the Gillard award for Original Journalism. The awards are given out each year and are open to the entire BBC local radio network. In 2012, the flagship breakfast show, "Adam Tomlinson at Breakfast", was nominated for a Sony award for Breakfast Show of the Year. In 2013, presenter Jonathan Cowap won Gold at the annual Frank Gillard Awards for Best Hotseat interview. In 2014, Gillard Gold Award for Faith-based programming In 2016 Georgey at Breakfast won Best Breakfast Show at the Local Radio Awards BBC Radio York BBC