Career
Among the people he interviewed were Prime Ministers. Dennis McCarthy Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire was a decorator, washing-machine salesman and dog-breeder before joining British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Nottingham shortly after it opened in 1968, following an interview about taking part in the Crufts dog show that caught the attention of station bosses. He broadcast five days a week with Afternoon Special, networked to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Leicester, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Derby and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Lincolnshire in 1980.
During almost three decades his interviewees included show business figures and politicians, including six Prime Ministers.
Foreign British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 he contributed features and interviews. He was a reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation on East Midlands television He was made an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to broadcasting in 1991.
He created books linked to his programmes and his love of dogs. Taken ill on air, McCarthy insisted on finishing the programme, dying the same day at his home in Bingham.
As his funeral procession travelled towards Nottingham Cathedral, traffic in the city centre stopped with crowds six deep in places.
Nottingham Express Transit AT6/5 tram 214 carries the name Dennis McCarthy Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire.
