After almost three decades of entertaining music lovers and giving hopefuls, both in the world of TV and music, a chance to cut their teeth, MTV UK has finally come to an end.
Though the television channel will remain on our airwaves, those distinctly British productions will no longer feature on our screens, after parent company Paramount made the call to end them after more than 25 years of local programming.
For many of a certain age, we still recall the thrill of coming home after school in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, or going to a friend’s house if you couldn’t afford Sky or Cable TV, and investing our time that should have been spent on homework instead watching ‘Hitlist UK’ - or a personal favourite of mine, ‘So 90s.’
The network also happened to be the place where some of the UK’s biggest household names first ventured into the world of presenting, and while some may have fallen off the map, others have continued to have a steady flow of work, with some even becoming names on US television.
Join me as we bid farewell to MTV UK in its more familiar guise, and a toast to these 13 names that passed the halls of their offices in Camden Town over the years.
13. Trevor Nelson
Trevor Nelson was already a respected figure in UK music before he hosted MTV's flagship R&B show, The Lick, which ran for 11 years. Nelson became a champion of urban music and a household name. Today, he continues to host popular shows on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, and he tours with his popular Soul Nation club nights. | Jo Hale/Getty Images