Its breakfast show host Bam Bam - whose real name is Peter Poulton - had a website which asked listeners to predict the date of Tarrant's retirement.

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In fact, NBC has just ordered 10 episodes of a new TV show, Crossbones, featuring the famous pirate (whose real name was Edward Teach).

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Mortimer, whose comedy partnership with Reeves - real name Jim Moir - extends back to the 1980s, told fans of the show's cancellation on Tuesday via instant messaging site Twitter.

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Its morning DJ Bam Bam - whose real name is Peter Poulton - won two prizes, which included beating Zoe Ball to the breakfast music show prize.

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