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			{{Short description\|English media personality (born 1929)}}
	{{other people\|Stuart Hall}}
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			\| alt = Stuart Hall, photographed in 2010
	\| caption = Stuart Hall in the original version of '']''.
			\| caption = Hall in 2010
	\|birth_date ={{Birth date and age\|1929\|12\|25\|df=yes}}
			\| birth_name = James Stuart Hall
	\|birth_place =], ], England
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1929\|12\|25\|df=yes}}
	\|nationality =British
			\| birth_place = ], ], England
	\|occupation =]
			\| death_date =
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			\| years_active = 1959–2012
			\| beginyear = 1967
			\| endyear = 1991
			\| conviction_status = Released from prison
			\| conviction_penalty = 5 years (two consecutive 30-month sentences)
			\| criminal_charge = ]
			\| victims = at least 21 (])
			\| apprehended = 5 December 2012 (age 82)
			\| imprisoned = ] (June 2013 – December 2015)
			\| occupation = {{hlist\|Radio broadcaster\|television presenter}}
			\| spouse = {{marriage\|Hazel Bennett\|1 March 1958}}
			\| children = 3
	}}		}}

	'''James Stuart Hall''', ] (born 25 December 1929, ], ], ~~England)~~ is a ~~] radio~~ and ].		'''James Stuart Hall''' (born 25 December 1929) is an English former media personality and convicted ].
			He presented regional news programmes for the ] in ] in the 1960s and 1970s, while becoming known nationally for presenting the game show '']'' (which was part of the international '']'' franchise). Hall's later career mainly involved football reporting on ]. In June 2013, he was convicted of multiple ]s against children, effectively ending his media and broadcasting career.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.conjur.com.br/dl/condenacao-stuart-hall-bbc.pdf\|title=THE CROWN COURT AT PRESTON : 17 June 2013 : The Queen v Stuart Hall\|website=Conjur.com\|access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>

			==Early life==
	Hall claims to have coined the phrase "]" as a youngster to describe football. As a lifelong ] he admired prolific goal-scorer ]'s style of playing and consequently used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Stuart Hall \|last=Harper \|first=Nick \|quote=The player I fell in love with and who inspired me to coin the phrase "the beautiful game" was Peter Doherty, an inside forward, my first hero. \|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/may/02/newsstory.sport11 \|publisher=guardian.co.uk \|date=2 May 2003 \|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref> Hall's use of the phrase in his career as a football commentator popularised it.
			Stuart Hall was born in ], ], the eldest son of baker James Stuart Hall, and his Irish-born wife, Mary (née Hennessey).<ref name=AutoBiog>{{cite book \| title=Heaven and Hall: a prodigal life \| author=Stuart Hall \| isbn=0-563-53811-2 \| year = 2000\| publisher=BBC Worldwide }}</ref><ref name=Telg2317798/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/\|title=FreeBMD Home Page\|website=www.freebmd.org.uk}}</ref> He was brought up in ], ], and ], ], attending the local ]. Hall directed plays when at school and chaired its debating society.<ref name=bbcprofile>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22367849 \|publisher= BBC News \|title=Profile: Stuart Hall \|date= 2 May 2013 \|access-date= 2 May 2013}}</ref> While studying at the ], he was offered a playing contract with ] but turned it down because of the low wages.<ref name=bbcprofile/>

	==~~Personal life~~==		==Career==

	Hall is the eldest son of James Stuart and Mary Hall. He was brought up in ], ] and ], ] where he attended the local ] before studying at the ]. Hall married Hazel on 1 March 1968. They have two children, Daniel and Francesca. His grandfather James Hall was a watchmaker and jeweller. Stuart Hall owns an extensive collection of clocks, including one that was owned by ].

	==Career==
	===Journalism===		===Journalism===
			Hall joined the ] in 1959 as a general reporter on ''Radio Newsreel'' and a sports journalist on '']''.<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=TVCream/> Between 1965 and 1990, he presented ]'s regional news programmes produced in ], originally called '']'', then ''Look North West'' and finally '']'', alongside ].<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=TVCream/> During the run of '']'' (1969–83), Hall became known nationally through live link-ups.<ref name=bbcprofile/>

			In 1990, Hall moved to ]'s '']'', where he worked with ] in a slot titled "Greaves and Hall".<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=TVCream>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=stuart-hall\|title=Stuart Hall\|publisher=TV Cream\|access-date=22 January 2013}}</ref> During the 2000s, he joined ], a local television station in Manchester, presenting ''Hall's Heroes'' on ].<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=TVCream/>
	He joined the ] in 1959 as a general reporter on ''Radio Newsreel'' and a sports journalist on '']'' where he still broadcasts. Between 1965 and 1990 he presented the BBC's regional news programmes for the North West, originally called '']'', then ''Look North West'' and finally '']''. For several years up until his departure, he hosted the programme alongside ]. He has a weekly column in the sports section of the Radio Times.<ref>{{dead link\|date=October 2011}}</ref>

			===Entertainment===
	In 1990, he made the move to '']'', where he was reunited with his old rival ] for some light hearted banter in a slot titled "Greaves and Hall."<ref>{{dead link\|date=October 2011}}</ref>
			Between 1972 and 1982, Hall became particularly well known as the presenter of '']'' on ] and its European equivalent, '']''.<ref name=AutoBiog/> He would often be overcome by laughter at the ] antics of the competitors. This led to his becoming a popular subject for impersonation. After the series was cancelled, Hall presented the one-off '']'' (also known as "''It's a Royal Knockout''") in 1987, and retained the rights to the programme and some costumes, which enabled him to host similar programmes and events in other parts of the world.<ref name=bbcprofile/>

			Hall also presented ''Quiz Ball'' (a BBC football ]) between 1971 and 1972; was the original host of the long-running sports quiz '']'' (at that time only broadcast in the ]); presented '']'' (a BBC ]s quiz show) in the late 1990s; and provided the voice-over for '']'' for ]. In 2008, Hall provided his voice for a special segment on '']''. In a typical episode, he would be shown a series of funny clips and there would be a 'laugh-ometer' at the bottom of the screen measuring how much he laughed.
	During the 2000s, he joined ], a local television station in Greater Manchester, presenting ''Hall's Heroes'', a segment celebrating unsung heroes in the community on ].

	===~~Light entertainment~~===		===Football===
			As a football reporter, Hall is associated with the phrase "]", which he popularised, and which he reports he coined in his youth to describe football. As a lifelong ] ],<ref name=AutoBiog/> he admired prolific goal-scorer ]'s style of playing and consequently used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty.<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Stuart Hall \|last=Harper \|first=Nick \|quote=The player I fell in love with and who inspired me to coin the phrase "the beautiful game" was Peter Doherty, an inside forward, my first hero. \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/02/newsstory.sport11 \|work=The Guardian \|location=London \|date=2 May 2003 \|access-date=24 April 2011}}</ref>
	Hall became particularly well-known as the presenter of '']'' between 1972 and 1982 and its European equivalent, '']''. During the programme, he would often be carried away by the ] humour of the competition and become incoherent with laughter. This led to his becoming a popular subject for impersonation. He also presented ''Quiz Ball'' (a football quiz) on BBC television during the early 1970s and he was the original host of the long running sports quiz '']'' ''(at that time only broadcast in the North of England)''; and in the late 1990s he presented '']'', an ]s ] for the ] and provided the voice-over for '']'' for ]. During the late 1960s, he was a commentator on '']''.

			The first football match that Hall reported on was ] versus ] at ] in 1958, where the teams shared eight goals.<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=Telg2317798/> Despite his love of Manchester City,<ref name = "city"/> he has affectionately referred to their former home ground ] as the 'Theatre of Base Comedy',<ref name = "city">, ], 22 May 2001.</ref> an allusion to City's ] ]'s home ground ], which is known as the 'Theatre of Dreams'.
	From 2007 to 2008, he was the voice-over for the UK version of the Japanese obstacle course show '']'' on ].

			During the 1970s, Hall developed a relationship with ] manager ] and became a regular visitor to the ] 'Boot Room'.<ref name=Telg2317798/> His relationship with ] enabled him to pull off a coup, capturing the team's first ] final in 1977 in ]. Smuggled into the ground as a club employee, Hall spent the match on the substitutes' bench wearing the No 14 shirt. This enabled him to get inside television footage of the team's 3–1 win over ].<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=Telg2317798/> As a television presenter with ''Look North'', Hall used to turn out for benefit matches, scoring twice against ] in ]'s testimonial at ].<ref name=AutoBiog/><ref name=Telg2317798/>
	In 2008, he provided his voice for a special segment on '']''. In a typical episode, he would be shown a series of funny clips and there would be a 'Laugh-o-meter' at the bottom of the screen measuring how much he laughed.

			Hall worked as a football reporter for ] for some years. On 10 December 2009, Radio 5 Live presented a special programme, ''Stuart Hall Night'', broadcast live from the ].
	===Football===
	Hall still works as a football reporter for ]. His reports are unique, scattered with allusions to the ] of ] and all manner of linguistic tricks. He is well known for his love of ],<ref name = "city"/> although he has affectionately referred to their former home ground ] as the ''Theatre of Base Comedy''.<ref name = "city">, ], 22 May 2001.</ref> This is an allusion to City's ] rivals ]'s home ground ], which is known as the ''Theatre of Dreams''. On 10 December 2009 Radio 5 Live presented a special programme, '''Stuart Hall Night''', broadcast live from the ].

	==~~Accolades~~==		==Controversies==
			===Drugged policeman case===
	In 1999 more than 50 ] signed a ] ], congratulating Hall on celebrating 40 years in broadcasting. The motion, by former ] sports spokesman ], calls Hall an "icon with the youth of today" with his ] reporting on BBC Radio 5 Live.<ref name="bbc5">{{cite news
			In 1978 Hall was called as a prosecution witness during the trial of a policeman, who was accused of driving "while unfit through drink and drugs". Prior to his arrest, the officer had stopped Hall on suspicion on speeding and Hall had invited him to his house for a drink. The officer later blamed his intoxicated state on Hall having laced his drink.<ref>{{ cite news \|title=TV Man Denies Putting Drug in Pc's gin \|work=] \|page=3 \|date=21 Nov 1978 \|last=Dunsford \|first=John }}</ref> Hall denied the accusation and was never charged.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22367849 \|title=Profile: Stuart Hall \|publisher=] \|page=3 \|date=17 Jun 2013 \|accessdate= 23 May 2024 }}</ref>

			===Child sexual abuse prosecution and conviction===
			In May 2012, ], a journalist and regular columnist for '']'', received an anonymous three-page letter alleging that Hall had ] and ] the sender while she was a schoolgirl in the 1970s. The writer stated that she had been motivated to disclose her experiences by the ] ] after his death and by her anger at Hall's appointment as an ] in the ]. Alibhai-Brown passed the letter to the ] at ] police station, who in turn sent it on to ], in whose jurisdiction the alleged offences had occurred. Lancashire Constabulary then began an investigation.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/how-i-exposed-stuart-halls-sex-abuse-yasmin-alibhaibrown-on-the-letter-that-kickstarted-the-investigation-8601517.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/how-i-exposed-stuart-halls-sex-abuse-yasmin-alibhaibrown-on-the-letter-that-kickstarted-the-investigation-8601517.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \| title=How I exposed Stuart Hall's sex abuse: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the letter that kick-started the investigation \| newspaper=] \|location=London \|date=3 May 2013 \| access-date=3 May 2013 \| last1=Alibhai-Brown \|first1=Yasmin\|author-link1=Yasmin Alibhai-Brown}}</ref>

			On 5 December 2012, police arrested Hall and charged him with three historical counts of ], involving a 16- or 17-year-old girl in 1974, a 9-year-old girl in 1983, and a 13-year-old girl in 1984.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20618520 \| title=Stuart Hall charged with indecent assaults \| publisher=BBC News \| access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9725466/Its-a-Knockout-presenter-Stuart-Hall-charged-with-child-abuse.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205235546/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9725466/Its-a-Knockout-presenter-Stuart-Hall-charged-with-child-abuse.html \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=5 December 2012 \| title=It's a Knockout presenter Stuart Hall charged with child abuse \| newspaper=] \|location=London \| access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref> Released on ], Hall initially denied any wrongdoing, issuing a statement through his solicitor that he was "innocent of these charges".<ref name=BBC20645600>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20645600 \|title=Stuart Hall 'innocent of abuse charges' says solicitor \|publisher=]\|date=7 December 2012\|access-date=22 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Telegraph20120502>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/10032798/Stuart-Halls-guilty-pleas-follow-strenuous-public-denials.html\|title=Stuart Hall's guilty pleas follow strenuous public denials\|newspaper=]\|location=London\|date=2 May 2013\|access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> When he appeared at ] ] on 7 January 2013, he pleaded not guilty to all three charges. The case was committed to ] for trial.<ref name=RTE20130107>{{cite news\|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0107/361585-stuart-hall/\|title=British broadcaster Stuart Hall facing sexual abuse allegations\|publisher=]\|date=7 January 2013\|access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> Hall was released on bail on condition that he ] and had no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 17.<ref name=BBC20645600/><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1034395/stuart-hall-denies-child-sex-abuse-charges\|title=Stuart Hall Denies Child Sex Abuse Charges\|work=]\|date=7 January 2013\|access-date = 22 January 2013}}</ref> Media coverage of the case led to more women coming forward to state that Hall had also sexually abused them.<ref name=02052013TelegraphSwinford>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10034354/Stuart-Hall-case-Pattern-at-BBC-of-turning-blind-eye-to-abuse.html \|title=Stuart Hall case: 'Pattern at BBC of turning blind eye to abuse' \|newspaper=] \|location=London \|date=2 May 2013 \|access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>

			On 22 January 2013, Hall was charged with ] a 22-year-old woman in 1976 and indecently assaulting ten more girls, then aged from 9 to 17 years old, between 1967 and 1986.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21154999\|title=Broadcaster Stuart Hall charged with rape\|publisher=]\|date = 22 January 2013 \| access-date = 22 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-01-22/stuart-hall-charged-with-rape-and-indecent-assault/ \| work = ITV News \| title = Stuart Hall charged with rape and indecent assault \| date = 22 January 2013 \| access-date = 22 January 2013}}</ref> Speaking to reporters after an appearance at Preston Magistrates Court on 7 February 2013, Hall again denied any wrongdoing, calling the charges "pernicious, callous, cruel and, above all, spurious".<ref name=Telegraph20120502 />

			However, at a pre-trial hearing at ] on 16 April 2013, Hall pleaded guilty to 14 charges of indecent assault involving 13 girls aged between 9 and 17 years old. He was released on bail pending sentencing on 17 June. ] prevented the media from making the news public until 2 May, when the ] (CPS) elected not to pursue the rape charge or three other indecent assault charges relating to the same complainant, who had decided not to give evidence. Hall made a statement through his barrister issuing an "unreserved apology" to his victims.<ref name="BBC020513">{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22379286\|title=Broadcaster Stuart Hall admits indecent assaults\|publisher=]\|date = 2 May 2013 \| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Guardian_case1">{{cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/02/stuart-hall-admits-sexual-abuse-girls \| title=Stuart Hall admits to sexual abuse of girls \| newspaper=] \|location=London \| date=2 May 2013 \| access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=20130502Channel4>{{cite web \| url=http://www.channel4.com/news/stuart-hall-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse \| title=Stuart Hall pleads guilty to child sex abuse \| publisher=Channel 4 News \| date=2 May 2013 \| access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref>

			On 15 July 2013, Lancashire Constabulary confirmed that five new allegations of rape and ] had been made against Hall, including the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10179390/Stuart-Hall-faces-new-rape-allegations.html \|title=Stuart Hall faces new rape allegations \|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph \|location=London \|date=15 July 2013 \|access-date= 15 July 2013}}</ref> These investigations resulted in a further 16 charges of rape and indecent assault being laid against Hall in October 2013.<ref name=BBC231013>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24646305 \|title=Stuart Hall charged with 15 rapes and indecent assault \|publisher=BBC News \|date=23 October 2013 \|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> On 6 November, he appeared in court in relation to the new charges, but did not make any plea. He made a further appearance in court on 29 November; at a preliminary court hearing on 28 February 2014, he pleaded not guilty to raping two young girls. He went on trial at Preston Crown Court on 6 May 2014,<ref>{{Cite news \|last= \|first= \|date=2014-02-28 \|title=Stuart Hall denies child rape charges \|newspaper=The Guardian \|agency=Association Press \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/28/stuart-hall-denies-rape-charges \|access-date=28 February 2014 \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> where he admitted indecently assaulting a girl under 16 but denied 20 further charges.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Stuart Hall admits girl's sex assault \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27291032 \|access-date=21 December 2014 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> On 16 May, Hall was found not guilty of 15 charges of rape and four counts of indecent assault but was found guilty on two counts of indecent assault against a 13-year-old girl.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-05-16 \|title=Stuart Hall cleared of rape but convicted of indecent assault \|publisher=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27441510 \|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref>

			===Sentencing===
			At Preston Crown Court on 17 June 2013, Judge Anthony Russell ] sentenced Hall to 15 months in prison.<ref name=SkyNews1606>{{cite news\|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1104682/stuart-hall-jailed-for-sex-attacks-on-girls \|title=Stuart Hall Jailed For Sex Attacks On Girls\|work=Sky News \|date=17 June 2013 \|access-date=17 June 2013}}</ref> Later the same day, the ] announced that it had received complaints that the sentence was ]. The shadow attorney general and ] ] ] stated that she believed Hall deserved a longer sentence given the age of his victims and the fact that he had publicly denied the offences at first.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22932222 \|title=Stuart Hall jailed for 15 months for sex assaults \|publisher=BBC News \|date=17 June 2013 \|access-date=17 June 2013}}</ref> The attorney general subsequently referred the sentence to the ] for review.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23271739 \| title=Stuart Hall sex attack sentence to be reviewed \| publisher=] \| date=11 July 2013 \| access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> On 26 July, Hall's sentence was increased to 30 months.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Stuart Hall jail term doubled by Court of Appeal \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23460778 \|access-date=21 December 2014 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=26 July 2013}}</ref> Following his additional conviction for indecent assault in May 2014, Mr Justice Turner sentenced Hall to a further two years and six months in prison, to run consecutively to his existing prison sentence of 30 months.<ref name="bbc230514">{{Cite news \|date=2014-05-23 \|title=Stuart Hall sentenced for indecent assaults \|publisher=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27540137 \|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>

			In a later ruling on the case of ], the appeal court compared Clifford's case with Hall's; Clifford had claimed innocence, but did not directly impugn his victims. In contrast, Hall had publicly denounced his victims and accused one of seeking "instant notoriety". A lawyer commented on the Clifford ruling: "Nothing Clifford did resembled the disastrous approach taken by Stuart Hall who, prior to pleading guilty to abusing them as girls, denounced his accusers as gold-diggers and liars." Clifford's actions were deemed merely to show no remorse, and not to justify an increased penalty on appeal, although ruling out a reduction in sentence due to mitigating factors; in contrast Hall's sentence was increased on appeal.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Rozenberg \|first=Joshua \|title=Appeal court ruling on Max Clifford shows how far defendants can go \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/12/appeal-court-max-clifford-defendants \|access-date=21 December 2014 \|newspaper=The Guardian \|location=London \|date=12 November 2014}}</ref>

			===Civil action===
			In July 2013, the media reported that 17 women were preparing to launch ] against Hall and the BBC, on whose premises a number of sexual assaults had allegedly taken place. Lawyers for the women confirmed that several of the claims related to alleged offences that were not part of Hall's criminal prosecution.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cheshire-today.co.uk/18266/stuart-hall-faces-flood-of-compensation-claims/ \|title=Stuart Hall faces flood of compensation claims \|work=Cheshire Today \|date=22 July 2013 \|access-date=25 July 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026202717/http://www.cheshire-today.co.uk/18266/stuart-hall-faces-flood-of-compensation-claims/ \|archive-date=26 October 2013 }}</ref>

			Following Hall's arrest for child sexual offences, ] records revealed that on 22 February 2013, he had transferred his home, which he and his wife Hazel had owned jointly since 1981, into his wife's sole name. Although Hall claimed that he was getting his financial affairs in order because of a heart condition that left him at risk of sudden death, lawyers acting for his victims said they would seek a court order to nullify the transfer of the property, worth an estimated £1.2 million, on the basis that he had relinquished ownership to avoid compensation claims.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10036625/Stuart-Hall-accused-of-dodging-payout-for-abuse-victims.html \| title=Stuart Hall accused of dodging payout for abuse victims \| newspaper=] \|location=London \| date=3 May 2013 \| access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/04/stuart-hall-home \| title=Stuart Hall put home in wife's name 'to avoid payouts to victims' \| newspaper=] \|location=London \| date=4 May 2013 \| access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref>

			===Release===
			Hall was released from ] near ], on 16 December 2015, having served half his sentence. He arrived home in time for Christmas and his birthday on the same day.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.itv.com/news/2015-12-16/stuart-hall-released-from-prison-just-days-before-86th-birthday/ \| title=Stuart Hall released from prison just days before 86th birthday \| work=ITV News \| date=16 December 2015 \| access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref> In a February 2016 interview with '']'', Hall criticised his accusers, 'those who impugned' him, for bringing him down and says he hopes for 'fairness'. A woman Hall attacked when she was a teenage girl said, "To me he'll always be the lowest of the low, a vile ] who's ruined so many lives."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stuart-hall-blasts-vindictive-malicious-sex-accusers-a6894701.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stuart-hall-blasts-vindictive-malicious-sex-accusers-a6894701.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Stuart Hall blasts 'vindictive, malicious' sex accusers\|date=25 February 2016\|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref>

			===BBC response===
			When the news of Hall's guilty plea became public, the BBC immediately terminated his contract and stated: "The BBC is appalled by the disgraceful actions of Stuart Hall and we would like to express our sympathy to his victims."<ref name=20130502Channel4 /> ], chairman of the ], initially announced that ] would extend her inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal to include Hall's sex offences.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22417934 \| title=BBC inquiry must answer Stuart Hall claims, says Lord Patten \| publisher=] \| date=5 May 2013 \| access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> The BBC subsequently decided to launch a separate inquiry headed by a different individual.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22425031 \| title= Stuart Hall: BBC to hold separate conduct inquiry \| publisher=] \| date=6 May 2013 \| access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> As a result of Hall's crimes, the BBC no longer uses clips featuring Hall and edits him out of archive footage when they are broadcast on television.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/31/huw-edwards-fall-comes-14-months-after-career-peak \| title=Huw Edwards' fall comes 14 months after career peak \| newspaper=The Guardian \| date=31 July 2024 \| last1=Lawson \| first1=Mark }}</ref>

			The '']'', released 25 February 2016, found that Hall had assaulted 21 female victims at the BBC, the youngest of whom was aged 10, between 1967 and 1991. The report found that some BBC staff members were aware he was bringing underage girls into his dressing room for sex, but his "untouchable" celebrity status stopped them from passing complaints to senior management.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/12172773/Jimmy-Savile-sex-abuse-report-to-be-published-live.html \|title='Atmosphere of fear' at BBC allowed Jimmy Savile to commit sex crimes, report finds \|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph \|date=25 February 2016 \|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>

			==Personal life and honours==
			Hall married Hazel Bennett on 1 March 1958 and lived in ], ], until his 2013 conviction. The couple's first son, Nicholas, died shortly after birth because of a heart defect.{{CN\|date=November 2023}} They went on to have a daughter and another son. Hall owns an extensive collection of clocks, including one that belonged to ].<ref name=Telg2317798>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2317798/Stuart-Hall-enjoying-time-of-his-life.html\|title=Stuart Hall enjoying time of his life\|first=Michael\|last=Henderson\|newspaper=]\|location=London\|date=28 July 2007\|access-date=22 January 2013}}</ref> It was reported in February 2014 that Hazel was "filing for divorce" before Hall's trial in May 2014 where he was accused, but eventually ], of raping two teenage girls.<ref> '']'', 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.</ref>

			===Honours===
			In 1999, various Members of Parliament signed a ] ], congratulating Hall on 40 years in broadcasting.<ref name="EDM-307">{{Cite web\|url=https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/17256/stuart-halls-fortieth-year-of-broadcasting\|title=STUART HALL'S FORTIETH YEAR OF BROADCASTING – Early Day Motions – UK Parliament\|website=edm.parliament.uk}}</ref><ref name="bbc5">{{cite news
	\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/277621.stm		\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/277621.stm
	\|title=All-party backing for 'youth icon' Hall		\|title=All-party backing for 'youth icon' Hall
	\|publisher=BBC News		\|publisher=BBC News
	\|date=11 February 1999		\|date=11 February 1999
	\|~~accessdate~~=4 October 2009		\|access-date=4 October 2009
			}}</ref> Hall was appointed ] (OBE) in the ] for services to broadcasting and charity,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=60009 \|date=31 December 2011 \|page=10 \|supp=y}}</ref><ref name="OBE">{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16369294.stm \| title=Stuart Hall is made an OBE by Queen for services to broadcasting and charity \| publisher=] \| access-date=31 December 2011 \| date=31 December 2011}}</ref> but the honour was formally annulled in October 2013 due to his conviction for sex offences.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=60664 \|page=20809 \|date= 22 October 2013 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>
	}}</ref>

	Hall was appointed ] (OBE) in the ] for services to broadcasting and charity.<ref>{{LondonGazette \|issue=60009 \|date=31 December 2011 \|startpage=10 \|supp=yes }}</ref><ref name="OBE">{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16369294.stm \| title=Stuart Hall is made an OBE by Queen for services to broadcasting and charity \| publisher=] \| accessdate=31 December 2011 \| date=31 December 2011}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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			'''Bibliography'''
	==Books==
	*{{cite book \| title=Heaven and Hall: a prodigal life ~~\| author=Stuart Hall~~ \| isbn=0-563-53811-2 \| year = 2000}}		*{{cite book \|last=Hall \|first=Stuart \| title=Heaven and Hall: a prodigal life \| isbn=0-563-53811-2 \| year=2000\|publisher=BBC Worldwide }}

	==External links==		==External links==
	{{~~wikiquote~~\|Stuart Hall}}		{{Wikiquote\|Stuart Hall}}
	*{{IMDb name\|0356129\|Stuart Hall}}		*{{IMDb name\|0356129\|Stuart Hall}}
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	{{Question of Sport}}
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English media personality (born 1929)

Stuart Hall
Hall in 2010
Born	James Stuart Hall (1929-12-25) 25 December 1929 (age 94) Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Occupations	Radio broadcaster television presenter
Years active	1959–2012
Criminal status	Released from prison
Spouse	Hazel Bennett (m. 1958)
Children	3

Criminal charge	Indecent assault
Penalty	5 years (two consecutive 30-month sentences)
Details
Victims	at least 21 (Dame Janet Smith Review)
Span of crimes	1967–1991
Date apprehended	5 December 2012 (age 82)
Imprisoned at	HM Prison Wymott (June 2013 – December 2015)

James Stuart Hall (born 25 December 1929) is an English former media personality and convicted sex offender. He presented regional news programmes for the BBC in North West England in the 1960s and 1970s, while becoming known nationally for presenting the game show It's a Knockout (which was part of the international Jeux sans frontières franchise). Hall's later career mainly involved football reporting on BBC Radio. In June 2013, he was convicted of multiple sexual offences against children, effectively ending his media and broadcasting career.

Early life

Stuart Hall was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, the eldest son of baker James Stuart Hall, and his Irish-born wife, Mary (née Hennessey). He was brought up in Hyde, Cheshire, and Glossop, Derbyshire, attending the local grammar school. Hall directed plays when at school and chaired its debating society. While studying at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, he was offered a playing contract with Crystal Palace F.C. but turned it down because of the low wages.

Career

Journalism

Hall joined the BBC in 1959 as a general reporter on Radio Newsreel and a sports journalist on Sports Report. Between 1965 and 1990, he presented BBC North West's regional news programmes produced in Manchester, originally called Look North, then Look North West and finally North West Tonight, alongside John Mundy. During the run of Nationwide (1969–83), Hall became known nationally through live link-ups.

In 1990, Hall moved to ITV Granada's Granada Reports, where he worked with Bob Greaves in a slot titled "Greaves and Hall". During the 2000s, he joined Channel M, a local television station in Manchester, presenting Hall's Heroes on Channel M News.

Entertainment

Between 1972 and 1982, Hall became particularly well known as the presenter of It's a Knockout on BBC1 and its European equivalent, Jeux Sans Frontières. He would often be overcome by laughter at the slapstick antics of the competitors. This led to his becoming a popular subject for impersonation. After the series was cancelled, Hall presented the one-off Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as "It's a Royal Knockout") in 1987, and retained the rights to the programme and some costumes, which enabled him to host similar programmes and events in other parts of the world.

Hall also presented Quiz Ball (a BBC football quiz show) between 1971 and 1972; was the original host of the long-running sports quiz A Question of Sport (at that time only broadcast in the North of England); presented Going, Going, Gone (a BBC antiques quiz show) in the late 1990s; and provided the voice-over for God's Gift for Granada Television. In 2008, Hall provided his voice for a special segment on Les Dennis's Home Video Heroes. In a typical episode, he would be shown a series of funny clips and there would be a 'laugh-ometer' at the bottom of the screen measuring how much he laughed.

Football

As a football reporter, Hall is associated with the phrase "The Beautiful Game", which he popularised, and which he reports he coined in his youth to describe football. As a lifelong Manchester City supporter, he admired prolific goal-scorer Peter Doherty's style of playing and consequently used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty.

The first football match that Hall reported on was Sheffield Wednesday versus Leicester City at Hillsborough in 1958, where the teams shared eight goals. Despite his love of Manchester City, he has affectionately referred to their former home ground Maine Road as the 'Theatre of Base Comedy', an allusion to City's Manchester rivals Manchester United's home ground Old Trafford, which is known as the 'Theatre of Dreams'.

During the 1970s, Hall developed a relationship with Liverpool manager Bill Shankly and became a regular visitor to the Anfield 'Boot Room'. His relationship with Bob Paisley enabled him to pull off a coup, capturing the team's first European Cup final in 1977 in Rome. Smuggled into the ground as a club employee, Hall spent the match on the substitutes' bench wearing the No 14 shirt. This enabled him to get inside television footage of the team's 3–1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. As a television presenter with Look North, Hall used to turn out for benefit matches, scoring twice against Gordon Banks in Eddie Hopkinson's testimonial at Bolton Wanderers.

Hall worked as a football reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live for some years. On 10 December 2009, Radio 5 Live presented a special programme, Stuart Hall Night, broadcast live from the City of Manchester Stadium.

Controversies

Drugged policeman case

In 1978 Hall was called as a prosecution witness during the trial of a policeman, who was accused of driving "while unfit through drink and drugs". Prior to his arrest, the officer had stopped Hall on suspicion on speeding and Hall had invited him to his house for a drink. The officer later blamed his intoxicated state on Hall having laced his drink. Hall denied the accusation and was never charged.

Child sexual abuse prosecution and conviction

In May 2012, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a journalist and regular columnist for The Independent, received an anonymous three-page letter alleging that Hall had groomed and sexually abused the sender while she was a schoolgirl in the 1970s. The writer stated that she had been motivated to disclose her experiences by the reports of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile after his death and by her anger at Hall's appointment as an OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours. Alibhai-Brown passed the letter to the Metropolitan Police at Ealing police station, who in turn sent it on to Lancashire Constabulary, in whose jurisdiction the alleged offences had occurred. Lancashire Constabulary then began an investigation.

On 5 December 2012, police arrested Hall and charged him with three historical counts of indecent assault, involving a 16- or 17-year-old girl in 1974, a 9-year-old girl in 1983, and a 13-year-old girl in 1984. Released on bail, Hall initially denied any wrongdoing, issuing a statement through his solicitor that he was "innocent of these charges". When he appeared at Preston Magistrates' Court on 7 January 2013, he pleaded not guilty to all three charges. The case was committed to Crown Court for trial. Hall was released on bail on condition that he remained resident at his home address and had no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 17. Media coverage of the case led to more women coming forward to state that Hall had also sexually abused them.

On 22 January 2013, Hall was charged with raping a 22-year-old woman in 1976 and indecently assaulting ten more girls, then aged from 9 to 17 years old, between 1967 and 1986. Speaking to reporters after an appearance at Preston Magistrates Court on 7 February 2013, Hall again denied any wrongdoing, calling the charges "pernicious, callous, cruel and, above all, spurious".

However, at a pre-trial hearing at Preston Crown Court on 16 April 2013, Hall pleaded guilty to 14 charges of indecent assault involving 13 girls aged between 9 and 17 years old. He was released on bail pending sentencing on 17 June. Reporting restrictions prevented the media from making the news public until 2 May, when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) elected not to pursue the rape charge or three other indecent assault charges relating to the same complainant, who had decided not to give evidence. Hall made a statement through his barrister issuing an "unreserved apology" to his victims.

On 15 July 2013, Lancashire Constabulary confirmed that five new allegations of rape and sexual assault had been made against Hall, including the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl. These investigations resulted in a further 16 charges of rape and indecent assault being laid against Hall in October 2013. On 6 November, he appeared in court in relation to the new charges, but did not make any plea. He made a further appearance in court on 29 November; at a preliminary court hearing on 28 February 2014, he pleaded not guilty to raping two young girls. He went on trial at Preston Crown Court on 6 May 2014, where he admitted indecently assaulting a girl under 16 but denied 20 further charges. On 16 May, Hall was found not guilty of 15 charges of rape and four counts of indecent assault but was found guilty on two counts of indecent assault against a 13-year-old girl.

Sentencing

At Preston Crown Court on 17 June 2013, Judge Anthony Russell QC sentenced Hall to 15 months in prison. Later the same day, the attorney general's office announced that it had received complaints that the sentence was "unduly lenient". The shadow attorney general and Labour MP Emily Thornberry stated that she believed Hall deserved a longer sentence given the age of his victims and the fact that he had publicly denied the offences at first. The attorney general subsequently referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal for review. On 26 July, Hall's sentence was increased to 30 months. Following his additional conviction for indecent assault in May 2014, Mr Justice Turner sentenced Hall to a further two years and six months in prison, to run consecutively to his existing prison sentence of 30 months.

In a later ruling on the case of Max Clifford, the appeal court compared Clifford's case with Hall's; Clifford had claimed innocence, but did not directly impugn his victims. In contrast, Hall had publicly denounced his victims and accused one of seeking "instant notoriety". A lawyer commented on the Clifford ruling: "Nothing Clifford did resembled the disastrous approach taken by Stuart Hall who, prior to pleading guilty to abusing them as girls, denounced his accusers as gold-diggers and liars." Clifford's actions were deemed merely to show no remorse, and not to justify an increased penalty on appeal, although ruling out a reduction in sentence due to mitigating factors; in contrast Hall's sentence was increased on appeal.

Civil action

In July 2013, the media reported that 17 women were preparing to launch civil claims against Hall and the BBC, on whose premises a number of sexual assaults had allegedly taken place. Lawyers for the women confirmed that several of the claims related to alleged offences that were not part of Hall's criminal prosecution.

Following Hall's arrest for child sexual offences, Land Registry records revealed that on 22 February 2013, he had transferred his home, which he and his wife Hazel had owned jointly since 1981, into his wife's sole name. Although Hall claimed that he was getting his financial affairs in order because of a heart condition that left him at risk of sudden death, lawyers acting for his victims said they would seek a court order to nullify the transfer of the property, worth an estimated £1.2 million, on the basis that he had relinquished ownership to avoid compensation claims.

Release

Hall was released from HM Prison Wymott near Preston, Lancashire, on 16 December 2015, having served half his sentence. He arrived home in time for Christmas and his birthday on the same day. In a February 2016 interview with The Sun, Hall criticised his accusers, 'those who impugned' him, for bringing him down and says he hopes for 'fairness'. A woman Hall attacked when she was a teenage girl said, "To me he'll always be the lowest of the low, a vile paedophile who's ruined so many lives."

BBC response

When the news of Hall's guilty plea became public, the BBC immediately terminated his contract and stated: "The BBC is appalled by the disgraceful actions of Stuart Hall and we would like to express our sympathy to his victims." Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, initially announced that Dame Janet Smith would extend her inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal to include Hall's sex offences. The BBC subsequently decided to launch a separate inquiry headed by a different individual. As a result of Hall's crimes, the BBC no longer uses clips featuring Hall and edits him out of archive footage when they are broadcast on television.

The Dame Janet Smith Review, released 25 February 2016, found that Hall had assaulted 21 female victims at the BBC, the youngest of whom was aged 10, between 1967 and 1991. The report found that some BBC staff members were aware he was bringing underage girls into his dressing room for sex, but his "untouchable" celebrity status stopped them from passing complaints to senior management.

Personal life and honours

Hall married Hazel Bennett on 1 March 1958 and lived in Wilmslow, Cheshire, until his 2013 conviction. The couple's first son, Nicholas, died shortly after birth because of a heart defect. They went on to have a daughter and another son. Hall owns an extensive collection of clocks, including one that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte. It was reported in February 2014 that Hazel was "filing for divorce" before Hall's trial in May 2014 where he was accused, but eventually acquitted, of raping two teenage girls.

Honours

In 1999, various Members of Parliament signed a House of Commons Early Day Motion, congratulating Hall on 40 years in broadcasting. Hall was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and charity, but the honour was formally annulled in October 2013 due to his conviction for sex offences.

References

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^ Stuart Hall (2000). Heaven and Hall: a prodigal life. BBC Worldwide. ISBN 0-563-53811-2.
^ Henderson, Michael (28 July 2007). "Stuart Hall enjoying time of his life". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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^ "Profile: Stuart Hall". BBC News. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Stuart Hall". TV Cream. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
Harper, Nick (2 May 2003). "Stuart Hall". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 April 2011. The player I fell in love with and who inspired me to coin the phrase "the beautiful game" was Peter Doherty, an inside forward, my first hero.
^ City will be back, BBC Sport, 22 May 2001.
Dunsford, John (21 November 1978). "TV Man Denies Putting Drug in Pc's gin". The Daily Telegraph. p. 3.
"Profile: Stuart Hall". BBC. 17 June 2013. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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^ "Stuart Hall 'innocent of abuse charges' says solicitor". BBC News. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^ "Stuart Hall's guilty pleas follow strenuous public denials". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
"British broadcaster Stuart Hall facing sexual abuse allegations". RTÉ News. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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"Stuart Hall case: 'Pattern at BBC of turning blind eye to abuse'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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^ "Stuart Hall pleads guilty to child sex abuse". Channel 4 News. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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Bibliography

Hall, Stuart (2000). Heaven and Hall: a prodigal life. BBC Worldwide. ISBN 0-563-53811-2.

External links

Stuart Hall at IMDb

Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom

Localised grooming groups

Within institutions

BBC	Jimmy Savile scandal Broadmoor Stoke Mandeville Rolf Harris Gary Glitter Stuart Hall Huw Edwards Jonathan King Dame Janet Smith Review (2012–2016) Giving Victims a Voice (2013)
Catholic Church	Arundel and Brighton diocese Ampleforth Downside St Benedict's Caldey Abbey Cardiff archdiocese Comboni Missionaries English Benedictines
Children's homes	Cyril Smith Frank Beck (Leicestershire care homes) Jersey children's home Kincora Boys' Home North Wales care homes Nottinghamshire care homes Amberdale Beechwood
Other	Caldicott School Church of England and Church in Wales Football Crewe Alexandra Kesgrave Hall Medomsley Detention Centre Plymouth nursery Westminster paedophile dossier

Other high-profile cases

Discredited allegations

Investigations

Police operations	Doublet Hydrant Ore Voicer Whistle Yewtree
Inquiries	Bichard Inquiry (2003–2004) Jay Inquiry (2013–2014) Wanless Review (2014) Northern Ireland Inquiry (2014–2016) Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (2015–) Scottish Inquiry (2015–)
Investigators/ activists	Alexis Jay Andrew Norfolk Ann Cryer Geoffrey Dickens Jayne Senior Janet Smith Julie Bindel Jean La Fontaine Jim Gamble Keith Vaz Louise Casey Maggie Oliver Mark Williams-Thomas Nazir Afzal Peter Wanless Richard Webster Sarah Champion Sammy Woodhouse Simon Danczuk Sara Rowbotham Tom Watson

Media

"The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" (Pall Mall Gazette, 1885)
Speak of the Devil (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
Paedogeddon (Channel 4, 2001)
The Execution of Gary Glitter (Channel 4, 2009)
Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (ITV, 2012)
National Treasure (Channel 4, 2016)
Three Girls (BBC One, 2017)

Law

Miscellaneous

Other templates

Catholic Church sexual abuse cases

v t e Operation Yewtree
Accused	Jimmy Savile (posthumously exposed) Rolf Harris (convicted) Gary Glitter (convicted) Stuart Hall (convicted) Max Clifford (convicted) Dave Lee Travis (convicted) Chris Denning (convicted) Freddie Starr (cleared of wrongdoing) Jim Davidson (cleared of wrongdoing) Wilfred De'Ath (cleared of wrongdoing) Cliff Richard (cleared of wrongdoing) Paul Gambaccini (cleared of wrongdoing)
Investigators	Mark Williams-Thomas
Media coverage	The Other Side of Jimmy Savile Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Miscellaneous	Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal Kids Can Say No!

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