Jonathan King - 2010s Onwards

2010s Onwards

In December 2009 he published his autobiography, 65 My Life So Far. As one of the most successful e-books in 2011 it spent several months at the top of the Amazon Kindle Pop Culture chart.

He released a new film, Me Me Me, in May 2011. It premiered in London's West End and screened at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

In October 2011, then BBC Director-General Mark Thompson apologised to Jonathan King, following the removal of King's performance of "It Only Takes a Minute" from a 1976 episode of Top of the Pops that was repeated on BBC Four. Thompson stated: "We accept that this should not have happened and we would like to apologise for any upset this caused." King had accused the BBC of a "Stalinist" revision of history.

In January 2012 he appeared as a witness at the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, ethics and practice of the press and media in the United Kingdom.

In April 2012 he was featured at length in a front cover article for The Independent on Sunday Review magazine covering his large online following.

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