He also presented Sunday Night with Jason Donovan, a programme on The One Network of British local radio stations. From September 2011, Donovan took part in the ninth series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. In summer 2019, Donovan returned to the London Palladium in a new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, this time playing the Pharaoh alongside Sheridan Smith as the Narrator and Jac Yarrow as Joseph. His first single, "Nothing Can Divide Us", was released in 1988. He also appeared in the series I Can Jump Puddles (1981) and Golden Pennies (1985) before entering the cast of Neighbours in 1986 as Scott Robinson (replacing actor Darius Perkins, who had played the role for the first year of the series). His debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album in the UK in 1989, with sales of over 1.5 million. It appeared that Donovan was trying to sell his car, and unwittingly released his mobile phone number to the public. [15] Virgin Mobile has since admitted the photos were all part of a marketing ploy. Like Minogue's material, it was written and produced by the production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. He has had four UK No. [19] However, he agreed to take part in the documentary special Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015.[20][21]. Donovan continued to act alongside his pop career, and in 1990 he appeared in his first feature film, Blood Oath (released in some countries as Prisoners of the Sun). 1)", "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts - German Singles", "The ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart – 1989 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. The same year, Donovan played the role of The Artilleryman in the 2010–2011 stage show Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. [1][2] Following his parents' separation and divorce, his father was awarded full custody of him in 1973 and brought him up on his own. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap Neighbours, playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music in 1988. [11] After the pair had a brief relationship, Malloch became pregnant and gave Donovan an ultimatum that he had to kick drugs once and for all if he wanted to be part of their child's life. Donovan presented a voice-tracked radio show on Heart each Sunday from 10 am to 12 noon. He has had four UK No. Donovan made his first television appearance at age 11 in a guest role on the Australian series Skyways in 1980. Donovan is married to Angela Malloch, with whom he has three children. He released his début album, Ten Good Reasons, in May 1989, which also reached number one (for three weeks). Official website of the legendary songwriter Donovan. Molly Donovan was born in 2011. He has also appeared in several stage musicals, most prominently in the lead role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the early 1990s. Donovan leitch is widely regarded as one of the most influential songwriters and recording artists working today.