Obituary: `Paul had a great love of music'.

Radio Two head of music Colin Martin pays a personal tribute to colleague and long-time Terry Wogan producer Paul Walters who died aged 59 last week after a long illness.

Paul Walters and I joined BBC Radio Two about the same time. He had been there for about three months when I came in as a trainee producer in the late Seventies. I remember we both worked on Pete Murray's daily afternoon show, Open House, and Paul showed me the ropes in the studio. He was always very relaxed in any given scenario; he never panicked. He always knew how to handle a situation; he knew how to get on with people, which made him such a great studio producer, whether it was dealing with an ego or with a nervous person.

I took over from Paul before Terry went off to TV. When Terry came back to Radio Two he wanted to work with Paul again. They had similar musical tastes - Paul had a great love of music. I remember sitting in his office and witnessing him discover a fantastic track on an album. That was always a joy to him - going through albums and finding tracks nobody had discovered.

Paul and Terry were buddies. They played golf together and when Terry was on outside broadcasts Paul was always with him. It was the ideal combination. Terry trusted Paul, he just trusted him to do what was right.

Paul basically sat down and chose the music for the programme. He was ...