- Chris Evans
Chris Evans (born 1 April 1966 in Warrington) is an English radio and television presenter and producer.
- Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex, England) is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. Brand dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka". Brand's current style consists of black eyeliner, drainpipe jeans, Beatle boots, and long, shaggy, backcombed hair.
- Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker MBE (born Peter Dingley, 30 March 1945 in Birmingham, England) is a British radio disc jockey. He was educated at Solihull School. Walker's outlook is slightly anti-establishment, often claiming "nobody rebels anymore". He is moderately conservative and often criticises attitudes that he perceives as pedantry or political correctness. On February 27, 2006, he announced his departure from the BBC Radio 2 drive time slot he had occupied for several years.
- Bob Harris
"Whispering" Bob Harris (born Robert Brinley Harris in Northampton, England on 11 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week. His programmes feature a moderately eclectic blend of mostly American and British rock, country, and occasional folk music from the 1950s to the present. His on-air delivery suggests a deep enthusiasm and affection for the music and musicians featured on his shows.
- Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) for most of his career. He has been a leading media personality in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s, and is often referred to as a "national treasure".
- Steve Wright
Stephen Richard (Steve) Wright (born August 26 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He currently presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He rose to prominence in the early-1980s while working with Peter Dickson on BBC Radio 1.
- Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross OBE (born November 17, 1960) is an English television and radio presenter and film critic.
- Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Mary Kennedy MBE is a British TV and radio broadcaster, born July 8 1950 in East Grinstead, West Sussex. She has presented her own daily early morning radio show, "The Dawn Patrol", on BBC Radio 2 since 1993. Kennedy was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2005, when she was awarded the MBE for services to broadcasting.
- Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s. Radcliffe was born in Bolton, Lancashire (now part of Greater Manchester), educated at the independent fee-paying Bolton School and took an interest in music from a young age; playing drums in several bands. In some respects he is a very traditional British DJ, with a wide knowledge of rock and pop.
- Dermot O'Leary
Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. (born 24 May, 1973 in Colchester, England), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British television and radio presenter. He was born to Irish Catholic immigrants, he was an altar boy and attended Catholic schools.
- Ken Bruce
Kenneth Bruce (born 2 February 1951, Glasgow, United Kingdom) is a British broadcaster. He is best-known for his mid-morning programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9:30am until 12pm.
- Jimmy Young
Sir Jimmy Young (born on 21 September, 1921) is a well-known British disc jockey and radio interviewer.
- Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine (born May 17, 1965, Epsom, Surrey) is an English current affairs presenter on BBC radio and television.
- Stuart Maconie
Stuart John Maconie (born 1960 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio D.J. and television presenter, writer, journalist,critic and champion of pop music and popular culture. He is currently active on BBC Radio 2, co-hosting the "Radcliffe and Maconie" show from 8pm to 10pm on weeknights. He is also a frequent stand-in for holidaying presenters, most notably Chris Evans on the drivetime 5pm-7pm slot.
- Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel) or "The Cat" (due to his ability as a goalkeeper), is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and now BBC Radio 2 on a Wednesday from 23:30-00:30 before Janice Long.
- Janice Long
Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a English radio broadcaster working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday from midnight and Monday-Thursday at 00:30. She is the sister of TV personality Keith Chegwin.
- Paul Jones
Paul Jones (born Paul Pond, 24 February 1942, in Portsmouth, England) is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, and radio and television presenter. In 1962, Jones became resident-singer with Alexis Korner's Bluesbreakers (alongside Long John Baldry, both towering out above a shorter third vocalist, aspiring Michael 'Mick' Jagger). Jones then went on to be the vocalist and harmonica player of the successful 1960s group, Manfred Mann.
- Richard Allinson
Richard John McNeill Allinson was born on 12 October 1958 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Richard started his broadcasting with a 3 year stint at Bailrigg FM, whilst undertaking college courses at Fylde College, Lancaster University. He was firstly Treasurer and then became President of Bailrigg. After developing a passion for radio early on, Allinson chose a career in the industry and can now be heard on the BBC Radio network, most often on BBC Radio Two.
- Alan Dell
Alan Dell (March 8, 1924 - August 18, 1995) was a BBC radio broadcaster, who probably did more than anyone else in the last quarter of the 20th century in Britain to ensure that the dance band music of the 1920s, 30s and early 40s remained in the public consciousness.
- Sheridan Morley
Sheridan Morley was an English author, biographer, critic, director, actor and broadcaster. He was the eldest son of actor Robert Morley and grandson of actress Dame Gladys Cooper, and wrote biographies of both. Nicholas Kenyon called him a "cultural omnivore" who was "genuinely popular with people".
- David Jacobs
David Jacobs is a British broadcaster, who became known as a disc jockey in the 1950s. Jacobs served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1947, and first broadcast on "Navy Mixture" in 1944. He was an announcer on the Forces Broadcasting Service before becoming Chief Announcer on Radio SEAC in Ceylon (1945-47), graduating to Assistant Station Director. As a BBC Staff Announcer in the early 1950’s, …
- Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ and executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow "Deal or No Deal". Edmonds has also worked closely with Richard L. Lewis, who has written and produced various programmes that Edmonds has worked on.
- Aled Jones
Aled Jones (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality and broadcaster who first came to fame as a boy soprano. He is the only child of Nest and Derek Jones, and was raised in a Welsh-speaking community in the small Anglesey village of Llandegfan, and attended Ysgol David Hughes.
- Mark Goodier
Mark Goodier (born 28th June 1961 in Rhodesia) is a British radio disc jockey.
- Mark Lamarr
Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on January 7, 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English comedian and a presenter on radio and television.
- Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March, 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. He is most famous for presenting his eponymous interview programme, "Parkinson".
- Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo (born 21 September 1958 in Southgate, London) is an English radio presenter.
- Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Crosby, Merseyside, 25 December 1944, died 4 April 1995), was a popular English radio DJ and television entertainer.
- Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944) is an English television presenter and television game show hostess who is most famous for hosting the BBC game show, "The Weakest Link" which coined her the name 'Queen of Mean'. She was also one of the presenters on the long-running British consumer affairs series, "Watchdog", from 1993 to 2001.
- David Allan
David Allan (born in Bury, Lancashire on 7 August 1940, educated at Bury Grammar School) is a British television announcer and radio presenter. After nine years working in theatre as a stage manager, he began broadcasting on the offshore station Radio 390 in 1966, before joining BBC Radio 2 to present country music programmes throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and part of the 1980s. From 1969 to 1994 he also worked as a continuity announcer on BBC Television.
- Mike Harding
Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944) is a British singer and comedian. Harding was born in Crumpsall, a suburb of the English city of Manchester. His father, who came from Devon, was an RAF pilot who was killed during World War 2. Mike is of Irish descent on his mother's side. He is known as "The Rochdale Cowboy" after one of his hit records. He has been a broadcaster, stand up comic, photographer, traveller, film maker, playwright, poet, writer and musician.
- David Hamilton
David Hamilton was born 'David Pilditch' in Manchester, on September 10 1938. He adopted his mother's maiden name as a showbusiness name. Since his broadcasting career began in 1959, Hamilton has hosted over 10,000 radio shows and more than 1,000 TV shows.
- Beverley Knight
Born in Wolverhampton in 1972, Beverley started singing with her church aged four and started writing songs when she was twelve. After gaining a degree in theology, she landed a record deal with Dome Records in 1995 resulting in her debut album 'The B-Funk' Two further albums, 'Prodigal Sista' (1998) and 'Who I am' (2002) followed.
- Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949, New York) is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005.
- Alex Lester
Alex Lester (born 11 May, 1956 in Walsall, United Kingdom) is a British broadcaster. He presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2.
- Les Dawson
Les Dawson (2 February 1931, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire - 10 June 1993) was a popular English comedian, known for his deadpan style and curmudgeonly persona, and famous for jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.
- Pete Murray
Peter ("Pete") Murray (born Peter Murray James on 19 September 1925) is a British radio and television presenter and a stage and screen actor. His broadcasting career spanned over 50 years. Peter Murray joined the English service of Radio Luxembourg in 1949 or 1950 as one of its resident announcers in the Grand Duchy, and remained there until 1956. Back in London, and now calling himself "Pete" rather than "Peter", …
- Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November, 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio for her mildly throaty voice, once voted the sexiest female voice on TV celebrities. Her voice is often used on TV commercials. Frostrup moved with her family as a child to Kilmacanogue, a small village outside Dublin. Her Norwegian father was a journalist, and her Scottish-born mother an artist.
- Alan Freeman
Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 - 27 November, 2006), was a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years.
- Des Lynam
Desmond Michael Lynam (born 17 September, 1942) is an Irish-born British sports presenter and game show host on British television and radio, born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. He is one of the best known sports broadcasters in the United Kingdom, having hosted television coverage of high profile events for many years. He has presented the popular shows, "Grandstand", "Match of the Day", "Holiday", "How Do They Do That?" and "Countdown".