Articles tagged Radio:
LISTEN: Two Ex-Police Officers Tell Me How They Were Forced To Shut Down Investigations Into Child Sex Abuse Involving Politicians
- 17 Mar 2015
As the Met now faces an inquiry into its action or inaction into politicians involvement in child sex abuse I thought I might remind you of something that happened on my LBC show last autumn. I took from John in Harrow, a former Metropolitan Police Officer who was ordered to ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 20: RAJAR - What Goes Up... May Come Down
- 7 Feb 2015
What goes up, must come down. That doesn’t apply just to Christmas decorations and share prices, but to radio audiences too. Every quarter we get listening figures courtesy of RAJAR. They instill fear into every radio presenter and producer, because those are the measure that ...
An Astonishing Hour of Radio - Two Police Officers Reveal They Were Told To Shut Down Paedo Sex Ring Inquiries in the 1980s
- 20 Nov 2014
I’ve presented some pretty astonishing hours in my four years on LBC but very few would top our 5 O’Clock hour tonight. We started off with an interview (by Tom Swarbrick) with Vishambar Mehrotra, the father of 11 year old Vishal, who was allegedly murdered as part of a paedop...
My LBC Book Interviews: The Best of 2014 So Far...
- 4 Jul 2014
Every Friday night at 7.30pm on LBC I interview an author about a book they have just published. Here are the interviews from the first half of 2014. Each is around 20 minutes long. I hope you enjoy them and would love to hear any feedback you may have. Remember, you can now l...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 19: A Veritable Feast of Loose Tongues (Called Mitchell & Balls)
- 14 May 2014
Well that was quite a show on LBC this evening! First we had Austin Mitchell, who had created a right stooshie with his Tweet on Pfizer, which ended with the words “Roll up Rapists”. Not clever. Not wise. I suggested he should apologise, and do it quickly, but Austin was havin...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 18: Winning Silver at the Radio Academy Awards
- 13 May 2014
Awards ceremonies are strange beasts, particularly if you’re shortlisted for an award. You can’t really enjoy it until your own particular award has been doled out. Last night’s Radio Academy Awards were no different (yes, they used to be The Sonys but Sony ended their sponsor...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 17: Avoiding The 'N' Word
- 10 May 2014
There are many words you can’t say on the radio. You can imagine what many of them are. The ‘N’ word is one of them. There are clear guidelines on the use of this word. It’s not that it is absolutely verboten, but as a presenter you may only use it in specific contexts. BBC...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 16: Losing Laura Marshall - A Brilliant Speech Radio Producer
- 17 Apr 2014
I’m writing this on the 11.30pm back to Tonbridge after a lovely evening with my three LBC producers, Laura, Matt and Axel at the Hippodrome. The reason? Today was my last day working with Laura Marshall after two years of working together, firstly on the evening show and for ...
Nominated For Interview of the Year Award
- 2 Apr 2014
Bit of a good day at work. For the second year running I have been nominated for a Radio Academy Award, something which I have to say wasn’t at all expected. It’s for Radio Interview of the Year, for my interview with James, an eyewitness to the Woolwich murders. The other no...
International Women's Day: Waste of Time & An Insult to Women?
- 8 Mar 2014
Yesterday on my show I hosted a panel discussion on women’s issues to mark International Women’s Day. Harriet Harman, Mary Beard, Zoe Williams and Cristina Odone joined me for a sparky hour long discussion. Click HERE to listen. But before that, Katy Hopkins had her say too....