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6 unusual facts about Andy Parfitt


Andy Parfitt

In December 2007, Parfitt was criticised for only authorising a cut version of The Pogues 'Fairytale of New York', censoring the words 'slut' and 'faggot'.

More recently, Parfitt has been instrumental in changes to the Radio 1 daytime output including the appointment of Chris Moyles as the Radio 1 Breakfast Show host in January 2004, as well as the 2006 reshuffle which saw Colin Murray move to 10pm.

He went to Ashton Park Comprehensive School in Bower Ashton, Bristol.

In March 2009, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro along with Radio 1 presenters Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton and seven other celebrities for Comic Relief 2009.

This has seen a sustained improvement in RAJAR ratings with the station reaching the ten million mark in listenership.

Matthew Bannister

He remained controller of Radio 1 alongside this until March 1998, when he was succeeded by Andy Parfitt.



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