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3 unusual facts about BBC Radio 5


Andy Brassell

He was formerly a regular European football correspondent on the BBC Radio 5 live World Football Phone In where he had been given the moniker "top brass".

BBC Radio 5

BBC Radio 5 Live, the current station, which replaced BBC Radio 5 in 1994.

Jon Briggs

Having worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4 current affairs programmes, he went on to spend two years anchoring the breakfast news program for BBC Radio 5 when the corporation launched its first new station for 23 years.


Caron Keating

Keating joined BBC Radio 5 at its launch in August 1990, where amongst other programmes, such as Euromix and Vibe, she co-hosted an early 90’s afternoon show with film critic Mark Kermode; the show was named A Game of Two Halves and in his autobiography Kermode described Keating as “the very dictionary definition of Lovely”.

Dennis Rofe

Since leaving Southampton, Rofe has been engaged as a match summariser on BBC Radio 5, and spent the summer of 2006 working in the Bahamas with Luther Blissett at the annual Premier League Soccer Camp.


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Anna Foster

Foster joined the BBC Radio 5 Live Weekend Breakfast show on 23 April 2011, replacing Rachel Burden who moved to the weekday 5 Live Breakfast team alongside Nicky Campbell on 3 May.

Cambodian Midget Fighting League

On the 29 January 2011 edition of BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk, Gail Emms fell foul of the hoax when giving it as an answer