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16 unusual facts about BBC Radio 5 Live


Alton Byrd

Off the court, he pursued a variety of broadcasting and business ventures, including a weekly show on BBC Radio 5 Live dedicated to American sports.

Andy Crane

As of April 2013, he can still be heard presenting Saturday breakfast on BBC Radio Manchester, along with Sunday breakfast on BBC Radio Sheffield and various shows on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Howard Andrew "Andy" Crane (born 24 February 1964, Morecambe, Lancashire) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Children's BBC between 1987 and 1990 and for his current work as presenter on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio 5 Live.

BBC Radio 5

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

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.

Fraser Digby

In 2008, he found new fame through repeated references to "Fraser Digby's washbag" on Danny Baker's 6–0–6 programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.

London Underground anagram map

The owner of the site - Geoff Marshall, was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live by Chris Vallance about "map-mashing" (making parody maps) in which the London Underground anagram map was discussed.

Paul Eales

He is a member of the European Tour Players' Committee, and also regularly works as an analyst on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports.

Rachel Morris

She has also appeared as an expert guest on BBC Radio 1's Sunday Surgery, Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show and is a regular guest on several Radio 5 Live talk shows.

Ray Stubbs

Other programmes he hosted included two editions of Match of the Day Extra at the start of the 1998-99 season, a round-up of the latest sports news at the beginning of Grandstand, coverage of the live FA Cup draws and 6-0-6, the football phone-in on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Saima Mohsin

After graduating from university, she freelanced for a year at BBC World Service, Greater Manchester Radio, GLR and Five Live.

Sheila Granger

She has appeared on BBC Television and radio shows including BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2010, Sheila Granger was labelled "Britains Leading Hypnotherapist" by the Times of India.

South London Press

Paul McCarthy, sports editor of the News of the World, John Pienaar, political correspondent and reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live and David Bond, who was appointed as the BBC's Sports Editor in 2010, worked at the SLP in the 1980s and 1990s.

Tain Thistle F.C.

The Club chairman was interviewed live on the subject by Peter Allen from BBC Radio 5 Live and also appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's morning news programme, Good Morning Scotland.

Tazeen Ahmad

She has been a reporter in news and current affairs in television and radio for over 17 years which includes working for NBC, Channel 4 and the BBC 5 Live and on Radio 4 as well as the World Service.

Tim Luckhurst

Returning to the UK he became a senior member of the team that designed and launched BBC Radio 5 Live.


Andy Parsons

He has also appeared as a guest on They Think It's All Over, QI, and BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk.

Charlie Wolf

Since 2010, he has appeared every Sunday night on BBC Radio 5 Live's Nolan show, with Stephen Nolan and Bishop Stephen Lowe.

Derek Laud

Laud makes regular appearances on radio and television, appearing regularly on Sky News, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and BBC Radio 5 Live.

Justin Lewis

He has written articles for The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe, and is a regular commentator on media, politics and cultural issues for regional and national US and UK media, including BBC Radio 5 Live, the Today programme, BBC TV News, The Independent, The Washington Post, the NBC Today Show, and National Public Radio.

Luke Toyne

Toyne has also presented live and pre-recorded TV, radio and corporates: quiz, youth, gambling and entertainment formats for MTV, GCap and O2 and appeared as a dating correspondent on Nihal’s BBC Asian Network show and Richard Bacon and Stephen Nolan on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Natasha Courtenay-Smith

Courtenay-Smith has appeared as a media expert on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Breakfast.

Talk to the Press

Founder Natasha Courtenay-Smith has appeared as a media expert on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live and also appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the public fascination with the daily dramas of peoples' lives.

WESX

Wishing to continue to broadcast the BBC Radio 5 Live show Up All Night, he made an arrangement with WESX's owners to use the studios and ISDN line to connect him with Broadcasting House in London, England.