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Clive Bull (born January 23, 1959) is an award-winning radio talk show host on LBC 97.3 in London, England. Image File history File links Clive_Bull. ...
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Background
Bull was educated at Dulwich College, south east London between 1970-77. He has a degree in Educational Broadcasting from the University of London and a distinction in Radio Journalism from The National Broadcasting School. Dulwich New College buildings. ...
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He joined LBC as a telephone operator. Later he presented a range of programmes including gardening phone-ins and the station's youth programme Young London. His big break was as host of the overnight Clive Bull Through the Night Show which ran for several years in the early 1990s. In 1994 he was hired by London News Talk 1152 (as LBC's AM service was briefly known) to host the weekend late-night slot. The following year he moved to weeknights where he has remained ever since.
LBC 97.3 radio show Bull's show airs live Monday to Thursday from 10pm to 1am. With slight variations in show times, Bull has occupied the same late night slot since 1995 despite numerous changes of station brand and ownership during this time.
Discussions tend to focus around two or three topics each evening based loosely upon what is in the news, or what has interested or affected Clive. However, Bull encourages callers to talk about whatever they like, on the basis they more interesting discussions come from things people genuinely care about. There have been special-interest nights, including the successful science hour series with Brian J. Ford. Since 1999 Bull's show has been produced by Bob Johnson. Brian J. Ford (born 1939 in Corsham, Wiltshire) is an English independent scientist, prolific author and popular interpreter of scientific issues for the general populace, whose scientific papers and numerous books have been published internationally. ...
Acclaim In June 2005, Bull came 19th in the Radio Times survey of the forty most powerful people on radio, the highest ranked phone-in host. He was described as "a brilliant phone-in host who knows that the way to make captivating talk radio is not to rant or rage, but to create a separate world, away from the nonsense of current affairs - then invite his listeners into it. His show is the most listened-to night-time programme in London and is an understated joy,"[1] while The Independent called him "The Emperor of night-time talk radio."[2] Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...
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The Experts' Expert from The Observer wrote "There's no-one quite like him. You get the impression that he's living just a bit dangerously, and that's what makes phone-ins exciting".[2] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
He has won several awards including a Bronze Sony Radio Award. The judges described him "An exception to the run-of-the-mill phone-in. It was all down to the presenter who appeared so laid back that his callers could not see how he was teasing them. A very dry sense of humour and great fun." [2] The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ...
He won Best Talk Show Host at the New York Radio Awards in 2001.
Celebrity callers - Peter Cook made a series of calls with the pseudonym "Sven from Swiss Cottage", a Norwegian fisherman who'd come to London looking for romance and to escape the fish-related phone-ins of Norway. These have been recorded in "Tragically I Was An Only Twin", a collection of his writings and are also available on Bull's subscription podcast. Peter Cook's former neighbour Rainbow George Weiss remains a regular caller with news of his political activities. [3]
- Michael Barrymore once phoned in to take part in a talent contest as himself. He came seventh. [3]
- Tony Blackburn called in to defend Smart cars.[4]
- Jane Horrocks answered a listener's question about a movie (featured on 20 December 2005 Celebrity Callers Special). [5]
- Bruce Mansfield (aka: Bruce Mane) is a famous Australian personality who is the presenter of nightline on the Australian talk radio station 3AW. He is an aussie larakin on the show who is looking for a wife to take back to Australia. [3]
- Patsy Palmer, called in to join a discussion about Cockney accents, and on another occasion, for listeners to look out for her lost dog, which was subsequently found and returned to her (featured on 20 December 2005 Celebrity Callers Special). [6]
- Kerry McFadden called in just before leaving to play 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!' when Bull wondered whether she'd had a cosmetic surgery, which she said she hadn't.[7]
- Iain Lee, used to make prank calls to the show. Years later he had his own show on the station. [8]
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Rainbow George Weiss (born 1940) is a fringe UK politician and a foolish wanker, who stood in 13 different constituencies at the 2005 General Election. ...
Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952 in Bermondsey, London), is an English comedian better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore. ...
Tony Blackburn (born 29 January 1943 in Guildford, Surrey) is an award winning English disc jockey, who broadcast on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s and was the first presenter to appear on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. ...
For cars with artificial intelligence, see Smart car. ...
Jane Horrocks Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English actress and singer. ...
Bruce Mansfield is a well-known Australian TV veteran. ...
Bruce Mansfield (born 24 April 1944) is a blatently homophobic Australian television and radio personality. ...
3AW is a radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693KHz AM. It began transmission in February 1932 as Melbournes fifth commercial radio station. ...
Patsy Palmer (born Julie Harris on May 26, 1972 in Bethnal Green, London, England) is a red-haired British actress best-known for her 6-year role as the feisty Bianca Jackson in popular British television soap opera EastEnders. ...
Kerry Katona (born 6th September 1980 in Warrington) is a British television presenter and former pop singer with girl band Atomic Kitten. ...
Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! is a UK reality television show in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ...
Iain Lee (born 9 June 1973) is a radio and television presenter. ...
A prank call, also known as a crank call or hoax call, is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. ...
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