Nick Grimshaw
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| Nick Grimshaw | |
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| Born | Nicholas Peter Grimshaw 14 August 1984 Manchester, England |
| Occupation | DJ, Radio and Television presenter |
| Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/nickgrimshaw/ |
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Nick Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984) is a British television and radio presenter. Commonly known as 'Grimmy', he has presented shows for Channel 4, E4, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4 youth strand T4. Currently he appears on the television channel Channel 4 and hosts two radio shows on BBC Radio One.
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[edit] Early life
Born in St Mary's in Manchester, he was brought up in Oldham and attended Our Lady's R.C. High School in Royton. Early work career included a saturday job at Madeleine Lindley Ltd.[1] Grimshaw attended the University of Liverpool, leaving in 2006.
[edit] Radio
Nick's first taste of radio was at BBC Radio 1 which he joined in September 2007 on the BBC's youth strand Switch. He presented the show with friend and fellow DJ Annie Mac. Nick hosted the show for 9 months solo when Annie hosted a weekend lunchtime slot. They are now back together hosting the evening teen show. From August 2008 to May 2009 Grimshaw hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show. Grimshaw now presents the 10pm - 12am slot on BBC Radio 1 which he started on 1 June 2009, following the departure of Colin Murray from the station who left to follow his love of sport radio. This show was formerly hosted by John Peel.
[edit] Television
His career started on UK entertainment channel E4 hosting daily shows. He crossed over to Channel 4 in September 2007 hosting the daily breakfast show Freshly Squeezed alongside Alexa Chung which airs on channel 4 at 7am on weekdays. The pair went on to host various award shows for TV and coverage from music events and festivals for Channel 4. As well as hosting the radio show Switch for BBC Radio One, he and Annie Mac teamed up to host music show Sound (BBC TV series) for BBC2. This year he presented the first ever BBC Switch Awards show with Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud on BBC One. He appeared on The Xtra Factor on 13 November 2009. He is also the newest addition to the T4 presenting team on Channel 4 on Saturdays and Sundays.
Nick will also be hosting the sixth series of The Album Chart Show for Channel 4, as a replacement for Sara Cox.
[edit] References
- ^ "Meet the It-boy". Guardian. 14 September 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/14/television.radio. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Nick Grimshaw from the BBC
| Preceded by DJ Nihal |
Radio One Weekend Breakfast Show host August 2008-May 2009 |
Succeeded by Chappers and Dave |
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