Patrick Dunlop

He's one of half of our news team and has made a name for himself as Stray FM's Oracle!

Patrick James Innes Dunlop came into the world on a snowy 20th January 1979 in Guildford in Surrey. He lived in nearby Godalming until he was 3 and then moved to East Sussex.

After school and sixth-form college, he went to Falmouth College of Arts (now called University College Falmouth) in Cornwall to do a degree in Broadcasting Studies. That led to a job with the BBC at Television Centre in London. Patrick really enjoyed his time there, but it wasn't quite the job for him - news was more his thing! So he decided to go back to Falmouth and get a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism.

In August 2002, he started covering the weekend news shifts at Stray FM and soon became a full-time member of the team. After being there for so long, he's now considered to be a 'veteran'!

When he's not working, Patrick likes to catch up with friends and family, eat/drink, watch TV and enjoy the great outdoors. He should do a bit more exercise and has put that on his list for 2010!

 
A few questions to Patrick...

If you weren't on't the radio what would you be doing?
An airline pilot

Here's a chance to come clean. Is there anything you did as a kid that you wish to own up now?
No, not now!

If someone gave you a tenner right now what would you do with it?
Buy something nice.

Who's the most famous person you've met?
John Craven

Top bunk or bottom bunk?
Bottom Bunk

What's your first memory and how old were you?
Going to see my sister just after she was born. I was 3 years old.

So you end on up on Come Dine With Me...what dish would you cook to bag yourself the £1000?
Any of the dishes my mum makes - they're always award-winning!

Eeek, your house is burning down, what's the thing you'd grab as you run out the door?
My car keys.

You’ve just fallen into a vat of toxic waste, which superpower would you like to have bestowed upon you?
The ability to fly

At the end of a long day doing this radio malarkey, what do you do to relax?
Eat, drink and sleep.

Which would win in a fight, a polar bear or hippo? (The teacher would like to see your working!)
The polar bear

If you had to for the rest of your life, which would you give up, cheese or chocolate?
A tough choice, but it would be chocolate.

Go on then, 6 billion people could read this so this is your stage, tell us a joke (no pressure!)...
Why are pirates called pirates? Cos they arrrrrre!

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