 | Find out more about the man who doesn't think twice about running 10k...Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire back September 1963 which, apparently, is the last year officially included in the so-called post-war baby boom, Paul can legitimately call himself a baby boomer, whatever that means! In fact, he claims he’s so old that he took the 11-plus exam (Google it if you don’t know what that is) which got him into grammar school and onto Birmingham University, where he read American Studies. This included a year at The University of California at Santa Barbara, so he could properly grasp the niceties of surfing, the beach and blonde girls, who all bore a remarkable resemblance to Pamela Anderson! It was while living in California that Paul made his first tentative steps into radio, working as a DJ for station 99 KCSB in a college town called Isla Vista (think National Lampoon’s Animal House here!). Those of a certain age, at this point, will be very jealous. As for the younger brethren it is recommended that you drop yourselves onto a search engine again and then you can also be very jealous! Paul then spent 6 years in the travel industry, before returning to radio in 1993 when he joined the BBC in Manchester. Seventeen years and too many radio stations later, Paul finds himself as the face of Stray FM’s Home Time Show. Come to think of it, it’s a pity it’s not still called Drivetime (sorry Boss!), as then he could beseech you to ride shotgun with me (go on, Google it!), every weekday afternoon 2-7pm.
A few questions to Paul... If you weren't on't the radio what would you be doing instead? Here's a chance to come clean. Is there anything you did as a kid that you wish to own up now? If someone gave you a tenner right now what would you do with it? Who's the most famous person you've met? Top bunk or bottom bunk? What's your first memory and how old were you? So you end on up on Come Dine With Me...what dish would you cook to bag yourself the £1000? Eeek, your house is burning down, what's the thing you'd grab as you run out the door? You've just fallen into a vat of toxic waste, which superpower would like bestowed upon you? At the end of a long day doing this radio malarkey, what do you do to relax? Which would win in a fight, a polar bear or hippo? (The teacher would like to see your working!) If you had to for the rest of your life, which would you give up, cheese or chocolate? Go on then, 6 billion people could read this so this is your stage, tell us a joke (no pressure!)... |
