A school careers teacher once gave Simon a booklet with the uninspiring title of "So You Want To Be An Estate Agent?" In a fit of adolescent pique Simon wrote across the top "No I don't ,I want to be a radio presenter." The thrashing was worth it , great days.
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BBC RADIO SUFFOLK Even BBC radio presenters need to take a holiday. When they do, Simon keeps their seats as warm as his buttocks will allow. Lunchtime, Drivetime, Anytime.
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Simon and Mathew Marvell blaze through Suffolk like a comet, leaving behind a trail of confusion. So far they have climbed to the top of the notoriously flat county's highest point and mined for fossilized faeces. In the studio they invite listeners to take part in an improvisational challenge called "Fickle Finger" and squabble like some old married couple. This
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ICR 105.7 FM 2000-2008 Simon co presented the award winning "Urban Sofa Beat Collective" with Mathew Marvell. Laying bare the minutiae of their ten year friendship in a two hour speech based show ,listeners found themselves sucked into the pairs world and then unable to escape. The Urban Sofa is also a very successful podcast with listeners around the world.
Visit the complete Urban Sofa Podcast archive here.
Simon co presented the Monday morning breakfast show, interviewing guests, dissecting the news and trying to come to grips with his female co presenters love of the band G4.
He was also the co writer and presenter of a comedy show called "Chimps In Suits"
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INFLIGHT AUDIO 1997-2004 Simon has been the voice of music and speech programming for a variety of airlines including MyTravel, Airtours, Air France, Deutsche BA and Gulf Air. He has worked with the likes of Pete Mitchell ,Geoff Lloyd, Bruno Brooks and Barry Cryer. He often told people erroneously that his international reach had made him a legendary figure in Oman known as "Dr Pop"
VIVA 963 1996 Simon was a regular contributor to the Bob Sinefield Breakfast Show, which only made things sillier.
BBC CWR 1994-95 Simon was a co presenter on the daily afternoon show which was broadcast from a glass fronted studio in a Coventry shopping arcade. During busy periods It was, he said, "Like when you go to do a car boot sale and all the other stall holders crowd around your car before you can get any of your stuff out....for three hours."
He also was the writer and presenter of his own comedy show which featured the controversial light aircraft based feature "Drop The Pilot."
RADIO HARMONY (KIX96) 1992-94 As co presenter of the Drivetime show Simon had the unenviable task of "talking up" a video about legendary British regiment The Ghurkas as a competition prize. He also co presented Saturday Breakfast and hosted a Sunday afternoon alternative music show, does anyone remember The Sultans Of Ping FC?
