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| Birth name | Paul Dominik Diamond |
| Born | December 31, 1969 Arbroath, Scotland |
| Show | Diamond and de Andrade Talk 107 1400-1800 Mon-Fri |
| Style | Disc Jockey Comedian |
| Country | Scotland |
| Previous show(s) | "The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show" Xfm Scotland 6:00 - 10:00 a. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arbroath or Aberbrothock ( Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig which translates literally as 'at the mouth of the Brothock' is a former Royal burgh Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. talk107 is a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh XFM Scotland is a regional Radio station broadcasting to Scotland 's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow m. Monday-Friday "The Dominik Diamond Show" Beat 106 1000 - 1300 Saturday/Sunday |
Paul Dominik Diamond (known as Dominik Diamond) is a television and radio presenter and newspaper columnist from Arbroath, Scotland. Arbroath or Aberbrothock ( Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig which translates literally as 'at the mouth of the Brothock' is a former Royal burgh Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. He is best known as the original presenter of Channel 4's video gaming programme GamesMaster, as host of The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show on Xfm Scotland and columnist of The Daily Star. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. GamesMaster was a British show screened on Channel 4 from 7 January, 1992 to 3 February, 1998, and was XFM Scotland is a regional Radio station broadcasting to Scotland 's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow Following his success at Xfm, Diamond and his former co-host Marisa de Andrade now present Diamond and de Andrade on Scottish news/talk station Talk 107.
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Early life
Diamond first attended Strathallan School in Forgandenny, Perthshire. Forgandenny is a small Village in Perth and Kinross, located eight miles south west of Perth, Scotland, UK. Perthshire ( Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) officially the County of Perth, is a Registration county in central Scotland. [1] He then went on to study drama at Bristol University, also attended by Little Britain star David Walliams. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Walliams and Diamond were part of a comedy troupe called "David Icke and The Orphans of Jesus", in which they were also joined by Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon Walliams & Diamond fell out after Walliams appeared as a guest on Diamond's Paramount show "Dom'n'Kirk's Night O Plenty" - after which Diamond said that Walliams and co-Little Britain star Matt Lucas were "complete arseholes". Paramount Comedy 1 is a Television channel shown in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, available through digital satellite ( Sky Digital Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English Comedian and Actor. Diamond has not spoken to Walliams since, yet still refers to him as a "comic genius". [2]
Pegg appeared on Diamond's Xfm Scotland Breakfast Show as a guest while promoting Hot Fuzz and revealed that seeing Diamond do stand-up comedy at Bristol University inspired him to do it as a career. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities
Television & publications
An avid Celtic fan, Diamond had a column in the football monthly FourFourTwo when it lauched in 1994. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. This page concerns the UK edition of the magazine however details about the others can be found further down the page Diamond co-hosted sports programme Live and Dangerous in 1997, and When Games Attack, aired in 2004. When Games Attack was a British television show broadcast on Bravo. Since 1996, he writes a twice-weekly column in the Daily Star and had a regular column in the monthly magazine PC Zone until the August 2006 edition. PC Zone was the first Magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom. Diamond's biggest role on television to date came on Channel 4 computer and video game show Gamesmaster, which ran from 1992-1998. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. He presented the short-lived BBC Scotland panel show Caledonia McBrains in 2002.
In 2006, Diamond filmed Five documentary, Crucify Me. During filming, he took part in the live annual Holy week re-enactment of the crucifixion at San Pedro Cutud. Holy Week ( Latin: Hebdomada Sancta or Maior Hebdomada, "Greater Week" in Christianity is the last week before Easter. Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio, noun of process crucifixio, from perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross from San Pedro Cutud is a Barangay in City of San Fernando Pampanga province in the Philippines, approximately 70 kilometers north of Manila. However, he backed down at the last minute, breaking into tears. [3][4] He also has featured on Discovery Real Time programme, Rubble Trouble, which charts the development of his house extension. Discovery Real Time is a male oriented factual television channel produced by Discovery Networks Europe.
In July 2006, he appeared in the satirical quiz show spoof, "Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive" where his career was parodied and one of the more noticeable jokes was his expectation of getting a column in The Financial Times as a result of his appearance on the show. Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May, 1965, Swansea) is a Welsh Actor, Comedian and impressionist The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper.
He is a regular host of What The Papers Say on BBC2, a humorous round-up of the week's newspapers. What The Papers Say ( 1956 – 2008) is the second longest-running programme on British Television after Panorama
Radio career
Diamond hosted the debut of Fantasy Football League on BBC Radio Five Live at least one season before it appeared on BBC TV. Fantasy Football League was a British television programme hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. Diamond presented Sportscall on BBC Radio Five Live in the 1990s and occasionally hosted the station's phone-in football show 6-0-6. 6-0-6 (pronounced six-oh-six is a football Phone-in, broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live throughout the football season when the programme started
Xfm Scotland
Diamond most recently presented "The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show" during weekdays 6 till 10 on Xfm Scotland. XFM Scotland is a regional Radio station broadcasting to Scotland 's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow Numerous traits previously used on Gamesmaster were shown on the show, such as frequently "pushing the boundaries" with use of words which would not normally be used on air at that time of day. He was named Scottish Radio Presenter of the Year for his efforts at the 2007 XTrax Scottish Radio Awards. Diamond also received a nomination for a Sony Radio Award in 2007 as UK Radio Music Personality of the Year. Dominik's departure was first announced on June 9, 2007 when The Sunday Herald newspaper reported that Diamond had asked for a pay rise following his Sony Radio Award nomination. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Sunday Herald is an award winning Scottish Sunday Newspaper launched on 7 February 1999 GCap Media bosses denied this, and Dominik aired his last show on June 22, 2007. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Dominik was replaced on Xfm Scotland on July 4, 2007 by Julyan Sinclair. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Julyan Sinclair is an Orcadian television and radio presenter
Diamond would frequently include producer Scott Shaw and news presenter Marisa de Andrade throughout the show, most notably a segment named "Fib Of The Day". The segment involved each of the three making an ambiguous - and sometimes near unbelievable - statement about a news issue of the day (where only one was genuine). Ambiguity (Am-big-u-i-ty is the property of being ambiguous, where a Word, term notation sign Symbol, Phrase, sentence, or any Listeners would then text in which of the three statements they believed were true.
The A. M's
Diamond's most triumphant moment as part of the Xfm Scotland team came during UK Music Week 2006. UK Music Week was a United Kingdom -wide music chart which compiled the 40 UK greatest artists of all time After declaring that Meg White of The White Stripes was "rubbish" at drumming, he challenged news presenter Marisa de Andrade to successfully learn to play the drums in the five days that the breakfast show took place. Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is best known as the Drummer and Backing vocalist The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. This would culminate in the entire breakfast team playing together as a whole, with Scott Shaw playing bass guitar and Diamond on guitar and vocals. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The station followed de Andrade's progress throughout the week, and, as promised, the trio were recorded playing a special cover of The White Stripes' "7 Nation Army". " Seven Nation Army " is the first track on the album Elephant by American Alternative rock band The White Stripes. The song was distributed on the Xfm website under the band name, "The A. M's".
Throughout the next year, the band would play a number of key support dates, supporting such acts as Maxïmo Park, Teenage Fanclub and Little Man Tate. Maxïmo Park (sometimes spelled Maximo Park) are an English Post-punk revival band signed to Warp Records, who formed in 2000 Teenage Fanclub are an acclaimed Scottish Alternative rock band from Bellshill. Little Man Tate is a 1991 Motion picture which tells the story of Fred Tate a 7-year-old Child prodigy who struggles to self-actualize They would even go as far as to play a number of their own shows at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, known to locals simply as King Tut's is a live music venue in Glasgow, Scotland.
Towards the beginning of UK Music Week 2007, the week which would mark a year since the band's creation, The A. M's announced through Xfm that they would be releasing their debut single on Nineteen Percent Records. The single, a double a-side of two of the band's own songs, "Billy the Dancer / Isobel Campbell", was released on May 21, 2007. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
The band would also announce their own tour, taking place every night of UK Music Week. Each night, the band would travel to different areas of the UK, and present the Breakfast Show at the location of the gig. Oddly enough, the band's manager, who travelled with them throughout the tour was fellow Xfm DJ, Al Lorraine.
The band most recently played a number of homecoming shows at numerous small venues in Glasgow. All three members of the band (and manager) have all now left Xfm Scotland, yet continue to play around the country. Prior to Diamond leaving, it was announced on the band's MySpace page that they would be playing at this year's Wickerman Festival in Dumfries, Scotland on July 21, 2007, which was a huge tent filling success. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and The Wickerman Festival is an annual Music festival held near to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Dumfries (dəmˈfriːs is a town and former Royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Present work with Talk 107
On June 27, 2007, RadioToday.co.uk announced that Diamond had joined Talk 107 to cover a number of programmes over the summer months. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. talk107 is a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format He also stood in for James Whale on talkSPORT in July.
From October 13, 2007 Diamond presented the Dominik Diamond Breakfast Club on Talk 107 7 till 10am Saturday/Sunday. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. talk107 is a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format He was joined by Marisa de Andrade who worked with him on his award winning Xfm Scotland Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show.
In January 2008 Dominik took over Talk 107 Drive, again with Marisa de Andrade.
In April 2008 following a station revamp the show became 'Diamond and de Andrade' broadcasting for 2 til 6pm weekdays.
Personal life
Diamond and his partner, Phoebe, have three children, Molly, Charlie and Honor. Diamond has never kept his presenting and personal lives separate, as he frequently refers to his family on his show. One unexpected twist of this was when he presented a breakfast show from the basement of his house, in order for him to watch his children while his wife was not there.
He is a devoted supporter of the football team Celtic and is known to be significantly under 5'8 in height. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League.
References
- ^ "Dinner with Dominik Diamond". The Scotsman newspaper. Retrieved on 2007-07-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
- ^ "Diamond Geezer". From the News And Star Website. Retrieved on 2007-06-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish
- ^ A crucifixion too far (HTML). The Scotsman (2006). Retrieved on 15 April 2006.
- ^ Crucify me? Sorry, I've changed my mind (XML). Daily Telegraph (2006). Retrieved on 15 April 2006.
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