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Iain Lee

Born	June 9, 1973 (1973-06-09) (age 35) Slough, England
Occupation	Talk show host - TV Presenter

Iain Lee (born on 9th June, 1973) ^[1] is a British comedian and television and radio presenter. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A radio personality (also known as a radio host or a radio presenter) is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting Lee was brought up in Slough and attended Herschel Grammar School. Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Herschel Grammar School is a selective Co-educational grammar Foundation school and Technology College in Slough, Berkshire His rise to fame began when he worked London stand-up comedy venues, though he became best known as co-presenter of the Channel 4 comedy series The Eleven O'Clock Show. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " 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 In November 2007, he left his job at LBC 97. 3 and currently hosts the Sunday night show for Virgin Radio since 6th January, 2008.

1 Radio
2 Other Work
3 Shindiggery
4 References
5 External links

Radio

LBC 97. 3

Lee was a presenter on London Radio station LBC 97.3 from January 2005 until November 2007. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. LBC 973 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial His radio career started when he would phone Clive Bull, who years later he would be working alongside. Clive Bull (born January 23 1959) is an award-winning radio talk show host on LBC 97 Lee's first LBC appearance was when he 'filled in' for Bull for two weeks in the latter months of 2004. When he joined officially in January 2005, Lee hosted the 22:00 - 01:00 slot on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

October 2005 saw Lee's show move to the 1600-1900 late afternoon/early evening "Drivetime" slot, where he presented "The 3 Hour 4 'Till 7 Iain Lee Afternoon Wireless Show. ". Many of Lee's listeners favoured this slot, and Lee considered that this was him at his best.

In January 2006, Lee moved to 15:00 - 18:30, with the show becoming "The 3 and a Half Hour 3 'Till 6. 30 Iain Lee Afternoon Wireless Show. The last week of the Afternoon Wireless Show, from 18th-22nd December 2006, featured a number of special guests (including Frank Sidebottom), and the last show, on Friday 22nd December, included a number regular callers to the show, including Barry from Watford. Frank Sidebottom is the stage name and persona of the English comedian and musician Chris Sievey. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Alex Lowe (born 1968 is an English Actor and Comedian, who is best known as the creator and voice behind the character 'Barry from Watford'

From January to November 2007, Lee presented the evening slot, between 19:00 - 22:00, preceding Clive Bull in his show titled "Iain Lee's Good Evening". Clive Bull (born January 23 1959) is an award-winning radio talk show host on LBC 97 Iain chose the name after seeking advice from his friend and fellow comedian Mackenzie Crook. Paul Mackenzie Crook (born September 29, 1971) is an English Actor and Comedian, best known for playing Gareth Keenan in His afternoon slot was lost to the weekend breakfast show host Paul Ross. Paul Simon Ross (born April, 1956) is an English Journalist, television editor and media personality

Lee's show was one of many LBC programmes available as a podcast through a monthly subscription service. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download

For just over two years (9th September 2005 to 16th September 2007) Lee hosted Triple M, a feature where calls go straight to air, live and unscreened. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Other talk radio presenters have also hosted similar features, including Nick Abbot, Tommy Boyd and Clive Bull, where Lee mentioned himself to 'stealing from other presenters'. Nick Abbot is a British radio presenter born 22 August, 1960. Timothy Leslie Boyd (born December 14, 1952) better known as Tommy Boyd, is an English radio and Television presenter, Clive Bull (born January 23 1959) is an award-winning radio talk show host on LBC 97 Initially, Lee would host the feature every Friday evening during the last half hour of the show. Originally called Mental Mayhem, it was renamed to Mick's Mental Mayhem (or MMM for short) after a caller named Mick.

The rising popularity of the format and a change in the LBC schedule in May 2006 led to Lee devote a whole three hour show on Sunday evenings (22:00 - 01:00) to Triple M, being called Sunday Night Triple M, from 7th May 2006 to 16th September 2007. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. At the time, LBC management favoured the show's format as it would introduce 'exclusive listeners' to the radio station.

A change of LBC management in 2007 led to the demise of the Sunday Night Triple M format altogether, with the last show being broadcast on Sunday, 16th September 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[2]

When Global Radio purchased LBC in 2007, Iain's style of presenting fell out of favour with a return to topical and news-led conversation. Global Radio Group is a UK radio company Senior personnel include Charles Allen, Richard Park and Ashley Tabor Without warning, Iain Lee's Good Evening finally came to an end on Friday 2nd November 2007, with the last ten minutes being given to Triple M. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000

Virgin Radio

Iain returned to national airwaves on Sunday, 6th January 2008 to present the Sunday night show, from 2200-0100, on Virgin Radio with a mixture of music and phone-in. Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group used by a number of different radio stations worldwide under licence from Virgin Lee's first show on Virgin featured familiar callers from his LBC show, such as 'Barry from Watford', 'Vicky from Croydon' and 'Barnsworth'. Alex Lowe (born 1968 is an English Actor and Comedian, who is best known as the creator and voice behind the character 'Barry from Watford'

Big Brother's Big Ears

Lee will be presenting the official Big Brother radio show with co-host Gemma Cairney. The programme is called Big Brother's Big Ears and airs twice a week on channel4. com/bigbrother.

Other Work

Lee fronted the successful Channel 4 show The Eleven O'Clock Show ^[3] alongside Daisy Donovan, referring to himself as 'TV's Iain Lee', video game review show Thumb Bandits ^[4] and the ill-fated Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE ^[5]. 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 The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British Television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches Daisy Donovan (born 11 July 1975 is an English Television presenter, Actress and Writer. Thumb Bandits was a computer games Television show broadcast by the British television company Channel 4 in 2001. RISE was a Breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with BSkyB for Channel 4 in the UK. Lee also presented the documentary Thumb Candy and appears regularly on Channel 4's "Top 100" series of programmes. Thumb Candy was a Channel 4 documentary about the history of computer games which was made by Talkback in 2000 He presented Celebrity Soup for the E! channel taking a look at the week's celebrity news. Celebrity Soup is an E! Entertainment Television series It is the UK version of the USA 's long-running series The Soup which is also E! Entertainment Television (or simply E!) is an American Cable television and Direct broadcast satellite network Iain also regularly appears on shows on Sky One associated with Lost with him as the presenter.

With the help of the UK’s best Beckham look-a-likes, Andy Harmer and Camilla Shadbolt, Iain posed as the Beckham’s PA in their new-found home-city of LA in an attempt to find out how America feels about the Beckhams in Sky One's documentary "Posh and Becks go to Hollywood'", produced by UK television company Twofour. Twofour was founded 1988 and has grown to become one of the largest independent media groups in the UK employing over 330 people It had a a follow up show called "Wills and Harry go to Vegas", these shows involved Iain trying to trick the people of America that the look-alikes are in fact the royals.

After winning a comedic celebrity edition of The Weakest Link, he also won a "celebrity" edition of the British television quiz Mastermind, broadcast on 29 December 2006, in which his specialist subject was The Monkees. The Weakest Link is a television Game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August, 2000 Mastermind is a British quiz show, well-known for its challenging questions intimidating setting and air of seriousness Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series.

Other radio work includes appearing on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends, and previously presenting on Xfm London between 1999-2001. Loose Ends is a British Radio programme originally broadcast on Saturday mornings and then transmitted early Saturday evenings from 1998 by BBC Radio Xfm London is a commercial Radio station in the United Kingdom. Lee also presented Channel 4 radio's UK Lost podcast, where he summarised each episode of series two after it is broadcast in the UK. Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series. Since Sky have now acquired rights to air Lost Seasons 3 and 4, Lee has been signed to return in Sky's very own podcast, entitled The Lost Initiative, which began airing alongside the Season premiere in the UK on 19th November[1].

Iain appeared in the third series of Tittybangbang on BBC Three. Tittybangbang is a female-led Television Sketch comedy, performed by Lucy Montgomery and Debbie Chazen, which ran between BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms ^[6]

Along with his producer known as "Agent Chris", Lee will be appearing on "XLeague.tv" discussing video games. XleagueTV is block on Pulse (Sky Channel 197 on British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ^[7]

Shindiggery

Iain has set up a free podcast called "Shindiggery"^[8], consisting of music, soundbites and audio recordings. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Listeners are also encouraged to send their own recordings in. The podcasts are recorded and edited from Iain's own home, and occasionally features 'guests' on the show.

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