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Steve Penk is a British radio and TV presenter. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Renowned for his wind-up calls, Penk has worked for various national and local radio stations. A prank call also known as a hoax call, phone scam or phony phone call, is a form of Practical joke committed over the Telephone He started his radio career at Piccadilly Radio (subsequently rebranded Key 103) where he often stood in for Timmy Mallett. NB Piccadilly Radio re-directs here See also Key 103 Piccadilly Magic 1152 (also known simply as Magic 1152 began broadcasting as Piccadilly Radio which was Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Timmy Mallett (born on 18 October, 1955, Marple, Cheshire, England) is a TV presenter and broadcaster who achieved He then went on to work at Capital Radio presenting the mid-morning show, and moved to Virgin Radio to originally present drivetime, but never did and presented a the breakfast slot after the departure of Chris Evans. Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group used by a number of different radio stations worldwide under licence from Virgin Chris Evans (born Christopher Evans, 1 April 1966 Warrington, England) is an English radio / Television presenter and Penk left Virgin after he was replaced at breakfast by Daryl Denham, and offered Drivetime. But not before he has Harriet Scott forced upon him as a breakfast co-host. ^[1].

After a year presenting the late shift on Capital Radio networked to a number of other stations, Penk returned to Manchester's Key 103, firstly presenting the weekday afternoon show, then following a schedule reshuffle, the mid-morning show before later taking over the weekend mid-morning show 9am-1pm and the 'Piccadilly Radio Years' on Sunday Night, picking up poor audience figures. Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. However, he left at the end of 2006. Penk returned to the airwaves on Fox FM in Oxfordshire in March 2007 as its new breakfast show presenter. Fox FM is an local radio station owned by GCap Media broadcasting to Oxfordshire, United Kingdom on the frequencies 102 ^[2]. It was effectively a return to the station as his late show for Capital was simulcast on Fox. However, he announced on 15 January 2008 he would be leaving the station by March 2008 due to 'internal politics', although Fox denies this ^[3]. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign As of 22nd Feb 2008, Steve Penk is no longer at Fox FM due to "commuting difficulties". Fox FM is an local radio station owned by GCap Media broadcasting to Oxfordshire, United Kingdom on the frequencies 102

He also presented TV Nightmares, The Way They Were and a few series of TV's Naughtiest Blunders (taken over by Neil Morrissey) on ITV, however his television career has never really progressed any further. TV's Naughtiest Blunders is an out-takes show often shown on ITV. Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English Actor. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent

One of his most famous prank calls was when he enlisted the impressionist Jon Culshaw to wind up the UK prime minister, Tony Blair ^[4]. Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to

In December 2007 he made a statement about Wikipedia, saying that his article had many untrue information on this. It is unknown what information needed to be changed, however.

Television Appearances

Steve Penk's TV Nightmares
Would I Lie To You? (Pilot)
Penk on Wittgenstien: A Personal View
Russian Roulette
Blankety Blank
The Way They Were: Coronation Street Special
TV's Naughtiest Blunders

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Russian Roulette is an American Game show created by executive producer Gunnar Wetterberg Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the Australian game show Blankety Blanks which was compared by Australian television icon Graham TV's Naughtiest Blunders is an out-takes show often shown on ITV.

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