Danny Baker was born on 22 June 1957 and is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter.
46 Facts About Danny Baker
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From 2002 to 2012 Danny Baker presented the daily morning radio show on BBC Radio London and in 2007 presented the channel's all-day podcast, the All Day Breakfast Show.
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Danny Baker was born in Deptford in south east London to Fred "Spud" Danny Baker, a dockworker, and Betty, a factory worker.
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Danny Baker played truant from the age of 14 to the age of 16 when he could legally leave school.
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Danny Baker initially worked in One Stop Records, a small but fashionable record shop in South Molton Street in the West End of London.
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In 1977, Danny Baker started writing for the punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue which was founded by his old schoolfriend Mark Perry which in turn led to an offer from the New Musical Express, then edited by Nick Logan.
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Danny Baker began working as the office receptionist, but was contributing regular articles and reviews before progressing to interviews.
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Danny Baker often refers to these times during his radio shows, regularly citing examples of the ridiculous behaviour exhibited by his rock star interviewees.
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Danny Baker began writing for television programmes in 1992 after being asked to prepare a piece for one of the first archive clip shows: TV Hell, which was a collection of the worst TV programmes ever.
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Danny Baker parodied his Daz ads by appearing as himself on the sitcom Me, You and Him.
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Danny Baker was a writer on Chris Evans' TFI Friday show, as well as contributing material for presenters such as Angus Deayton and Jonathan Ross.
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Danny Baker appeared on The Terry and Gaby Show from 2003 to 2004 and has appeared on BBC Two quiz show QI, becoming the show's first ever winner.
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Danny Baker worked again with Charles Shaar Murray on the Ramones documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, providing an audio commentary.
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Danny Baker did Comic Relief Does The Apprentice in 2007 for Comic Relief.
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Danny Baker performed in The Rocky Horror Show, as the narrator, at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley and the New Wimbledon Theatre.
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Danny Baker was the first person to be voted off in the series.
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Danny Baker began his radio career on BBC Radio London in 1989, presenting Weekend Breakfast from 6 to 9am on Saturdays and Sundays.
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In 1990, Danny Baker joined the newly launched BBC Radio 5, presenting Sportscall, a phone-in sports quiz broadcast every Saturday lunchtime.
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Danny Baker joined BBC Radio 1 in October 1993, taking over the weekend mid-morning show from 10am to 1pm from Dave Lee Travis who had resigned on air following the sackings instigated by Matthew Bannister and Trevor Dann during the early 1990s.
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Danny Baker's style led to a fall in listeners at Radio 1 but despite his tendering his resignation on at least two occasions, management added extensions to his contract.
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On leaving BBC Radio 1, Danny Baker returned to BBC Radio London to present a three-hour Sunday show from 10am to 1pm.
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Danny Baker was at his most outspoken, and in early 1997, he was dismissed from BBC Radio 5 Live when station bosses alleged that he had incited threatening behaviour during an angry outburst about a referee.
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Danny Baker joined Talk Radio to present a similar football phone-in with Kelly each Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
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Not long after, Danny Baker was approached by the BBC and was asked whether he wanted to present a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2, which at the time was being hosted by Steve Wright.
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Danny Baker turned down the offer by saying "the time wasn't right", and the show was given to Jonathan Ross.
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In September 2001, Danny Baker joined BBC London 94.9 presenting a Saturday morning show from 8 to 11am.
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On Monday 17 October 2005, after a sabbatical at home, Danny Baker rejoined BBC London 94.9 where he took over the weekday 3 to 5pm show from Jono Coleman, who had moved to co-present the breakfast show with former actress JoAnne Good.
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Danny Baker's interviews focused on off-beat trivia rather than the guests' latest or most famous work, and shows would be interspersed with relatively obscure rock tracks from bands such as Yes, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart.
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On 15 March 2007 until September the same year, Danny Baker hosted the All Day Breakfast Show, a podcast to reach listeners beyond BBC London's FM radio reach.
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Wippit responded on 17 December 2007 saying that the show's cancellation was due to "a breakdown in contract negotiations between our company and Danny Baker", alleging that Baker "did not wish to meet his agreed obligations regarding exclusivity", and Wippit rejected the terms proposed by his agent.
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Danny Baker had a short stint with Zoe Ball on Radio 2 on Saturday mornings after Jonathan Ross had been suspended for three months by the BBC.
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In May 2019, Danny Baker posted an image on Twitter of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes.
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Danny Baker had added the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital," referring to the recent birth of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
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Danny Baker was subject to a backlash on social media, accused of mocking the Duchess of Sussex's African-American heritage with the tweet.
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Danny Baker deleted the tweet and apologised, stating that he had made a "naive and catastrophic mistake" with his choice of image, but denied racist intent.
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Danny Baker stated that the choice of a chimpanzee "dressed as a Lord" had been made "to lampoon privilege".
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The BBC sacked Danny Baker, maintaining that he had made a "serious error in judgement" that went against the values of the station.
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Danny Baker expressed disagreement with the BBC's decision to fire him, receiving support from several media figures.
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In November 2019 Danny Baker launched a twice-weekly podcast entitled The Treehouse co-hosted by Louise Pepper.
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The Game, a television show presented by Danny Baker, following bottom-division East London Sunday League football teams, was released on DVD through Revelation Films on 24 May 2010.
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In 2009, he released a book co-written with Danny Baker Kelly entitled Classic Football Debates Settled Once and for All, Vol.
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On 6 November 2012, Danny Baker released an autobiography, Going to Sea in a Sieve.
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Danny Baker is married to Wendy was born on 7 March 1955 and They have three children: Bonnie, Sonny and Mancie.
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On 1 November 2010, Danny Baker announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer and would start chemotherapy instantly and radiotherapy in January.
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Danny Baker is a lifelong supporter of his local football club, Millwall FC.
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In May 2017, Danny Baker endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election.