Geoff Barron Lloyd was born on 20 April 1973 and is an English radio presenter, television host, podcast host and writer, best known for his talk radio and music shows.
19 Facts About Geoff Lloyd
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Geoff Lloyd began his radio career in 1991 as a traffic and travel reporter at Signal Cheshire in Stockport, remaining there until the end of 1994.
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Geoff Lloyd has called comedian Craig Cash a major influence on his career, for both his comedy and interview style as well as his support.
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Geoff Lloyd first teamed up with Pete Mitchell in 1996 at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester.
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In late 1998, the duo, known as Pete and Geoff Lloyd, was recruited by Virgin Radio to take over the weekday evening show.
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Geoff Lloyd provided a comedic, occasionally outrageous personality, with Mitchell as the straight man.
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Geoff Lloyd remained at Virgin Radio, taking over the late night slot.
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Lloyd's new show, The Geoff Show, debuted on 3 January 2006 and was broadcast late nights on Virgin Radio, with co-host Annabel Port and producer Nelson Kumah.
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The first public airing of The Beatles remix album Love was on The Geoff Lloyd Show in 2006.
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On 20 March 2008 Lloyd began presenting the Absolute Radio weekday drive time program Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show, with Port remaining as co-host.
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From 2010 to 2014, Geoff Lloyd hosted Unknown Pleasures on Absolute Radio, playing indie rock and alternative music.
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Geoff Lloyd has interviewed a wide variety of subjects, including Paul McCartney, talk show host Conan O'Brien, comedian Russell Brand and then-UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, in an interview described as one of Miliband's best broadcast interview performances.
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On 18 January 2017 Geoff Lloyd announced he and Annabel were leaving Absolute Radio.
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In May 2017, It was announced Geoff Lloyd would be fronting a show for The Beatles Channel on Sirius XM Radio.
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Since leaving Absolute, Geoff Lloyd has established himself as a regular cover presenter for BBC Radio, standing in for Danny Baker, Adrian Chiles and covering the breakfast show on BBC Radio 5 Live, and covering various late-night programmes on BBC Radio 2, and on BBC Radio 6 Music.
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On 11 May 2019, Geoff Lloyd began presenting on BBC Radio 5 Live at short notice as a temporary replacement for the sacked Danny Baker.
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Geoff Lloyd has written for Channel 4's TFI Friday, BBC One's Comic Relief, Chris Addison's Cakes and Ale show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish.
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Geoff Lloyd was a columnist for The New Day, and has written for the New Statesman and Huffington Post.
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In 2009 and 2010, Geoff Lloyd worked alongside Annabel Port on a Channel 5 fan show for the drama series FlashForward.