Matthew Edmondson was born on 27 December 1985 and is a British television and Sony Award-nominated radio presenter, best known for his work with BBC Radio 1 and ITV2.
18 Facts About Matt Edmondson
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Matt Edmondson co-presented the 2008 coverage of the Isle of Wight Festival for ITV2.
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Matt Edmondson provided links and commentary for the MTV coverage of the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards.
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Matt Edmondson presented reports from T in the Park 2009 for BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and BBC Three.
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Matt Edmondson provided voiceovers for 4Music and presented Channel 4's Freshly Squeezed from 2010 until 2011.
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In May 2010, Matt Edmondson presented highlights from The Great Escape Festival and the Topman CTRL Student Tour on Channel 4.
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Matt Edmondson narrated the third series of Impractical Jokers UK on Channel 5 and Comedy Central in 2016.
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In 2017, Matt Edmondson took part in the BBC's Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.
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From 2017, Matt Edmondson replaced Reggie Yates as the presenter of Release the Hounds on ITV2.
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On 8 January 2010, Matt Edmondson joined BBC Radio 1, and appeared every Friday on Fearne Cotton's show to report on entertainment news and showbiz gossip.
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Matt Edmondson began presenting the Sunday 10am to 1pm slot on BBC Radio 1 on 14 March 2010, filling in for regular presenter Sara Cox while she was on maternity leave.
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Matt Edmondson started a weekly show on BBC Radio 1 on 6 April 2011 replacing Huw Stephens from 9pm to 10pm on Wednesdays.
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In 2018, Matt Edmondson hosted a BBC radio podcast programme in which he and his episode co-hosts, beginning with Amelia Dimoldenberg and Nina Nesbitt, deliberately vandalised Wikipedia to see how long the vandalism would last.
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Matt Edmondson appeared in the music video for the song "Make Peace Not War" by British grime artist Skepta.
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Matt Edmondson is originally from Portsmouth and attended St Edmund's Catholic School and Havant College.
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Matt Edmondson's elder sister Kate Arnell is a television presenter.
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In May 2012, Matt Edmondson became engaged to his long-term girlfriend Bryony Emmett, and the pair married in 2013.
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In September 2016, Matt Edmondson missed an episode of The Xtra Factor Live.