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Simon Mayo
English radio presenter and author
Not to be confused with Mayo Simon.
Simon Mayo MBE | |
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Mayo in May 2018 | |
| Born | Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (1958-09-21) 21 September 1958 (age 66) London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
| Spouse | Hilary Bird (m. 1986) |
| Children | 3 |
| Career | |
| Show | |
| Station | Greatest Hits Radio |
| Time slot | Monday – Friday, 4 pm – 7 pm; Sunday, 1 pm – 4 pm |
| Show | Simon Mayo |
| Station | Magic Classical |
| Time slot | 10 am – 12 pm, Sunday |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Simon Andrew Hicks MayoMBE (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022.
Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio 1, including a five-year stint on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. From 2001 he presented on BBC Radio 5 Live: from his debut until 2009 on a daily afternoon programme, and since then
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Simon Mayo
About Author
As a child Mayo grew up in the West Midlands and went to Solihull School. He studied at the University of Warwick, graduating in 1980 with a degree in History and Politics, and then spent some time at Southlands Hospital Radio and then worked as a presenter with BBC Radio Nottingham, before joining the national pop network BBC Radio 1 in 1986, presenting a two hour Saturday evening show from 7.30-9.30pm.
In October 1987 he started presenting the weekend early slots from 6.00am-8.00am and then became presenter of the weekday evening show in January 1988, which went out from 7.30pm-10.00pm. Five months later he was offered the Radio 1 breakfast show, regarded as the most prestigious presentation job in UK radio.
Today, Mayo presents the Simon Mayo Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2.
Interview
ITCH
PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY
MARCH 2012
Itch is a remarkable story about a science-mad boy, an 'element hunter', who becomes the world's most wanted boy when he discovers a new, highly radioactive element. Here, DJ and radio presenter Simon Mayo talks about his fir
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Mayo Simon
American screenwriter, author and playwright
Not to be confused with Simon Mayo.
Mayo Simon is an American screenwriter, author and playwright.[1][2][3]
He is the father of the author Francesca Simon[4] and biologist-X-Files science advisor Anne Simon.[3]
Select filmography
Select plays
- Happiness - Lincoln Center
- L.A. Under Siege (1970) - Mark Taper Forrum
- Elaine's Daughter - Actors Theatre of Louisville
- The Twilight Romance (2003) - Falcon Theatre
- Greek Holiday (2003) - Payright's theatre
- The Old lady's Guide to Survival - Actors Theatre of Louisville
- These Men (1980) - Bush theatre
- Walking to Waldheim - Lincoln Center
- A Rich Full Life (1985) - L.A. Theatre Center
- Going West (2010) - Shooting Star Theatre
Books
The Audience & the Playwright (2003)
References
- ^Thompson, Howard (December 19, 1969). "Marooned (1969) The Screen: 'Marooned,' Space Film, Opens the New Ziegfeld:Story Built on Perils of Planetary Trips". The New York Time
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