Entries from Londonist tagged with 'dannybaker'
August 5, 2008
As Danny Baker prepares to enjoy a month off from his BBC London afternoon show the station have prepared a whole host of guests to take over the big man's chair. Broadcasting on 94.9FM across London, the station has always had it's fair share of celebs and is now grooming them to co-host the show with London music guru Gary Crowley. Kicking off on 18 August, Gary will be joined by Apprentice troublemaker Lucinda......
Continue Reading "BBC London's Line of Stars"November 30, 2005
No matter what you may think of George Best as a human being, do not underestimate the fact that to a great many members of this country's post-war generation, he really mattered. For those of us who are not old enough to have seen Best in his (all too brief) prime, our memories of the man will have been shaped by tabloid headlines and that shambolic appearance on Wogan. So it is understandable if......
Continue Reading "Best At The Offside Gallery"May 10, 2005
Congratulations to Londonist's breakfast show presenter of choice Christian O'Connell of XFM. He and his show picked up three awards at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night: Breakfast Show Of The Year, The Entertainment Award (presented by Shakin’ Stevens - pictured), and The Competition Award (for the Rock School contest run last November). Londonist actually gets easily bored of XFM's 1600rpm spin cycle-esque rotational play of its daytime playlist (although we love X-Posure......
Continue Reading "Monkey Magic"November 24, 2004
Chris Evans, jaded, ginger TV presenter and fulltime babysitter, is to flog a load of his old posessions from a shop in Camden Market. "He basically approached us and said he's sold three of his houses and was tired of putting his furniture in storage, he likes the vibe of the market and remembers when he traded here in a street stall 15 years ago and wants to come back," the manager of Stables Market......
Continue Reading "Chris Evans' Market Stall"