Martin Kelner
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Martin Kelner | |
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Born | Martin Barry Kelner |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Website | http://www.martinkelner.com |
Martin Barry Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and TV presenter, whose primary career is in radio presenting. He has spent over 40 years hosting radio shows, mostly for the BBC, in particular Radio Leeds. He has been regularly accompanied throughout his career by comedy sidekick Edouard Lapaglie.
Education and early career
Kelner studied Arts and Social Studies at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, but dropped out. He was employed as a reporter on the Western Daily Press in Bristol and for the Oxford Mail. He then joined the Central Office of Information, for whom he worked in Bristol, Lambeth, South London and in Birmingham.
Martin Kelner moved to
He left Radio Aire in late 1982, and worked for
Radio
In 1984 Kelner joined the
At the same time as he was on Radio 2, he was also presenting a local radio late-night show from the
He returned to Manchester to present the breakfast show on 100.4 Jazz FM, where he introduced another great comic talent to the public in the shape of Jake Yapp's Dora Dale, with whom Martin produced the hit BBC Radio 7 comedy show, Pleased To Meet You. This show was nominated for a Sony National Radio Award on 28 March 2007 in the category of Best Comedy Programme.
Until October 2006, Kelner presented the Friday and Saturday late show at the weekends on BBC Radio Humberside, BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Sheffield.
Other stations he has worked for include
From 2006 until 2010 he presented his own podcast, the Piss Poor Podcast, accompanied for the most part by Edouard Lapaglie. He also appears on BBC Radio 5 Live as a regular panellist on Fighting Talk (twice finishing as series runner up and twice winning the series championship, in 2013 and 2019), and has contributed to Chart The Week on Richard Bacon's programme. His most regular radio slot had been the BBC Radio Leeds Breakfast Show which he co-presented Monday to Thursday from 6:30am to 9:00am, but he was moved to the lunchtime slot in November 2012.
Due to a change in direction of the station, Kelner left Radio Leeds again, presenting his last show on 18 March 2016.[1]
On 2 February 2018, Kelner joined the DAB station TalkRadio, hosting weekend mornings from 1am to 5am.
Writing and journalism
Kelner's journalism includes a weekly column for The Guardian, "Screen Break", which took a lighthearted look at the world of sport on TV, and a fortnightly column about radio. "Screen Break" finished on 31 December 2012.[2] He writes occasional travel pieces for The Mail on Sunday, and has written for The Independent, of which his brother Simon Kelner was executive editor. Kelner began writing for the Racing Post at the beginning of 2013.
Other publications he has written for include GQ, Men's Health, Later (now defunct), RCME, The Observer, Landrover Owner magazine, You magazine, and Public Servant, the local and national government journal. He also has contributed to the YouGov website, and wrote television previews for the Daily Mail around 1994/95. He has posted humorous product reviews on Amazon.[3]
His first book, about the outer suburbs of show business, was called When Will I Be Famous?. His second book, Sit Down and Cheer, looked at the history of sport on British television.[4]
Personal life
Kelner's daughter, Martha, is a journalist.[5]
Health problems
in the summer of 2013, Kelner was diagnosed with
References
- ^ "Martin Kelner exits BBC Radio Leeds. Again". 19 March 2016.
- ^ "After 16 years in front of the TV, it's time for me to pull the plug | Martin Kelner | Sport | The Guardian". guardian.co.uk. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ Kelner, Martin. "Martin Kelner Amazon Reviews". Amazon UK. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Sit Down And Cheer, by Martin Kelner". independent.co.uk. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Martha Kelner: The news breaker". Royal Television Society. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Kelner, Martin (30 August 2013). "Carry On Up The Nurse". Retrieved 31 October 2013.