Geoff Lloyd

Lloyd was born in Withington, Manchester, England,Barrie White, [http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/1303475-first-last-absolute-radios-geoff-lloyd "Radio's Geoff Lloyd,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003153241/http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/1303475-first-last-absolute-radios-geoff-lloyd |date=3 October 2018 }} Mancunian Matters, 13 March 2011. and raised in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.[http://metro.co.uk/2012/11/05/absolute-radios-geoff-lloyd-ive-been-shunned-by-my-home-town-614088/ "Absolute Radio's Geoff Lloyd: I’ve been shunned by my home town,"] Metro, 5 November 2012. As a teen, he worked as a paperboy, a suit salesman, and in 1989 he began working at a local print works after school, earning £1 an hour.Jonathan Sale, [https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/my-first-job-virgin-radio-dj-geoff-lloyd-was-a-printers-devil-423475.html "My First Job: Virgin Radio DJ Geoff Lloyd was a printer's devil,"] The Independent, 8 November 2006.

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.Sophie Morris, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/my-mentor-geoff-lloyd-on-craig-cash-431193.html "My Mentor: Geoff Lloyd on Craig Cash,"] The Independent, 7 January 2007.

Lloyd has called comedian Craig Cash a major influence on his career, for both his comedy and interview style as well as his support. Cash hired Lloyd to work on The Mrs Merton Show as a runner, and later introduced Lloyd to Pete Mitchell, who he would end up teaming up with on the air for a decade as the duo Pete and Geoff.

Lloyd first teamed up with Pete Mitchell in 1996 at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. Soon after, they took over the afternoon show on local radio station Key 103.Julia Day, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/04/commercialradio.radio "Pete and Geoff split up,"] The Guardian, 4 November 2005.[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/pete-and-geoff-in-big-split-1091002 "Pete and Geoff in big split,"] Manchester Evening News, 8 November 2005. In late 1998, the duo, known as Pete and Geoff, was recruited by Virgin Radio to take over the weekday evening show. They also covered for Chris Evans on the breakfast show on occasion, and rapidly built up a large audience. The pair took over the drive time breakfast show in 2002.[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/pete-and-geoffs-big-breakfast-break-1134850 "Pete and Geoff's big breakfast break!"] Manchester Evening News, 17 February 2002. Lloyd provided a comedic, occasionally outrageous personality, with Mitchell as the straight man. They were known for their "political satire… mixed with pub humour."[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/radio-viva-las-virgin-20367.html "Radio: Viva Las Virgin,"] The Independent, 14 November 2004. They won a Sony Gold Radio Academy Award for an interview with Noel Gallagher in 1998,[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/presenters/pete-mitchell/ "Pete Mitchell currently presents Sunday mornings here on Radio 2,"] BBC Radio. Accessed 3 July 2016. and won a second Sony Gold for an interview with Paul McCartney in 2002.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4555885.stm "DJ duo quit Virgin breakfast show,"] BBC News, 17 May 2005. In March 2005, Virgin Radio launched a daily half-hour podcast consisting of the best bits from the Pete and Geoff Breakfast Show. It was the station's first foray into podcasting, and the first daily show to be made available in podcast format from one of the major radio groups.Julia Day, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/mar/09/newmedia.radio "Virgin's Pete and Geoff make podcast debut,"] The Guardian, 9 March 2005.

In May 2005, the duo announced that they were splitting up, and left the breakfast show at the end of the year. Their final show together took place on 16 December 2005.Adam Bowie, [http://www.adambowie.com/blog/2014/03/a-brief-history-of-virgin-radio/ "A Brief History of Virgin Radio,"] adambowie.com, 12 March 2014. Virgin Radio programming director Paul Jackson called them "great radio talents." The duo were replaced as hosts of the breakfast show by Christian O'Connell. Lloyd remained at Virgin Radio, taking over the late night slot.

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. The first public airing of The Beatles remix album Love was on The Geoff Show in 2006.Tony Sokol, [http://www.denofgeek.com/us/random/the-beatles-love/256334/the-beatles-love-album-streams-at-midnight "The Beatles' Love Album Streams At Midnight,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620031915/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/random/the-beatles-love/256334/the-beatles-love-album-streams-at-midnight |date=20 June 2016 }} denofgeek.com, 16 June 2016.

Virgin Radio was rebranded as Absolute Radio in 2008.Peter Robinson, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/26/absolute-radio-a-day-in-the-life "Absolute Radio: a day in the life with Peter Robinson,"] The Guardian, 26 January 2013. 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.Miranda Sawyer, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/may/11/dont-log-off-beatles-geoff-lloyd "Rewind Radio: Don't Log Off; Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd; Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – review,"] The Guardian, 11 May 2013. The show combines music and chat, with call-ins on various topics. At its core is "the digressive, quirky chat on matters of very little real importance."Elisabeth Mahoney, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/21/geoff-lloyds-hometime-show "Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show,"] The Guardian, 20 October 2009. On 1 August 2015 the show was moved back an hour and renamed Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port.

From 2010 to 2014, Lloyd hosted Unknown Pleasures on Absolute Radio, playing indie rock and alternative music.Sarah Champion, [http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/464614/Hallelujah-Rufus-Wainwright-s-new-release-is-an-unknown-pleasure "Hallelujah! Rufus Wainwright's new release is an unknown pleasure,"] Daily Express, 13 March 2014. In 2013, Lloyd began hosting Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd on Sunday mornings on Absolute Radio 60s, two hours of Beatles music and cover versions of their songs, along with talk exclusively about the band. In 2016, Lloyd and Port created the podcast Serial: This British Life, a parody of the WBEZ podcast Serial.Jess Commons, [http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/things-to-do/tv-and-film/true-crime-podcasts-that-arent-serial-20160362537 "Podcasts That Are Like Serial,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804215726/http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/things-to-do/tv-and-film/true-crime-podcasts-that-arent-serial-20160362537 |date=4 August 2016 }} The Debrief, 18 March 2016.

Lloyd has interviewed a wide variety of subjects, including Paul McCartney,Adam Bychawski, [http://www.nme.com/news/nme/41134 "Paul McCartney: 'I want to record with Bob Dylan',"] NME, 18 November 2008. talk show host Conan O'Brien,Miranda Sawyer, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/09/oxford-biographies-geoff-lloyds-hometime-show-radio-review "Oxford Biographies; Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – radio review,"] The Guardian, 9 August 2014. comedian Russell BrandCavan Sieczkowski, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/russell-brand-bisexual_n_6068348.html "Russell Brand Opens Up About His Sexuality,"] Huffington Post, 29 October 2014. and then-UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, in an interview described as one of Miliband's best broadcast interview performances.Charlotte Krol, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402203208/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/11511723/Ed-Miliband-proud-to-be-a-geek.html "Ed Miliband 'proud' to be a geek,"] The Daily Telegraph, 2 April 2015.Adam Withnall, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/ed-miliband-on-absolute-radio-the-interview-that-will-make-you-seriously-consider-the-labour-leader-10150763.html "Ed Miliband on Absolute Radio: The interview that will make you seriously consider the Labour leader to be the next Prime Minister,"] The Independent, 2 April 2015.

On 18 January 2017 Geoff Lloyd announced he and Annabel were leaving Absolute Radio. The final show aired on Wednesday 12 April.{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/geoff-lloyd-and-annabel-port-to-leave-absolute-radio/|title = Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port to leave Absolute Radio|date = 18 January 2017}}

In May 2017, It was announced Lloyd would be fronting a show for The Beatles Channel on Sirius XM Radio.{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/05/geoff-lloyd-gets-siriusxm-beatles-radio-show/|title=Geoff Lloyd gets SiriusXM Beatles radio show|date=3 May 2017}}

In August 2017, Lloyd launched a podcast, 'Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port', with his former radio co-host, and the following month launched 'Reasons to be Cheerful', a podcast with Ed MilibandMiranda Sawyer, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/08/the-week-in-radio-podcasts-reasons-to-be-cheerful-adrift-soundtracking-edith-bowman-ed-miliband "The week in radio and podcasts: Reasons to Be Cheerful; Adrift; Soundtracking With Edith Bowman"] The Observer, 8 October 2017.

Lloyd made a return to commercial radio in early 2018 with Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory, an interview series for Union JACK, featuring guests from comedy, music and entertainment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/39233/comics_sign_up_for_new_radio_show|title=Comics sign up for new radio show : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide}} The show returned for a second run in the summer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/5905/geoff-lloyd-hometown-glory|title = News: Second Series for Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory with More Comedy Guests|date = 30 June 2018}}

Since leaving Absolute, Lloyd has established himself as a regular cover presenter for BBC Radio, standing in for Danny Baker{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092gc81|title = BBC Radio 5 live - the Danny Baker Show, Geoff Lloyd sits in}} and Adrian Chiles,{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44978944/ed-miliband-has-advice-for-stand-in-bbc-host | title=Miliband's advice for stand-in BBC host | work=BBC News }} covering the breakfast show on BBC Radio 5 Live,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bd75rh|title = BBC Radio 5 live - 5 Live Breakfast, 08/08/2018}} and covering various late-night programmes on BBC Radio 2https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0gd3c https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0gd39 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09y23kv https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf7yk3 and BBC Radio 6 Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000410g|title = BBC Radio 6 Music - Chris Hawkins, Geoff Lloyd sits in}}

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. He was a columnist for The New Day, and has written for the New Statesman[http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/08/battle-beatles-who-was-fabbest-four "Battle of the Beatles: who was the fabbest of the four?"] New Statesman, 29 August 2014. and Huffington Post.Geoff Lloyd, [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/geoff-lloyd/online-personality-tests_b_4936782.html "Obsessive Personality Test Disorder,"] Huffington Post, 3 November 2014.

In 2009 and 2010, Lloyd worked alongside Annabel Port on a Channel 5 fan show for the drama series FlashForward. Titled FlashForward Friday, the online show was a weekly review on the latest episode of the series following its broadcast on Channel 5.[http://flashforwardblog.com/fives-flashforward-friday-a561984-webisode/ "Five's FlashForward Friday: A561984 Webisode,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819092106/http://flashforwardblog.com/fives-flashforward-friday-a561984-webisode/ |date=19 August 2016 }} flashforwardblog.com, 26 February 2010.

From 2011 to 2013, Lloyd and Port hosted seasons 1–3 of Thronecast, a Sky Atlantic television series reviewing the latest episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones.[http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/w2rqm/thronecast--series-3-episode-10 "Thronecast, Series 3,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822120538/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/w2rqm/thronecast--series-3-episode-10 |date=22 August 2016 }} Radio Times, 2013.

In 2018, Lloyd created and co-produced a comedy talk-show format, 'Am I Normal?', hosted by Sara Pascoe and Aisling Bea, and broadcast on BBC Radio 2.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/18/am-i-normal|title = Am I Normal?}}

Lloyd has appeared several times on the Channel 4 show Richard & Judy; as a commentator on Big Brother's Little Brother with Dermot O'Leary; and as a celebrity contestant on the gameshows Eggheads and Win, Lose or Draw Late.[http://absoluteradio.co.uk/presenters/geoff-lloyd-4/ "About Geoff Lloyd,"] Absolute Radio. Accessed 3 July 2016.

• Silver Sony Radio Academy Award for The Pete & Geoff Afternoon Show on Key 103, 1998
• Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for The Best Daily Music Programme for The Pete & Geoff Show on Virgin Radio, 2002
• European Radio Award for Best Radio Personality, 2007John Plunkett, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/07/radio "Euro awards for Virgin and Radio 1 men,"] The Guardian, 7 November 2007.
• Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for Music Personality of the Year, 2008
• Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year (large – broadcasting to more than 1 million), 2010{{cite web|first=John|last=Plunkett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/18/arqiva-commercial-radio-award-winners |title=LBC talkshow host Nick Ferrari wins two Arqiva Commercial Radio awards | Media |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 June 2010 | access-date=4 October 2017 }}
• Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Promo/Commercial for Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – "The Complaints", 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/15/sony-radio-academy-awards-winners "Sony Radio Academy award winners,"] The Guardian, 15 May 2012.
• Nominee, Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Entertainment Programme for Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show, 2013Hannah Furness, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10054738/Sony-Radio-Academy-Awards-2013-John-Humphrys-and-Five-Live-winners.html "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013: John Humphrys and Five Live Winners,"] The Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2013.
• Nominee, Broadcasting Press Guild Radio Broadcaster of the Year, 2015Huw Fullerton, [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-02-19/mark-kermode-and-simon-mayo-lead-radio-awards-nominations "Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo lead radio awards nominations,"] Radio Times, 19 February 2015.
• Winner, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 Podcast of the Year {{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-16/broadcasting-press-guild-2018-awards-winners-list-claire-foy/|title = The Crown star Claire Foy among the winners at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards}}
• Nominee, British Podcast Awards – Best New Podcast for 'Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd'
• Nominee, British Podcast Awards – Best Current Affairs Podcast for 'Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd'
• Bronze Award, British Podcast Awards – Best New Podcast for 'Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port'

• Pete and Geoff
• The Geoff Show
• Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port

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• [https://www.cheerfulpodcast.com/reasons-to-be-cheerful-ed-miliband-geoff-lloyd Reasons to Be Cheerful podcast]
• [https://shows.acast.com/firecrotch-normcore-a-succession-companion-podcast Firecrotch & Normcore podcast]

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