Vernon Kay

Vernon Charles Kay was born on Sunday, 28 April 1974 and was brought up in Horwich, the elder son of Norman, a lorry driver, and Gladys; he has a younger brother, Stephen, a primary school teacher.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090424014034/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6058886.ece Relative values: Vernon Kay and his mother, Gladys] The Sunday Times, 12 April 2009 (archived at the Wayback Machine) He attended St Joseph's RC High School in Horwich, near Bolton and then spent two years at St John Rigby College, Gathurst Road, Orrell.{{cite news | url=http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2003/1/6/574710.html | title=Vernon's romantic proposal to Tess | date=6 January 2003 | access-date=21 March 2008 | work=The Bolton News | publisher=Newsquest Media Group | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929171157/http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2003/1/6/574710.html | archive-date=29 September 2008 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} He then graduated in environmental science at Manchester Metropolitan University. {{cite news | url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4485331.A_happy_homecoming_for_graduate_Vernon_Kay/ | title=A happy homecoming for graduate Vernon Kay | date=10 July 2009 | access-date=8 October 2012 | work=The Bolton News | publisher=Newsquest Media Group | archive-date=2 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402051945/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4485331.A_happy_homecoming_for_graduate_Vernon_Kay/ | url-status=live }}

While Kay was working in a DIY shop as a cutter of wooden panels and in his own words "living for the weekend", he was persuaded to attend the BBC Clothes Show Live where he was scouted by a modelling agency after being convinced to do a catwalk by a friend.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/vernon-kay-became-star-thanks-23088948|title=Vernon Kay became a star thanks to drunken afternoon at The Clothes Show roadshow|date=29 March 2020|website=mirror.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2021|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217171221/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/vernon-kay-became-star-thanks-23088948|url-status=live}}

Kay was able to use his success in modelling to launch a television career with co-hosting roles on teen-targeted entertainment shows T4 on Channel 4 and The Mag on Channel 5. Following this, Kay presented the summer CBBC weekend morning show Fully Booked (called FBI, Fully Booked Interactive) in 2000, as well as TOTP+ Plus and TOTP@Play. In 2003 he co-hosted the Channel 4 game show Boys and Girls, which was cancelled after one series. The following year Kay hosted the third series of Celebrities Under Pressure on ITV.

From 2006, Kay presented primetime game show All Star Family Fortunes. In June 2015, it was announced that ITV was to rest the show until 2017, but it did not return.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a651996/our-survey-says-bye-itv-plans-to-rest-vernon-kays-all-star-family-fortunes.html#~pfcfACMdk1lQuV|title="Our survey says... bye" – ITV plans to rest Vernon Kay's All Star Family Fortunes|author=Ryan Love|date=9 June 2015|work=Digital Spy|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610140217/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a651996/our-survey-says-bye-itv-plans-to-rest-vernon-kays-all-star-family-fortunes.html#~pfcfACMdk1lQuV|url-status=live}} In 2007, he presented Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon, after replacing Ant & Dec, who hosted the first series.

From 2008 until 2009, Kay presented two series of Beat the Star, a programme for ITV.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/beat-the-star-to-return/1895426.article|title=Beat the Star to return|website=broadcastnow.co.uk|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126125815/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/beat-the-star-to-return/1895426.article|url-status=live}} The first series averaged 4.05 million viewers and the second averaged 3.46 million.

On 17 April 2010, Kay began co-presenting a game show for ITV called The Whole 19 Yards with Caroline Flack which lasted for eight episodes and was made at Pinewood Studios. The series averaged 4.1 million viewers. In 2010, Kay was the co-host of Skating with the Stars, a six-part series which was broadcast in the United States.

In 2011, Kay was originally going to present ITV game show Sing If You Can with Stacey Solomon but, after filming the pilot episode, he felt that it would be better hosted by a comedian, and was replaced by Keith Lemon.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a311990/keith-lemon-replaces-kay-on-sing-if-you-can.html|title=Keith Lemon replaces Kay on 'Sing If You Can'|date=30 March 2011|website=digitalspy.com|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215105/http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a311990/keith-lemon-replaces-kay-on-sing-if-you-can.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2011, Kay presented the Christmas Channel 4 show Home For the Holidays. In the summer of 2012, Kay presented ITV three episode mini-series Let's Get Gold, however the show received poor viewing figures and was axed.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}

In 2013 and 2014, Kay, Gabby Logan and Tom Daley co-presented the ITV diving show Splash! The programme was axed after two series.{{cite web|url=http://www.tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/splash/187416-itvs-splash-gets-the-axe-after-two-series.html|title=ITV's Splash! gets the axe after two series – Splash! – TellyMix|date=25 June 2014|website=tellymix.co.uk|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021061003/https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/splash/187416-itvs-splash-gets-the-axe-after-two-series.html|url-status=live}}

In 2013, after Channel 4 regained the NFL rights from the BBC, Kay was announced as a presenter of The American Football Show, airing on Saturday mornings.{{cite web |url=http://sport-onthebox.com/2013/09/06/channel-4-announces-nfl-presenting-team/ |title=Channel 4 announces NFL presenting team |date=6 September 2013 |publisher=Sport on the Box |access-date=29 July 2014 |archive-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705230613/http://sport-onthebox.com/2013/09/06/channel-4-announces-nfl-presenting-team/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-american-football-show |title=The American Football Show |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=29 July 2014 |archive-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807005540/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-american-football-show |url-status=live }}

Since 2014, Kay has guest presented five episodes of The One Show. In 2015, Kay began presenting daytime quiz show, 1000 Heartbeats for ITV. The show returned for a second run in November 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-daytime-commissions-1000-heartbeats#.U7vSqpRdXY8 |title=ITV Daytime commissions 1000 Heartbeats | presscentre |publisher=Itv.com |date=8 July 2014 |access-date=29 July 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192915/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-daytime-commissions-1000-heartbeats#.U7vSqpRdXY8 |url-status=live }} In 2016, Kay presented Drive, a five-part entertainment show for ITV.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/drive|title=Drive|work=ITV Press Centre|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116163038/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/drive|url-status=live}} He made regular appearances in the second series of The Keith Lemon Sketch Show on ITV2.

In July 2017, Kay co-presented The Hero Challenge with Kirsty Gallacher on Sky Sports.{{cite news |title=British Masters: Kirsty Gallacher faces Vernon Kay in Shot Centre |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12230/11043433/british-masters-kirsty-gallacher-faces-vernon-kay-in-shot-centre |work=Sky Sports |language=en |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316203047/https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12230/11043433/british-masters-kirsty-gallacher-faces-vernon-kay-in-shot-centre |url-status=live }}

Kay hosted the non-broadcast pilot for a revival of Play Your Cards Right, a game show formerly hosted by Bruce Forsyth, but was not commissioned for a series. In September 2015, he hosted a pilot for a new ITV game show Home Win, made at Fountain Studios in Wembley.{{cite web|url=http://lostintv.com/tv-show?id=664|title=Lost in TV – HOME WIN with VERNON KAY|publisher=lostintv.com|access-date=5 August 2015|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907040924/http://lostintv.com/tv-show?id=664|url-status=live}}

In November 2017, it was announced that Kay would host Channel 5's coverage of the 2017–18 Formula E motor racing season.{{cite web|title=Vernon Kay to host Channel 5 Formula E coverage|date=15 November 2017 |url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/november/vernon-kay-to-host-channel-5-formula-e-coverage/|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116022011/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/november/vernon-kay-to-host-channel-5-formula-e-coverage/|url-status=live}} He co-presents the FIA's coverage of the 2018–19 season.

In November 2020, it was announced that Kay would be taking part in the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.{{cite web |title=I'm A Celebrity: Mo Farah, Shane Richie and Victoria Derbyshire sign up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54830433 |website=BBC News |access-date=5 December 2020 |date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125180006/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54830433 |url-status=live }} Kay reached the final and finished in third place on 4 December 2020.{{cite web |title=I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! crowns its 2020 winner |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55190364 |website=BBC News |access-date=5 December 2020 |date=4 December 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204225259/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55190364 |url-status=live }}

It was announced in March 2021 that Kay would host the British version of new gameshow Game of Talents.{{cite web |title=Vernon Kay to host new ITV show Game of Talents |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/talent-shows/vernon-kay-host-game-of-talents/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=7 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301113153/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/talent-shows/vernon-kay-host-game-of-talents/ |url-status=live }} In March 2022, Kay was a last-minute replacement for Joel Dommett as co-host of Red Nose Day's The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/joel-dommett-comic-relief-covid-newsupdate/|title=Joel Dommett replaced by Vernon Kay as Comic Relief host due to COVID-19|website=Radio Times|date=17 March 2022|access-date=18 March 2022|archive-date=17 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317101035/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/joel-dommett-comic-relief-covid-newsupdate/|url-status=live}}

In January 2004, Kay joined BBC Radio 1 and presented an entertainment show every Sunday. In April 2004, he was given the 10 am - 1 pm weekend slot, which was previously hosted by Colin Murray and Edith Bowman and previously broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays on the popular radio network. From October 2007 Dick and Dom took over Sunday mornings; Kay's show then ran between 10{{nbsp}}am to 1{{nbsp}}pm on Saturday. In 2008, he was one of a team of DJs who filled in for Edith Bowman while she was on maternity leave, along with Fearne Cotton and Nihal.

On 11 February 2009, it was announced that Kay would fill in for Chris Moyles while he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief, an act he repeated on 13 July 2009 when Moyles took a day off. He also filled-in for Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Radio 1 on 10 April 2008. That same year, Kay filled in again for Chris Moyles from 10 August to 15 August when he was on holiday. From 30 November 2009 Kay, again, covered for Chris Moyles on breakfast for a whole week as Moyles and Aled Haydn Jones were away in Uganda handing out malaria nets and seeing how the money raised from the Mount Kilimanjaro climb for Comic Relief was being spent.

On 9 November 2012, it was announced that Kay would leave BBC Radio 1 to spend more time with his family. He presented his final show on 22 December and was replaced by Matt Edmondson.{{cite web |author=Ben Cooper, Controller, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/r1-weekend-schedule.html |title=Media Centre – Radio 1 announces changes to its weekend schedule |publisher=BBC |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127210750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/r1-weekend-schedule.html |url-status=live }}

Three years after his departure from Radio 1, Kay returned to radio on the newly launched Radio X network. In September 2015, Kay began presenting the weekday morning show from 10{{nbsp}}am to 1{{nbsp}}pm.{{cite web|title=Vernon Kay joins Radio X|url=http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-09-08/vernon-kay-confirmed-to-join-radio-x/|website=itv.com/news|publisher=ITV|access-date=15 September 2015|archive-date=14 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014214230/http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-09-08/vernon-kay-confirmed-to-join-radio-x/|url-status=live}}

He left the station on Friday 17 March 2017.

Kay returned to BBC Radio after nine years away, to cover for Rylan Clark on his BBC Radio 2 show Rylan On Saturday on 6 and 13 February 2021 and again on the 12 and 26 June as well as 3 July. He stood in for Steve Wright on Steve Wright in the Afternoon during the week of the 24–28 May 2021. Kay stood in for Dermot O'Leary on 21 August 2021.{{cite news |title=BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Vernon Kay sits in |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010f87 |work=BBC |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316212510/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010f87 |url-status=live }} He was scheduled to fill in for Wright again from 26 August to 1 September 2021 but only presented on the 26 and 27 August before he began isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Gethin Jones. He sat in again from 13–15 October 2021 and from 25 November - 1 December 2021 whilst Wright had an illness. From March 2022, Kay became the regular cover for Zoe Ball on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.

In August 2022 Kay started broadcasting a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 Vernon Kay's Dance Sounds of the 90s,{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Steve |title=Vernon Kay brings Dance Sounds of the 90s to Radio 2 and BBC Sounds |website=On The Radio |date=2022-08-05 |url=https://ontheradio.co.uk/2022/08/vernon-kay-brings-dance-sounds-of-the-90s-to-radio-2-and-bbc-sounds/ |access-date=2025-01-01}} featuring "dance, electronica, techno, trance and drum n' bass hits from the 90s". In 2024, Kay took the show on tour, DJing for audiences in a number of UK venues.{{cite web |last=Anson |first=John |title=Bolton radio presenter to take centre stage in his hometown |website=The Bolton News |date=2024-08-26 |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24539839.vernon-kay-bring-dance-sounds-90s-bolton/ |access-date=2025-01-01}}

On 24 February 2023, Kay was announced as the new host of BBC Radio 2's mid-morning show from May, replacing Ken Bruce.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-24 |title=BBC Radio 2 Springs into action |language=en-GB |work=BBC Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/radio-2-spring-highlights |access-date=2023-02-24}} He began his show on 15 May 2023.

Kay has made a number of cameos, appearing in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Keith Lemon: The Film (2012). He also made an uncredited appearance as a feasting hall guest in Hercules (2014).

On 12 September 2003, Kay married Tess Daly at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Horwich, in Bolton.{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Albertina |title=Vernon I Kay calls Jack Black a 'pig-faced c**k in rant about interviewing actor as young TV presenter |url=https://money.yahoo.com/vernon-kay-jack-black-110747126.html |work=money.yahoo.com |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024115402/https://money.yahoo.com/vernon-kay-jack-black-110747126.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2003/9/13/531810.html|title=THE sun shone, the bride wore white ... and so did the groom.|work=The Bolton News|date=13 September 2003|publisher=Newsquest Media Group|access-date=2 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201040251/http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2003/9/13/531810.html|archive-date=1 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Together, they have two daughters, born in 2004{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/vernonkay/biography.shtml|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Vernon Kay – Biography|author=BBC|publisher=BBC UK|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426101924/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/vernonkay/biography.shtml|url-status=live}} and 2009.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

In 2010, Kay was forced to apologise to his wife after it was revealed in the British press that he had been sending sexually explicit text and social media messages to model Rhian Sugden every day for four months. Later on, he admitted to sending similar messages to "four or five" other women at the same time.{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/157092/Vernon-Kay-admits-racy-texts-to-model|last=The Express|title=Kay-admits-racy-texts-to-model|date=9 February 2010|location=London}}{{cite news|url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/vernon-kay-stupidoversextexts/28516928.html|last=Belfast Telegraph|title=Vernon Kay 'stupid' over sex texts'|date= 10 February 2010|location=Belfast}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a8326/vernons-apology-98272/|last=Cosmopolitan|title=Vernon's apology|date=15 February 2010|location=London}}{{cite news|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/vernon-kay-admits-sending-saucy-texts-to-five-women| last=Glamour|title=Vernon Kay admits sending saucy texts to five women|location=London}}

Kay received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bolton on 9 July 2009 for services to entertainment.{{cite news|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4485331.A_happy_homecoming_for_graduate_Vernon_Kay/|title=A happy homecoming for graduate Vernon Kay|work=The Bolton News|date=10 July 2009|access-date=3 December 2011|publisher=Newsquest Media Group|archive-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402051945/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4485331.A_happy_homecoming_for_graduate_Vernon_Kay/|url-status=live}}

Kay supports his hometown's football club Bolton Wanderers.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229102636/http://www.officialvernonkay.com/category/links/ Web links]}}. Official Vernon Kay. Retrieved on 3 December 2011. He is also a fan of American football, joining the Manchester Allstars at the age of 13 and reuniting the team in 2011 for a one-off match against the Birmingham Lions.{{cite news|last=Akbor|first=Ruhubia|title=TV star Vernon Kay joins American Football team for last game|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/news/s/1408319_tv_star_vernon_kay_joins_american_football_team_for_last_game|access-date=9 June 2011|newspaper=Oldham Advertiser|date=16 February 2011|publisher=M.E.N. Media|archive-date=12 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112184842/http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/news/s/1408319_tv_star_vernon_kay_joins_american_football_team_for_last_game|url-status=live}} In 2011, he signed for the London Warriors, for whom he plays in the BAFANL Premier South division as a defensive back.{{cite web |title=2011 Roster |url=http://www.londonwarriorsafc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=127 |work=londonwarriorsafc.co.uk |publisher=London Warriors AFC |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-date=4 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004090437/http://www.londonwarriorsafc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=127 |url-status=live }}

Kay enjoys flying model aircraft and drones.{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/661326/Drive-presenter-Vernon-Kay-Tess-Daly-nickname-regrets-weakness/|title=Drive presenter Vernon Kay Tess Daly nickname regrets weakness|work=The Express|date=26 April 2016|access-date=3 December 2015|publisher=Express Group|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417085755/http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/661326/Drive-presenter-Vernon-Kay-Tess-Daly-nickname-regrets-weakness|url-status=live}}

;Television

;Guest appearances

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• It's Only TV...but I Like It (2002)
• Shooting Stars (2002)
• Bo' Selecta! (2003)
• Davina (2006)
• James Corden's World Cup Live (2010)
• Celebrity Juice (2011, 2013, 2015)
• Chris Moyles' Quiz Night (2011)
• 8 Out of 10 Cats (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2011)
• Would I Lie to You? (2013)
• That Puppet Game Show (2013)
• Room 101 (2014)
• Through the Keyhole (2014, 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep6week41/through-keyhole-0|title=Through The Keyhole|work=ITV Press Centre|access-date=23 September 2014|archive-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028025651/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep6week41/through-keyhole-0|url-status=live}}
• Celebrity Squares (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep5week41/celebrity-squares|title=Celebrity Squares|work=ITV Press Centre|access-date=23 September 2014|archive-date=5 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005235105/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep5week41/celebrity-squares|url-status=dead}}
• Sunday Brunch (2015)
• Go 8 Bit (2017)
• How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield (2017)
• Celebrity Catchphrase (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-pxo6h1/celebrity-catchphrase-season-8/?episode=b-r8acwf|title=Celebrity Catchphrase|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=14 March 2023}}

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;Film

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• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lzng Vernon Kay] (BBC Radio 2)
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001b5rq Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay] (BBC Radio 2)

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