Jon Holmes
| Jon Holmes | |
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| Born |
Jonathan Holmes 24 April 1969 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer, comedian, broadcaster |
Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1969) is a British comedian, writer and broadcaster known for his work on such programmes as The Now Show and Listen Against (for BBC Radio 4), and has appeared on numerous television programmes.
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Holmes was raised in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He attended Canterbury Christ Church College, where he graduated with a joint degree in English with Radio, Film and Television. While at university he became involved with its radio station C4 Radio, and also wrote, directed and performed in various student revue shows; he was also a presenter on Canterbury's local radio station KMFM Canterbury (then CTFM).
After graduation, Holmes's first foray into BBC radio comedy was for BBC Radio 4 with his debut comedy series Grievous Bodily Radio in 1997. He also had a show on Power FM on Sunday nights. The Jon & Andy Show (with Andy Hurst), which Holmes presented during 1998–2000, won him a gold Sony Radio Academy Award for entertainment. This was where Holmes began to acquire his reputation for controversy with on air interactive listener games such as 'I'm Standing On...' (a time trial in which listeners were encouraged to stand on their neighbour's car or wheelie bin, etc. and shout "I'm Standing On....' whatever it was until their angry neighbour came out and shouted abuse).
In 2001 Holmes co-created the Radio 4 show Dead Ringers, for which he jointly won his second gold Sony, and the show transferred to BBC Two.
He then moved to XFM London "for approximately an hour" before being fired for going to the toilet on air in fellow presenter Dermot O'Leary's desk drawer. Subsequently signed by Virgin radio, the late-night Jon Holmes show on Virgin Radio ran from 2001 to 2002, but Holmes was fired after several controversial stunts. Virgin were fined a record £75,000 for Holmes' feature "Swearing Radio Hangman for the Under-12s", in which he persuaded a nine-year-old girl to spell out and then repeat the phrase "soapy tit wank". Unrepentant, Holmes’ official website boasts: "Jon still holds the record for 'largest fine ever for taste and decency offences in British broadcasting'. Sadly he didn’t get a certificate or anything."
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