Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe
Radcliffe at the Under the Stars festival in 2014
Birth name	Mark Radcliffe
Born	(1958-06-29) 29 June 1958 (age 58) Bolton, Lancashire, England
Show	The Folk Show, Mark Radcliffe's Music Club & Radcliffe & Maconie
Station(s)	BBC Radio 2 & BBC Radio 6 Music
Time slot	Weds 7-8pm & Mon-Fri 1-4pm
Country	United Kingdom

Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English broadcaster, musician and writer. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, he is best known for his broadcasting work for the BBC, for whom he has worked in various roles since the 1980s.

Radcliffe began his broadcasting career in local commercial radio in Manchester before a move to the national station BBC Radio 5, where he met and formed a partnership with former the Fall guitarist Marc Riley. In 1991 he moved to BBC Radio 1 closely followed by Riley with whom, under the moniker Mark and Lard, he worked for 14 years on the station. The pair's stint on Radio 1 included a brief and opinion-dividing spell on the flagship The Radio 1 Breakfast Show and a subsequent afternoon slot show which garnered three prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards.

When the Mark and Lard duo departed BBC Radio 1 in 2004, Radcliffe joined BBC Radio 2 and has also presented various TV shows for the BBC including their coverage of the Glastonbury Festival. He remains a presenter on BBC Radio 2, where he presents the weekly programme The Folk Show. On BBC Radio 6 Music he co-hosts a weekday afternoon show, Radcliffe & Maconie with Stuart Maconie.

Radcliffe was born in Bolton, Lancashire and educated at Bolton School and the University of Manchester, where he studied English and American studies and classical civilisation. He took an interest in music from a young age; playing drums in numerous bands while at school and university and into his working life. As of 2007, he lives in Whitley, Cheshire is married with three daughters and became a grandfather in October 2008. Radcliffe is a supporter of Manchester City. In July 2011 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Bolton.