Stephen Nolan
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20 August 1973 Shankill, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Radio and television presenter |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Stephen Nolan (born 20 August 1973) is a Ulster radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Five Live.
Born in Belfast Shankill Road area, Nolan was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen's University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies.
Nolan always wanted to work on radio for the BBC, but was told by a senior manager that he would never be good enough to work for the Corporation. Resultantly he joined Belfast CityBeat, for which he won a Sony Radio Academy Award. The following year, he was poached to work for BBC NI, where he has worked since 2003, presenting The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster. In the handover from the Gerry Anderson show at half past ten each morning Nolan is usually on the end of a putdown or witticism from Anderson. Since 16 July 2005, he has presented his own weekend phone-in show for BBC Radio Five Live, airing from 10pm to 1am every Friday and Sunday, 9pm to midnight every Saturday, and Question Time Extra Time from 10pm to 1am every Thursday while Question Time is on BBC One, as one of the few Northern Irish presenters on mainstream UK radio. In 2006 he was involved in a charity "boxing" match with Gerry Anderson in aid of Children in Need. Nolan was knocked down from a stray uppercut from Anderson.
In May 2008, he featured heavily on Chris Moyles' Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the line "That is not my name" in his heavy Northern Irish accent, a mis-quote of the Sue Tilley interview with ITV News. Moyles also edited a clip of Nolan to make it sound like he is telling his listeners to "buy good crack!" The origin of this is Nolan's method of ending some calls, saying "Bye, cheers; bye, good craic."
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