Adam English

Cover Presenter, BBC Radio Oxford

Biography

Adam is a seasoned presenter, working for the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Oxford, JACKfm, Nation Radio and was recently at the helm of a national Drive Time show across the JACK Media Network.

His journey began at Warwick University’s Student Radio. Inspired by another lanky bloke from Bristol, Stephen Merchant, who graced the very same station decades earlier, Adam let his creativity burst while on air there. His efforts were recognised at the 2018 Student Radio Awards, winning Gold for Best Male Presenter; the very same award won by Greg James, years before.

This led him to cover Adele Roberts for an Early Breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 in 2019.

From there he launched Union JACK Radio’s first ever breakfast show, affectionately named The Full English, despite him being vegetarian. He never did reveal that on air. He was. at that point, the youngest national breakfast presenter at 23 years old.

Since then he has led an ARIA-winning national campaign to find Britain’s Best Beer Garden, interviewed the likes of Russell Howard, Mark Watson and Mark Labbett, wrote and performed 5 minutes of stand up comedy in a packed Leicester theatre in aid of charity and very nearly played the Mr. Blobby Song on national radio at the moment the world learned of Dame Vera Lynn’s death.

As well as radio, Adam dabbles in all manners of activities; he has a weekly podcast, hosts live events (including a Q&A with Sir Brian Blessed on a boat floating down the Thames (no, really)) and has even recently started a YouTube channel as a conduit for all the stupid ideas in his head.

In 2021 he was included in the Radio Academy’s 30 Under 30 List: a list of the ‘ones to watch’ in the radio industry.

He has no relation to Johnny.

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Credits

  • Cover Presenter, BBC Radio Oxford
  • Presenter, Nation Radio UK Weekends
  • Drive-Time Presenter, Union JACK Radio / JACKfm
  • Breakfast Presenter, Union JACK Radio
  • Winner, ARIAS (UK Radio Awards), Find Britain's Best Beer Garden Campaign
  • Radio Academy 30 Under 30 2021
  • Cover Presenter, Adele Roberts - Early Breakfast, BBC Radio 1
  • Gold Winner, Best Male Presenter, Student Radio Awards 2018

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