CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Simon Mayo - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"5f632ce3-c972-4d4c-b88e-bdfbe21f0019","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Simon_Mayo","wgTitle":"Simon Mayo","wgCurRevisionId":1258109396,"wgRevisionId":1258109396,"wgArticleId":1110595,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","EngvarB from January 2014","Use dmy dates from January 2014","Articles with hCards","Commons category link from Wikidata","1958 births","Living people","Alumni of the University of Warwick","BBC Radio 1 presenters","BBC Radio 2 presenters","BBC Radio 5 Live presenters","English radio DJs","English writers","English radio personalities", "People educated at Solihull School","People educated at Worthing High School","Members of the Order of the British Empire"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Simon_Mayo","wgRelevantArticleId":1110595,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":40000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage", "wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q382557","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=[ "ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1200px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1437"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/800px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="958"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="766"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Simon Mayo - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mayo"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mayo"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Simon_Mayo rootpage-Simon_Mayo skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Simon+Mayo" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Simon+Mayo" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Simon+Mayo" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Simon+Mayo" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Early_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Early life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Early_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Early career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shows" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shows"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Shows</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Shows-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Shows subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Shows-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-BBC_Radio_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#BBC_Radio_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>BBC Radio 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-BBC_Radio_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Breakfast" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Breakfast"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span><i>Breakfast</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Breakfast-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mid-mornings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mid-mornings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Mid-mornings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mid-mornings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-BBC_Radio_5_Live" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#BBC_Radio_5_Live"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>BBC Radio 5 Live</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-BBC_Radio_5_Live-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-BBC_Radio_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#BBC_Radio_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>BBC Radio 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-BBC_Radio_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scala_Radio_and_Magic_Classical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scala_Radio_and_Magic_Classical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Scala Radio and Magic Classical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scala_Radio_and_Magic_Classical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greatest_Hits_Radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greatest_Hits_Radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Greatest Hits Radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greatest_Hits_Radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other work</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_work-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other work subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-BBC_Radio_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#BBC_Radio_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>BBC Radio 4</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-BBC_Radio_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television_projects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television_projects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Television projects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television_projects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Podcast" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Podcast"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Podcast</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Podcast-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Books</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Radio_credits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radio_credits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Radio credits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radio_credits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Mayo</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 4 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-4" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">4 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88" title="سيمون مايو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سيمون مايو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mayo" title="Simon Mayo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Simon Mayo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88" title="سيمون مايو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سيمون مايو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mayo" title="Simon Mayo – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Simon Mayo" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q382557#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Simon_Mayo" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Simon_Mayo" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Simon_Mayo" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&oldid=1258109396" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Simon_Mayo&id=1258109396&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSimon_Mayo"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSimon_Mayo"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Simon_Mayo&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Simon_Mayo" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikiquote mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simon_Mayo" hreflang="en"><span>Wikiquote</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q382557" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">English radio presenter and author</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Mayo_Simon" title="Mayo Simon">Mayo Simon</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Simon Mayo</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Mayo_(41543482744)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1990" data-file-height="2383" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Mayo in May 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1958-09-21</span>) </span>21 September 1958<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Hilary Bird</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1986)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Show</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>The Album Show</li><li>Drivetime</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Station</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time slot</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">Monday – Friday, 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm; <br /> Sunday, 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Show</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Simon Mayo</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Station</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Classical" title="Magic Classical">Magic Classical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time slot</th><td class="infobox-data">10<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 12<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, Sunday</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span> (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter and author who worked for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC Radio</a> from 1982 until 2022. </p><p>Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio 1, including a five-year stint on the <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio 1 Breakfast Show">Radio 1 Breakfast Show</a></i>. From 2001 he presented on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>: from his debut until 2009 on a daily afternoon programme, and since then until 2022 with <i><a href="/wiki/Kermode_and_Mayo%27s_Film_Review" title="Kermode and Mayo's Film Review">Kermode and Mayo's Film Review</a></i> on Fridays. Between January 2010 to December 2018 he was the presenter of <i><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo_Drivetime" title="Simon Mayo Drivetime">Simon Mayo Drivetime</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, for the final six months with co-host <a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a>. Since March 2021, <i>Simon Mayo Drivetime</i> has returned on <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a>. </p><p>In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "Radio Broadcaster of the Year" at the 34th annual <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_Press_Guild" title="Broadcasting Press Guild">Broadcasting Press Guild</a> Awards,<sup id="cite_ref-BPG2008_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPG2008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "Speech Broadcaster of the Year" at the <a href="/wiki/Sony_Radio_Academy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Radio Academy Awards">Sony Radio Academy Awards</a>, receiving the latter for his "ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them" and for being "a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayo is also a published author. His works include a book titled <i>Confessions</i>, based on the <i><a href="/wiki/Confessions_(radio_programme)" title="Confessions (radio programme)">Confessions</a></i> slot from his radio shows, and several fictional thrillers. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Simon May was born in September 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a headteacher, and his mother, who had worked as a BBC studio manager in the 1950s, also taught for a time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended St John's Primary School in <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arden_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Arden School">Arden School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Knowle,_West_Midlands" title="Knowle, West Midlands">Knowle</a> in the West Midlands (for one term), the independent <a href="/wiki/Solihull_School" title="Solihull School">Solihull School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worthing_High_School_for_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Worthing High School for Boys">Worthing High School for Boys</a> in West Sussex, which was then a state <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar school</a> for boys.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a> in 1981, with a degree in history and politics.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His mother had undertaken part-time work in radio, and having occasionally experienced it with her, Mayo had wanted to work as a studio manager. But as a result of a frequency deficiency in his left ear, he failed the required hearing test, and refocused his career on presenting.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mayo spent some time honing his skills at <a href="/wiki/Seaside_Hospital_Radio" title="Seaside Hospital Radio">Southlands Hospital Radio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then worked for five years as a presenter with <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Nottingham" title="BBC Radio Nottingham">BBC Radio Nottingham</a> from 10:45<span class="nowrap"> </span>am to 2<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm. With a Radio Nottingham colleague he developed a programme format called <i>Globe Phone</i> and sent it to <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Beerling" title="Johnny Beerling">Johnny Beerling</a>, head of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">Radio 1</a>, who offered him a job.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He joined BBC Radio 1 in 1986, presenting a two-hour Saturday evening show from 7:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm to 9:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm. In October 1987 he progressed to the weekend early slots from 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>am to 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>am, and then became presenter of the weekday evening show in January 1988, which went out from 7:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm to 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm. Five months later he was offered the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> breakfast show, regarded as the most prestigious presentation job in UK radio.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shows">Shows</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_Radio_1">BBC Radio 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: BBC Radio 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Breakfast"><i>Breakfast</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Breakfast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo_Breakfast_Show" title="Simon Mayo Breakfast Show">Simon Mayo Breakfast Show</a></div> <p>Mayo spent five years presenting <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Radio 1 Breakfast</a></i> on BBC Radio 1. Throughout his tenure on the breakfast show, which was based on a "<a href="/wiki/Morning_zoo" title="Morning zoo">zoo</a>" format, Mayo was joined by news anchor Rod McKenzie and by a sidekick weather and travel presenter: first Carol Dooley, then <a href="/wiki/Sybil_Ruscoe" title="Sybil Ruscoe">Sybil Ruscoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Brambles" title="Jackie Brambles">Jackie Brambles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Oxberry" title="Dianne Oxberry">Dianne Oxberry</a>. Weather and travel news reader stand-ins include Mayo's Radio 1 colleague <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Parsons" title="Lynn Parsons">Lynn Parsons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caron_Keating" title="Caron Keating">Caron Keating</a> (from <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Peter" title="Blue Peter">Blue Peter</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Praise" title="Songs of Praise">Songs of Praise</a></i>), and <a href="/wiki/Philippa_Forrester" title="Philippa Forrester">Philippa Forrester</a> (from <a href="/wiki/CBBC_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="CBBC (TV channel)">CBBC</a>). The show's producer was <a href="/wiki/Ric_Blaxill" title="Ric Blaxill">Ric Blaxill</a>, who also made regular speaking contributions. </p><p>He started his first breakfast show by playing "<a href="/wiki/Somewhere_in_My_Heart" title="Somewhere in My Heart">Somewhere in My Heart</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Aztec_Camera" title="Aztec Camera">Aztec Camera</a>, which was preceded by a montage of previous breakfast show hosts and then Mayo himself saying "It's me, Simon Mayo, good morning." </p><p>The programme became known for various features, including <i><a href="/wiki/On_This_Day_in_History" title="On This Day in History">On This Day in History</a></i>, sound-tracked by a looped version of <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/I_Want_Your_Sex" title="I Want Your Sex">I Want Your Sex</a>"; the long-running cryptic game <i><a href="/wiki/The_Identik-Hit_Quiz" title="The Identik-Hit Quiz">The Identik-Hit Quiz</a></i>, where Mayo and his co-hosts would act out a short scene which cryptically led listeners to the title of a hit song; and his <i><a href="/wiki/Confessions_(radio_programme)" title="Confessions (radio programme)">Confessions</a></i> feature where members of the public sought absolution for their (often frivolous or humorous) "sins". Mayo had already presented the dilemma show <i>Scruples</i> for BBC television and had joined his Radio 1 colleagues on the host roster for <i><a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i>. Both <i>On This Day in History</i> and <i>Confessions</i> spawned spin-off books. </p><p>Due to frequent plays from Mayo, several unlikely hit singles reached the UK charts, including "<a href="/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(song)" title="Kinky Boots (song)">Kinky Boots</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Macnee" title="Patrick Macnee">Patrick Macnee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honor_Blackman" title="Honor Blackman">Honor Blackman</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Donald_Where%27s_Your_Troosers%3F" title="Donald Where's Your Troosers?">Donald Where's Your Troosers?</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Stewart_(musician)" title="Andy Stewart (musician)">Andy Stewart</a>; and "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>", sung and written by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a>. For helping <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a> have a hit with the latter, thirteen years after it first appeared on the soundtrack to <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">The Life of Brian</a></i>, Idle presented Mayo with a model bare foot, in the style of the animated version which used to end the opening titles to the TV show. </p><p>Like all Radio 1's high profile presenters of the time, Mayo would take his turn to spend a week in a coastal area of the UK during the <a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Roadshow" title="Radio 1 Roadshow">Radio 1 Roadshows</a> which ran for two months of the summer. For a short while, he also presented an additional weekend show for the station on a Sunday afternoon, provisionally titled <i>O Solomon Mayo</i>, to cover for the absent <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Schofield" title="Phillip Schofield">Phillip Schofield</a>, who was working in the West End. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mid-mornings">Mid-mornings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mid-mornings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mayo formally gave up the breakfast show in 1993, though he had been on an extended period of paternity leave when the announcement was made. His stand-in <a href="/wiki/Mark_Goodier" title="Mark Goodier">Mark Goodier</a> was his replacement. </p><p>Mayo took over the station's mid-morning slot on 25 October 1993, where he remained until February 2001. In addition to this, in May 1994, he presented <i>Simon Mayo's Classic Years</i>, where he played two hours of classic pop tunes. The show originally went out on a Sunday lunchtime from noon till 2pm, but in November 1994 went out from 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>am till noon on Sundays. This lasted until October 1995. </p><p>In January 1997, Mayo made a brief return to the breakfast show for three weeks after <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(presenter)" title="Chris Evans (presenter)">Chris Evans</a> was dismissed, but both Mayo and Radio 1 ruled out the possibilities of a permanent return to the programme. On his first morning as breakfast stand-in, Mayo read out an email from a man who had emigrated to New Zealand four years earlier and had arrived back in the UK that morning and was "delighted to hear you're still doing the breakfast show". </p><p>In 1999 Mayo broke a world record by broadcasting for 37 hours in aid of that year's <a href="/wiki/Comic_Relief" title="Comic Relief">Comic Relief</a>. </p><p>Mayo remained on the mid-morning slot until he left Radio 1 in 2001, seeing breakfast show presenters <a href="/wiki/Mark_Goodier" title="Mark Goodier">Mark Goodier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wright_(DJ)" title="Steve Wright (DJ)">Steve Wright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(presenter)" title="Chris Evans (presenter)">Chris Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_and_Lard" title="Mark and Lard">Mark and Lard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greening" title="Kevin Greening">Kevin Greening</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Ball" title="Zoe Ball">Zoe Ball</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sara_Cox" title="Sara Cox">Sara Cox</a>, come and go from the slot, but the slot went to <a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a>. </p><p>His final show was on Friday 16 February 2001, and before signing off, he said: "One of the reasons I'm not going to '<a href="/wiki/Dave_Lee_Travis#On-air_resignation" title="Dave Lee Travis">do a DLT</a>' is that I've nothing to complain about at all – though as I'll still be employed by the BBC it'd be a stupid thing to do. I always thought as a kid working at Radio 1 would be the most fun and the best place for any presenter to work and I still think that's true."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final track played on Radio 1 was "<a href="/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_(song)" title="Ace of Spades (song)">Ace of Spades</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_Radio_5_Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: BBC Radio 5 Live"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1023981488">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote rquote" style="float: right; width: 33%;"><p>I always thought I'd like to go back to music. But I also loved exploring a subject from scratch to interview a nuclear physicist. The [5 Live] job was a bit like an <a href="/wiki/Open_University" title="Open University">Open University</a> degree course. The longer I did it, the more I realised how little I know, which is part of ageing.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Mayo, after his move to Radio 2 Drivetime<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In May 2001, after 15 years of broadcasting with Radio 1, Mayo moved on to another national BBC station, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>, to present an afternoon programme. He began broadcasting every weekday from 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm to 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, where he remained until 18 December 2009. He was on air in 2001 when the <a href="/wiki/9/11_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="9/11 attacks">9/11 attacks</a> took place in the United States, broadcasting live as the events unfolded. </p><p>The programme generally combined topical debates, interviews and reviews. It came live from <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a> each Wednesday for live coverage of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a>, with discussion and debate afterwards with political correspondents and <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MPs</a>. The programme also featured Mayo's former Radio 1 sidekick <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kermode" title="Mark Kermode">Mark Kermode</a> reviewing the new movie releases each Friday afternoon. The banter between Mayo and Kermode in this section of the programme was described by both men as "wittertainment at its most wittertaining." (The <a href="/wiki/Neologism" title="Neologism">neologism</a> <i>wittertainment</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/witter" class="extiw" title="wikt:witter">witter</a></i> and <i>entertainment</i>, and was coined in a now deleted Wikipedia entry.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Kermode and Mayo took note of the article before its deletion and have since been using the term regularly to refer to their show.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p>In a May 2008 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Mayo mentioned he "signed a contract for the next two years" and was uncertain whether he would still be at 5 Live when it moved to <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">Salford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later confirmed that Mayo was to move to <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>'s drivetime slot, though he continued to host a weekly two-hour film review show, <i><a href="/wiki/Kermode_and_Mayo%27s_Film_Review" title="Kermode and Mayo's Film Review">Kermode and Mayo's Film Review</a></i>, on 5 Live with Kermode until April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Plunkett_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plunkett-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2009, Mayo and Kermode won a Gold Sony Radio Award in the Speech Award category.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_Radio_2">BBC Radio 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: BBC Radio 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo_Drivetime" title="Simon Mayo Drivetime">Simon Mayo Drivetime</a></div> <p>In addition to his daily programme on 5 Live, from October 2001 to April 2007, Mayo hosted the Album Chart show each week for BBC Radio 2. Alongside this, on 2 January 2006, he presented <i>The Ultimate Music Year</i> for the station, where listeners got the chance to vote for their favourite year for music. He has also presented many <i>Sold on Song</i> projects, presented the Top 100 Albums and provided holiday cover for <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ)" title="Johnnie Walker (DJ)">Johnnie Walker</a> on Sundays. From April 2007 to April 2008 Mayo took over the <i>Radio 2 Music Club</i> every Monday night from 11:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm to 12:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>am. </p><p>In January 2010, Mayo took over from <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(presenter)" title="Chris Evans (presenter)">Chris Evans</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo_Drivetime" title="Simon Mayo Drivetime">Drivetime show</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> noting he was "very lucky to be given a second chance in such a high-profile slot."<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme included a number of regular daily features including "Nigel's Recipes", "<a href="/wiki/Confessions_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Confessions (radio)">Confessions</a>", "Homework Sucks" and "The Showstopper". Every Friday he hosted "All-Request Friday" where listeners rang the show and had their favourite song played on the radio after a short interview. The show ended on 4 May 2018 after eight years, as Mayo was to begin hosting a revamped drivetime show with co-host <a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a> from 14 May 2018. On 22 October that year, the station announced that Mayo would be leaving Radio 2 altogether after a backlash against the change, with Whiley moving back to an evening slot. Their last show together aired on 20 December, with Mayo presenting his last show after 17 years with the station the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As his opening theme Mayo used the 2003 recording by <a href="/wiki/Jools_Holland" title="Jools Holland">Jools Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Buster" title="Prince Buster">Prince Buster</a> of the 1948 song "<a href="/wiki/Enjoy_Yourself_(It%27s_Later_than_You_Think)" title="Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)">Enjoy Yourself</a>" by Carl Sigman and by Herb Magidson. Later editions of the show also used the popular 1950 hit version by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lombardo" title="Guy Lombardo">Guy Lombardo</a> and his Royal Canadians. Incidental music included "<a href="/wiki/Light_My_Fire" title="Light My Fire">Light My Fire</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Edmundo_Ros" title="Edmundo Ros">Edmundo Ros</a>. </p><p>In May 2011, Mayo won a Sony Award for "Best Music Show" for his work and that of his team on the Radio 2 drive time slot.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 December 2018, Mayo presented his last show on BBC Radio 2, it being an All-Request Friday, which featured his jingles previously used on his drivetime show. The last song to be played was "<a href="/wiki/Bring_Me_Sunshine" title="Bring Me Sunshine">Bring Me Sunshine</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" title="Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scala_Radio_and_Magic_Classical">Scala Radio and Magic Classical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Scala Radio and Magic Classical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 March 2019 at 10am, Mayo presented the launch of a new <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> <a href="/wiki/Digital_radio" title="Digital radio">digital radio</a> station, <a href="/wiki/Scala_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Scala Radio">Scala Radio</a>, for which he was one of the lead presenters.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He presented a daily mid-morning show for two years, until starting work for Greatest Hits Radio; he continued to present his <i>Essential Albums</i> show for Scala on Saturdays until May 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then presented a two-hour show on Sunday mornings, which continues after Scala was rebranded as Magic Classical in September 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greatest_Hits_Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Greatest Hits Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his daily programme on Scala, Mayo joined <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a> in September 2020, firstly taking over a weekly album show on Sundays from 1-4pm. He then returned to his Monday to Friday drivetime radio show on 15 March 2021 on Greatest Hits Radio,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resurrecting many staples from his former <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> drivetime shows, including "Confessions", "Tunesday", "Nigel's Recipes" (Foodie Thursday, sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Heinz" title="Heinz">Heinz</a>), and "All-Request Friday". Mayo is joined on the weekday drivetime show by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Williams_(radio_presenter)" title="Matt Williams (radio presenter)">Matt Williams</a>, the show's sports presenter, who previously had worked with him for some time on the Radio 2 drivetime show, during Mayo's time presenting the show<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – another example of the show resembling its BBC Radio 2 format. He continues to present his <i>Album Show</i> on Sunday afternoons.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_work">Other work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_Radio_4">BBC Radio 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: BBC Radio 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mayo presented <i><a href="/wiki/Act_Your_Age_(radio_series)" title="Act Your Age (radio series)">Act Your Age</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Panel_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Panel game">panel game</a> for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>, first broadcast on 27 November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024 Mayo was the guest on the Radio 4 programme <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Lives" title="Great Lives">Great Lives</a></i>; his choice was <a href="/wiki/Alan_Freeman" title="Alan Freeman">Alan Freeman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_projects">Television projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Television projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1995 and 1998 Mayo presented a TV version of <i>Confessions</i>, based on the hit feature from his BBC Radio 1 breakfast and mid-morning shows. </p><p>Starting in 1999 he was the original presenter of <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Lottery (United Kingdom)">National Lottery</a> game show <i><a href="/wiki/Winning_Lines" title="Winning Lines">Winning Lines</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> until 2000 when he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Schofield" title="Phillip Schofield">Phillip Schofield</a> in 2001. </p><p>In 2005 he presented a series <i>The Big Dig</i> on BBC TV about allotments in the <a href="/wiki/Rhondda" title="Rhondda">Rhondda Valley</a> contrasted with others in Highgate, London.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayo hosted a revival of the classic quiz show <i><a href="/wiki/Blockbusters_(British_game_show)" title="Blockbusters (British game show)">Blockbusters</a></i>, which began airing on <a href="/wiki/Challenge_(TV_channel)" title="Challenge (TV channel)">Challenge</a> on 14 May 2012 until 3 August 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the announcer for the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_Concert" title="Diamond Jubilee Concert">concert</a> celebrating <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee</a> on 4 June 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast">Podcast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Podcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the end of the BBC Radio 5 Live show <i><a href="/wiki/Kermode_and_Mayo%27s_Film_Review" title="Kermode and Mayo's Film Review">Kermode and Mayo's Film Review</a></i>, the pair started the podcast <i>Kermode and Mayo's Take</i> in May 2022. In July 2018 Mayo, along with Matt Williams, began presenting a weekly podcast: <i>Simon Mayo's Books of the Year</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Confessions</i>, based on the hit feature from his <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> drivetime show, and his former <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> breakfast and mid-morning shows.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was released in October 2011. The book is a compilation of the best confessions sent to the show by listeners. </p><p>Mayo's debut novel, <i>Itch</i>, was released on 1 March 2012. The titular protagonist is a fourteen-year-old boy who discovers a previously unknown chemical element.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Guardian</i> called it 'a great and thrilling book with an easy to read storyline that will help kids to understand elements!'<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His second novel <i>Itch Rocks</i> was released in February 2013<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the third instalment, <i>Itchcraft</i>, came out in September 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Itch</i> and <i>Itch Rocks</i> were adapted into an opera, <i>Itch,</i> which premiered on 22 July 2023 at Opera Holland Park. It was commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Opera_Holland_Park" title="Opera Holland Park">Opera Holland Park</a>, and composed by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dove" title="Jonathan Dove">Jonathan Dove</a> with libretto by <a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Middleton" title="Alasdair Middleton">Alasdair Middleton</a>. </p><p>His first young adult novel, <i>Blame</i>, was published in July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayo's first novel for adults, <i>Mad Blood Stirring</i>, was published in April 2018 and received mixed reviews. It is a historical novel set in Dartmoor Prison in 1815. Clare Clarke, for <i>The Guardian</i>, said: "With its huge, amorphous cast and little interior characterisation, its pages rich with Shakespeare’s poetry and the rousing gospel music for which Block 4 was reputedly renowned, the dialogue-heavy <i>Mad Blood Stirring</i> reads more like a first-draft film treatment than a finished novel. Mayo has served up all the ingredients he could find, but longer cooking would have given it greater depth and subtlety of flavour." The novelist John Boyne said: "Bristling with energy, written with passion, <i>Mad Blood Stirring</i> is a joy to read." </p><p>In 2020 <i>Knife Edge</i>, a first thriller for Mayo, was published. Its setting is drawn from his experiences when an undergraduate at Warwick University, and the denouement is in the neighbouring city of Coventry. The book was promoted as a <i>Sunday Times</i> Top 10 bestseller. </p><p><i>Tick Tock</i>, a thriller based on a mysterious global illness, was published in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_credits">Radio credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Radio credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Nottingham" title="BBC Radio Nottingham">BBC Radio Nottingham</a> – <i>The Simon Mayo Show</i> 10:45<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 2<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 1982–1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>: <ul><li>Saturday evenings 7:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 9:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 1986–1987</li> <li>Weekend early mornings 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>am, late 1987</li> <li>Monday–Thursday evenings 7:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, January – May 1988</li> <li>Breakfast Show 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 9<span class="nowrap"> </span>am, May 1988 – September 1993</li> <li>Mid Morning Show 9<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 12 noon, October 1993 – February 2001</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>: <ul><li>Afternoon Show 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, May 2001 – December 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermode_and_Mayo%27s_Film_Review" title="Kermode and Mayo's Film Review">Kermode and Mayo's Film Review</a> Friday 2<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, January 2010 – May 2019; 3<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, May 2019 – March 2020, August 2021 – February 2022; 2:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, March 2020 – August 2021, February 2022 – April 2022</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>: <ul><li>Album Chart Show Monday evenings 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, October 2001 – April 2007</li> <li>Music Club Monday nights/Tuesday overnight 11:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 12:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>am, April 2007 – April 2008</li> <li>Drivetime Monday – Friday 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 11 January 2010 – 4 May 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a> & Simon Mayo – Monday – Thursday 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm; Friday 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 14 May 2018 –  21 December 2018</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> – <i>Act Your Age</i> 6:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, November – December 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Classical" title="Magic Classical">Scala Radio</a>: <ul><li>Monday – Saturday mid-mornings 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 4 March 2019 – 26 February 2021</li> <li>Essential Albums. Saturdays 3<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 3 April 2021 – 21 May 2023</li> <li>Sunday mid-mornings 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 12<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 28 May 2023 – 15 September 2024</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a>: <ul><li>Album Show. Sundays 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 6 September 2020 – present</li> <li>Drivetime Monday – Friday 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm – 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 15 March 2021 – present</li></ul></li> <li>Magic Classical <ul><li>Sunday mid-mornings 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>am – 12<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, 22 September 2024 – present</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While at university, he was a presenter on the student radio station, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Warwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Warwick">Radio Warwick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbccov_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbccov-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 the university awarded him an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctor of Letters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbccov_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbccov-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayo is married to Hilary Bird, who had worked at Radio Nottingham since 1984 on <i>Action Line</i>, and also worked for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> as a producer for <a href="/wiki/Roger_Royle" title="Roger Royle">Canon Roger Royle</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Don_Maclean" title="Don Maclean">Don Maclean</a> on <i>Good Morning Sunday</i> from 1987 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wedding took place on Saturday 11 October 1986 at <a href="/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_Burton_Joyce" title="St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce">St Helen's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burton_Joyce" title="Burton Joyce">Burton Joyce</a>, Nottinghamshire. They have two sons and a daughter. Mayo is a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-radio2bio_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio2bio-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lives in London. </p><p>Mayo was appointed <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a> (MBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Birthday_Honours" title="2021 Birthday Honours">2021 Birthday Honours</a> for services to broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BPG2008-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BPG2008_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpg-awards/2008-2/">"BPG TV and Radio Awards"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_Press_Guild" title="Broadcasting Press Guild">Broadcasting Press Guild</a>. 4 April 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BPG+TV+and+Radio+Awards&rft.pub=Broadcasting+Press+Guild&rft.date=2008-04-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcastingpressguild.org%2Fbpg-awards%2F2008-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081006163802/http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=115&awname=The+Speech+Broadcaster+of+the+Year&year=2008">"The Speech Broadcaster of the Year"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sony_Radio_Academy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Radio Academy Awards">Sony Radio Academy Awards</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=115&awname=The+Speech+Broadcaster+of+the+Year&year=2008">the original</a> on 6 October 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 November</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Speech+Broadcaster+of+the+Year&rft.pub=Sony+Radio+Academy+Awards&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioawards.org%2Fwinners%2F%3Fawid%3D115%26awname%3DThe%2BSpeech%2BBroadcaster%2Bof%2Bthe%2BYear%26year%3D2008&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">"Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews Podcast 17th May 2013"</a>. BBC. 4 April 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120806142036/http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">Archived</a> from the original on 6 August 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mark+Kermode+and+Simon+Mayo%27s+Film+Reviews+Podcast+17th+May+2013&rft.pub=BBC&rft.date=2008-04-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fpodcasts%2Fseries%2Fkermode&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPalmer2016" class="citation news cs1">Palmer, Camilla (22 July 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/22/simon-mayo-family-values-bbc-radio">"Simon Mayo: 'I do sometimes feel like an outsider'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo%3A+%E2%80%98I+do+sometimes+feel+like+an+outsider%E2%80%99&rft.date=2016-07-22&rft.issn=0261-3077&rft.aulast=Palmer&rft.aufirst=Camilla&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Flifeandstyle%2F2016%2Fjul%2F22%2Fsimon-mayo-family-values-bbc-radio&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teachsecondary.com/comment/view/what-i-learnt-at-school-simon-mayo">"What I learnt at school: Simon Mayo"</a>. <i>Teach Secondary</i>. 17 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Teach+Secondary&rft.atitle=What+I+learnt+at+school%3A+Simon+Mayo&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teachsecondary.com%2Fcomment%2Fview%2Fwhat-i-learnt-at-school-simon-mayo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/warwick50/news/?newsItem=094d43454aca4325014b080b935d6c26">"Warwick Student Radio talk to BBC Radio 2 Presenter"</a>. <i>IMAGINING THE FUTURE</i>. 20 January 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IMAGINING+THE+FUTURE&rft.atitle=Warwick+Student+Radio+talk+to+BBC+Radio+2+Presenter&rft.date=2015-01-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwarwick.ac.uk%2Fabout%2Fwarwick50%2Fnews%2F%3FnewsItem%3D094d43454aca4325014b080b935d6c26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/warwick50/countup/1981">"1981"</a>. <i>warwick.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=warwick.ac.uk&rft.atitle=1981&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwarwick.ac.uk%2Fabout%2Fwarwick50%2Fcountup%2F1981&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/31816109">"School Report – Simon Mayo: BBC Radio 2 star interviewed by School Reporters"</a>. <i>School Report</i>. 19 March 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320160138/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/31816109">Archived</a> from the original on 20 March 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=School+Report&rft.atitle=School+Report+%E2%80%93+Simon+Mayo%3A+BBC+Radio+2+star+interviewed+by+School+Reporters&rft.date=2015-03-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fschoolreport%2F31816109&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110727155908/http://www.seasidehr.com/history_full.html">"Seaside Hospital Radio – History"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seasidehr.com/history_full.html">the original</a> on 27 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Seaside+Hospital+Radio+%E2%80%93+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seasidehr.com%2Fhistory_full.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday 3 June 2000</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3172032.stm">"Chris Moyles: Radio 1 saviour?"</a>. BBC News. 7 October 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 February</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Chris+Moyles%3A+Radio+1+saviour%3F&rft.date=2003-10-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2F3172032.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanks2004" class="citation news cs1">Hanks, Robert (6 January 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090807115631/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/chris-moyles-the-radio-1-breakfast-show-578257.html">"Chris Moyles, The Radio 1 Breakfast Show"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. London. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/chris-moyles-the-radio-1-breakfast-show-578257.html">the original</a> on 7 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 February</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Chris+Moyles%2C+The+Radio+1+Breakfast+Show&rft.date=2004-01-06&rft.aulast=Hanks&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Farts-entertainment%2Fmusic%2Freviews%2Fchris-moyles-the-radio-1-breakfast-show-578257.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1173507.stm">"Mayo's Radio 1 farewell"</a>. BBC News. 16 February 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030418191741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1173507.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 18 April 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Mayo%27s+Radio+1+farewell&rft.date=2001-02-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2F1173507.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-telegraph-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerard2010" class="citation news cs1">Gerard, Jasper (9 January 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6952250/Simon-Mayo-on-the-move-to-Radio-2-and-his-new-Telegraph-column.html">"Simon Mayo on the move to Radio 2 and his new Telegraph column"</a>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100112094634/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6952250/Simon-Mayo-on-the-move-to-Radio-2-and-his-new-Telegraph-column.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 January</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+on+the+move+to+Radio+2+and+his+new+Telegraph+column&rft.date=2010-01-09&rft.aulast=Gerard&rft.aufirst=Jasper&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftvandradio%2F6952250%2FSimon-Mayo-on-the-move-to-Radio-2-and-his-new-Telegraph-column.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFitzgerald" class="citation web cs1">Fitzgerald, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brian-fitzgerald.com/miscellaneous/wittertainment/">"Wittertainment"</a>. <i>University of Limerick</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140323212628/http://www.brian-fitzgerald.com/miscellaneous/wittertainment/">Archived</a> from the original on 23 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=University+of+Limerick&rft.atitle=Wittertainment&rft.aulast=Fitzgerald&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brian-fitzgerald.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fwittertainment%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCabe2007" class="citation web cs1">McCabe, Gordon (9 February 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mccabism.blogspot.com/2007/02/wittertainment.html">"Wittertainment"</a>. <i>McCabism</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120320035616/http://mccabism.blogspot.com/2007/02/wittertainment.html">Archived</a> from the original on 20 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=McCabism&rft.atitle=Wittertainment&rft.date=2007-02-09&rft.aulast=McCabe&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmccabism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fwittertainment.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBraithwaite" class="citation web cs1">Braithwaite, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2010/10/wittertainments-rules-of-cinem.shtml">"Blog entry: Wittertainment's rules of cinema conduct"</a>. BBC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130724201109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2010/10/wittertainments-rules-of-cinem.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on 24 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Blog+entry%3A+Wittertainment%27s+rules+of+cinema+conduct&rft.pub=BBC&rft.aulast=Braithwaite&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2F5live%2F2010%2F10%2Fwittertainments-rules-of-cinem.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/wittertainment">"The Show's Twitter Account: @wittertainment"</a>. Twitter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006072635/https://twitter.com/wittertainment">Archived</a> from the original on 6 October 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Show%27s+Twitter+Account%3A+%40wittertainment&rft.pub=Twitter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwittertainment&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPool2008" class="citation web cs1">Pool, Hannah (29 May 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/29/radio">"Question time: Simon Mayo on why Five Live is criminally underrated"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150916012102/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/29/radio">Archived</a> from the original on 16 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Question+time%3A+Simon+Mayo+on+why+Five+Live+is+criminally+underrated&rft.date=2008-05-29&rft.aulast=Pool&rft.aufirst=Hannah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2008%2Fmay%2F29%2Fradio&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plunkett-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plunkett_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlunkett2009" class="citation news cs1">Plunkett, John (15 September 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/15/simon-mayo-chris-evans">"Simon Mayo confirmed as Chris Evans's successor on BBC Radio 2"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140212221345/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/15/simon-mayo-chris-evans">Archived</a> from the original on 12 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+confirmed+as+Chris+Evans%27s+successor+on+BBC+Radio+2&rft.date=2009-09-15&rft.aulast=Plunkett&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2009%2Fsep%2F15%2Fsimon-mayo-chris-evans&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/04/kermode-and-mayo-take-their-film-review-to-sony-music/">"Kermode and Mayo take their film review to Sony Music"</a>. <i>Radio Today</i>. 1 April 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Radio+Today&rft.atitle=Kermode+and+Mayo+take+their+film+review+to+Sony+Music&rft.date=2022-04-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fradiotoday.co.uk%2F2022%2F04%2Fkermode-and-mayo-take-their-film-review-to-sony-music%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090515100223/http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=159&awname=The+Speech+Award&year=2009">"The Sony Radio Academy Awards"</a>. Radioawards.org. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=159&awname=The+Speech+Award&year=2009">the original</a> on 15 May 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Sony+Radio+Academy+Awards&rft.pub=Radioawards.org&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioawards.org%2Fwinners%2F%3Fawid%3D159%26awname%3DThe%2BSpeech%2BAward%26year%3D2009&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8241101.stm">"Sir Terry to leave breakfast show"</a>. BBC News. 7 September 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Sir+Terry+to+leave+breakfast+show&rft.date=2009-09-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2F8241101.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45938829">"Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley Radio 2 Drivetime show to end"</a>. BBC News. 22 October 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+and+Jo+Whiley+Radio+2+Drivetime+show+to+end&rft.date=2018-10-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-45938829&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radioawards.org/winners/2011/programme-awards/best-music-programme/">"Sony Awards 2011"</a>. Radioawards.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sony+Awards+2011&rft.pub=Radioawards.org&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioawards.org%2Fwinners%2F2011%2Fprogramme-awards%2Fbest-music-programme%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSherwin2019" class="citation web cs1">Sherwin, Adam (26 February 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inews.co.uk/culture/simon-mayo-radio2-scala-whiley-classical-261310">"Simon Mayo: Why I had to quit Radio 2 for new classical station Scala"</a>. <i>inews.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=inews.co.uk&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo%3A+Why+I+had+to+quit+Radio+2+for+new+classical+station+Scala&rft.date=2019-02-26&rft.aulast=Sherwin&rft.aufirst=Adam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Finews.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fsimon-mayo-radio2-scala-whiley-classical-261310&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin2021" class="citation web cs1">Martin, Roy (1 February 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/02/simon-mayo-to-host-drive-on-greatest-hits-radio/">"Simon Mayo to host Drive on Greatest Hits Radio"</a>. <i>RadioToday</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RadioToday&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+to+host+Drive+on+Greatest+Hits+Radio&rft.date=2021-02-01&rft.aulast=Martin&rft.aufirst=Roy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fradiotoday.co.uk%2F2021%2F02%2Fsimon-mayo-to-host-drive-on-greatest-hits-radio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic-classical/schedule/">"Magic Classical: Schedule"</a>. <i>Rayo</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Rayo&rft.atitle=Magic+Classical%3A+Schedule&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhellorayo.co.uk%2Fmagic-classical%2Fschedule%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p2dfq/profiles">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Simon Mayo And The Drivetime Team on BBC Radio 2"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC&rft.atitle=%22Simon+Mayo+And+The+Drivetime+Team+on+BBC+Radio+2%22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb00p2dfq%2Fprofiles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarvey2021" class="citation news cs1">Harvey, Chris (5 March 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/radio-presenters/simon-mayo-interview-get-told-time-not-always-respect-decency/">"Simon Mayo interview: 'We all get told our time is up, but not always with respect and decency'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Telegraph</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0307-1235">0307-1235</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+interview%3A+%27We+all+get+told+our+time+is+up%2C+but+not+always+with+respect+and+decency%27&rft.date=2021-03-05&rft.issn=0307-1235&rft.aulast=Harvey&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fradio%2Fradio-presenters%2Fsimon-mayo-interview-get-told-time-not-always-respect-decency%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fr1rl">"Act Your Age, Series 1"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a></i>. 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160106173236/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fr1rl">Archived</a> from the original on 6 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+Radio+4+Extra&rft.atitle=Act+Your+Age%2C+Series+1&rft.date=2015&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb00fr1rl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001vl9g">"Great Lives"</a>. <i>BBC Radio 4</i>. 23 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+Radio+4&rft.atitle=Great+Lives&rft.date=2024-01-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsounds%2Fplay%2Fm001vl9g&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span><br />A podcast is also available for downloading within the United Kingdom, but not necessarily elsewhere as in some cases the BBC blocks particular podcasts from being downloaded outside the United Kingdom.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130425000907/http://allotment.org.uk/articles/Big_Dig_Allotment_Televison_Programme.php">"Details of The Big Dig"</a>. <i>allotment.org.uk</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Big_Dig_Allotment_Televison_Programme.php">the original</a> on 25 April 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=allotment.org.uk&rft.atitle=Details+of+The+Big+Dig&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allotment.org.uk%2Farticles%2FBig_Dig_Allotment_Televison_Programme.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metro.co.uk/home/889524-simon-mayo-named-as-new-host-of-blockbusters-remake">"Simon Mayo named as new host of Blockbusters remake"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Metro_(British_newspaper)" title="Metro (British newspaper)">Metro</a></i>. 6 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 February</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Metro&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+named+as+new+host+of+Blockbusters+remake&rft.date=2012-02-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metro.co.uk%2Fhome%2F889524-simon-mayo-named-as-new-host-of-blockbusters-remake&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/confessions/9780593069370">"Confessions"</a>. <i>Random House</i>. 13 October 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523225153/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/confessions/9780593069370">Archived</a> from the original on 23 May 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Random+House&rft.atitle=Confessions&rft.date=2011-10-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.co.uk%2Feditions%2Fconfessions%2F9780593069370&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120531095540/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/itch/9780857531308">"Itch"</a>. <i>Random House</i>. 1 March 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/itch/9780857531308">the original</a> on 31 May 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Random+House&rft.atitle=Itch&rft.date=2012-03-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.co.uk%2Feditions%2Fitch%2F9780857531308&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/may/07/itch-simon-mayo-review">"Itch by Simon Mayo – review"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/TheGuardian.com" class="mw-redirect" title="TheGuardian.com">TheGuardian.com</a></i>. 7 May 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TheGuardian.com&rft.atitle=Itch+by+Simon+Mayo+%E2%80%93+review&rft.date=2016-05-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fchildrens-books-site%2F2016%2Fmay%2F07%2Fitch-simon-mayo-review&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140312055357/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/9780857531322">"Itch Rocks"</a>. <i>Random House</i>. 28 February 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/9780857531322">the original</a> on 12 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Random+House&rft.atitle=Itch+Rocks&rft.date=2013-02-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.co.uk%2Feditions%2F9780857531322&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/itch-3/9780857532954">"ItchCraft"</a>. <i>Random House</i>. 11 September 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150210004450/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/itch-3/9780857532954">Archived</a> from the original on 10 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Random+House&rft.atitle=ItchCraft&rft.date=2014-09-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.co.uk%2Feditions%2Fitch-3%2F9780857532954&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMayo2016" class="citation web cs1">Mayo, Simon (9 May 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/may/09/simon-mayo-blame-ya-debut">"Simon Mayo tells us about his YA debut: Blame"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161107093422/https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/may/09/simon-mayo-blame-ya-debut">Archived</a> from the original on 7 November 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 November</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Simon+Mayo+tells+us+about+his+YA+debut%3A+Blame&rft.date=2016-05-09&rft.aulast=Mayo&rft.aufirst=Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fchildrens-books-site%2F2016%2Fmay%2F09%2Fsimon-mayo-blame-ya-debut&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/tick-tock/simon-mayo/9780857526618">"Tick Tock by Simon Mayo"</a>. <i>Waterstones</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Waterstones&rft.atitle=Tick+Tock+by+Simon+Mayo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Ftick-tock%2Fsimon-mayo%2F9780857526618&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbccov-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bbccov_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbccov_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4671063.stm">"Mayo to be made honorary doctor"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/London,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="London, England">London</a>. 11 July 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Mayo+to+be+made+honorary+doctor&rft.date=2005-07-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fengland%2Fcoventry_warwickshire%2F4671063.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreenstreet2011" class="citation news cs1">Greenstreet, Rosanna (26 May 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130724113113/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3289320/My-first-home-Simon-Mayo.html">"My first home: Simon Mayo"</a>. <i>The Telegraph</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3289320/My-first-home-Simon-Mayo.html">the original</a> on 24 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 April</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=My+first+home%3A+Simon+Mayo&rft.date=2011-05-26&rft.aulast=Greenstreet&rft.aufirst=Rosanna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fproperty%2F3289320%2FMy-first-home-Simon-Mayo.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-radio2bio-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-radio2bio_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071102173543/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/mayo/biography_mayo.shtml">"Simon Mayo Biography"</a>. BBC Radio 2. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/mayo/biography_mayo.shtml">the original</a> on 2 November 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Simon+Mayo+Biography&rft.pub=BBC+Radio+2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fradio2%2Fshows%2Fmayo%2Fbiography_mayo.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette63377" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63377/supplement/B21">"No. 63377"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B21.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+63377&rft.pages=B21&rft.date=2021-06-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F63377%2Fsupplement%2FB21&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASimon+Mayo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Simon_Mayo" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Simon Mayo">Simon Mayo</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562916/">Simon Mayo</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/shows/the-simon-mayo-drivetime-show/">The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show on Greatest Hits Radio</a> (Greatest Hits Radio)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/shows/all-request-friday/">Simon Mayo: All Request Friday on Greatest Hits Radio</a> (Greatest Hits Radio)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic-classical/shows/scala-radio-simon-mayo/">Simon Mayo on Magic Classical</a> (Magic Classical)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/shows/simon-mayo-the-album-show/">Simon Mayo: The Album Show on Greatest Hits Radio</a> (Greatest Hits Radio)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kermodeandmayo.com/">Kermode and Mayo's Take Official Website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/simon_mayo_page.htm">Simon Mayo</a> from Radio Rewind's website</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #8FBC8F;">Media offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Smith_(broadcaster)" title="Mike Smith (broadcaster)">Mike Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Breakfast Show Presenter</a> </b><br />1988–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Goodier" title="Mark Goodier">Mark Goodier</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(presenter)" title="Chris Evans (presenter)">Chris Evans</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a><br />Drivetime Show Presenter </b><br />2010–2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">himself with <a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">himself</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a><br />Drivetime Show Presenter </b><br /><small>(with co-host <a href="/wiki/Jo_Whiley" title="Jo Whiley">Jo Whiley</a>)</small><br /> 2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sara_Cox" title="Sara Cox">Sara Cox</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382557#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382557#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382557#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/000000042040351X">ISNI</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/305414662">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgd4jdGVqvfFfFqTHXmVC">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2011171642">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Mayo, Simon"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=osa20211130778&CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810536060705606">Poland</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Simon Mayo"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d517b86e-e1ee-4c56-95af-7343a2848f1e">MusicBrainz</a></span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&oldid=1258109396">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&oldid=1258109396</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1958_births" title="Category:1958 births">1958 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Living_people" title="Category:Living people">Living people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_Warwick" title="Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick">Alumni of the University of Warwick</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:BBC_Radio_1_presenters" title="Category:BBC Radio 1 presenters">BBC Radio 1 presenters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:BBC_Radio_2_presenters" title="Category:BBC Radio 2 presenters">BBC Radio 2 presenters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:BBC_Radio_5_Live_presenters" title="Category:BBC Radio 5 Live presenters">BBC Radio 5 Live presenters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_radio_DJs" title="Category:English radio DJs">English radio DJs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_writers" title="Category:English writers">English writers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_radio_personalities" title="Category:English radio personalities">English radio personalities</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Solihull_School" title="Category:People educated at Solihull School">People educated at Solihull School</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Worthing_High_School" title="Category:People educated at Worthing High School">People educated at Worthing High School</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire">Members of the Order of the British Empire</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_containing_London_Gazette_template_with_parameter_supp_set_to_y" title="Category:Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y">Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:EngvarB_from_January_2014" title="Category:EngvarB from January 2014">EngvarB from January 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_January_2014" title="Category:Use dmy dates from January 2014">Use dmy dates from January 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_hCards" title="Category:Articles with hCards">Articles with hCards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link from Wikidata">Commons category link from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 18 November 2024, at 05:10<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_Mayo&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-688fc9465-pvnsj","wgBackendResponseTime":158,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.992","walltime":"1.332","ppvisitednodes":{"value":9236,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":109353,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":12196,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":18,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":8,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":162192,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1105.392 1 -total"," 33.37% 368.886 1 Template:Reflist"," 22.67% 250.600 1 Template:Infobox_presenter"," 19.72% 217.938 28 Template:Cite_web"," 9.48% 104.844 1 Template:Authority_control"," 9.40% 103.860 36 Template:Main_other"," 8.00% 88.423 15 Template:Cite_news"," 7.79% 86.094 3 Template:Succession_box"," 7.47% 82.525 1 Template:Short_description"," 4.59% 50.736 1 Template:Marriage"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.596","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8958908,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"table#1 {\n}\n\"\"\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-c2jr9","timestamp":"20241122143138","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Simon Mayo","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simon_Mayo","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q382557","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q382557","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-10-28T06:29:59Z","dateModified":"2024-11-18T05:10:44Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/04\/Simon_Mayo_%2841543482744%29_%28cropped%29.jpg","headline":"British radio presenter"}</script> </body> </html>