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Marc Haynes is an English comedy writer, radio broadcaster and podcaster.
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Marc Haynes is an English comedy writer, radio broadcaster and podcaster.
Marc Haynes was brought up in London and won the 1998 edition of the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award for stand-up comedy, [1] the finals of which also featured Stephen Merchant and Dan Antopolski.
From 2004 to 2007, he worked with Richard Bacon on his XFM and Capital Radio shows. From 2007 to 2008, he worked with Alex Zane on the XFM breakfast show, before starting a weekly show and podcast called "Certificate X." Since 2010, he has hosted regular shows on BBC 6 Music with Bacon.
He is a regular writer on the ITV comedy shows Celebrity Juice and Richard Bacon's Beer and Pizza Club. [2]
His radio credits include two series of the sitcom Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore on BBC Radio 4 and co-writing a one-off comedy for BBC Radio 4 with Danny Wallace called New World Order.
In November 2008, his piece entitled "Fifty Years Of Popular Song Condensed Into A Single Sentence" was published by McSweeneys.
Marc co-hosts popular podcast 'WrestleMe' with Pete Donaldson. [3] The pair discuss every Wrestlemania event in chronological order, as well as occasional diversions into notable moments from the wider history of professional wrestling. The show's basic concept contrasts Haynes' lifelong enthusiasm for wrestling against Donaldson's relative lack of knowledge on the sport. [4] GQ magazine described the podcast as ‘Enrapturing…part-wrestling podcast, part-breakdown of the sheer ridiculousness of pro wrestling, and part-examination of the human condition’. A live version of the podcast first was hosted by Haynes and Donaldson in September 2018, [5] and a Patreon page for the show was launched in March 2020. Subscribers receive shows which delve into historic WCW pay-per-views, as well as other notable moments from WWE history. [6]
Adam Offord Buxton is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series The Adam and Joe Show (1996–2001) and the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe.
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe. They are best known for presenting Adam and Joe on BBC Radio 6 Music and The Adam and Joe Show on Channel 4 (1996–2001).
Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter. He has worked on television shows including Blue Peter, The Big Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, and on radio stations including Capital FM, Xfm London and BBC Radio Five Live. In 2016, Bacon became the presenter of The National Geographic Channel's reboot of its documentary and panel discussion TV series, Explorer. He's recently established himself as a format creator, including The Hustler (ABC), This Is My House (BBC1) and I Literally Just Told You. All three sold internationally.
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Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a British radio comedy series that aired on BBC Radio 4 for two series between November 2005 and June 2007.
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