- Stephen Nolan
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birth_date = 1973
birth_place =Belfast ,Northern Ireland .
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website =Stephen Nolan, born
Belfast in 1973, is a radio and television presenter forBBC Northern Ireland andBBC Radio Five Live . He was educated atRoyal Belfast Academical Institution , andThe Queen's University of Belfast where he studied French andBusiness Studies .Broadcasting career
Nolan is not one to sit on the fence, in fact he regularly gets so passionate about the subjects he talks about as to raise his voice an
octave or two.Self-deprecation also plays a certain part in his personality, making jokes about his weight, for example. Stephen once infamously went on a Northern Irish TVdieting show during which he actually gained 1 stone (almost 6.5 kg) in weight. He featured on the front page of the Northern Ireland edition of the Daily Mirror newspaper (28 March 2006) talking about his current weight (17 stone) and his willingness to consider stomach stapelling surgery. It was reported in theSunday Life newspaper (3 August 2006) that Nolan is now heavier than ex-colleague and fellowBelfast CityBeat radio DJStuart Robinson , the self confessed previous holder of Ulster's 'biggest' radio presenter. In February 2007, when covering the story ofDavid Cameron 's apparent drug use as a young person, Nolan told his Five Live radio audience that he had tried a cannabis joint on one occasion while at school.In his UK radio show, he frequently makes cheeky references to the Northern Irish Football Team's victory in 2005 over England. However, his heritage can come into more practical use, particularly in terms of
The Troubles in Northern Ireland and related issues such asterrorism , identity and policing.Radio
Following the launch of his talk radio career on the commercial station
Belfast CityBeat , Stephen's success at the Sony Awards persuadedBBC Northern Ireland to poach him for their output. Since 2003, he has presentedThe Stephen Nolan Show onBBC Radio Ulster .Since July 2005, he has presented his own weekend phone-in show for
BBC Radio Five Live , airing from 10pm to 1am every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as one of the fewNorthern Irish presenters on mainstream UK radio. In doing so he spends his weekends inManchester , from where the programmes are broadcast. In the handover to Gerry Anderson show at half past ten each morning Stephen Nolan is usually on the end of a putdown or witticism from Mr Anderson. In 2006 he was involved in a charity "boxing" match with Gerry Anderson in aid of Children in Need. Stephen Nolan was knocked down from a stray uppercut from Gerry Anderson.Fact|date=April 2007In May 2008 Stephen featured heavily on Chris Moyles' Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the line "That is not my name" in his heavy Northern Irish accent, a mis-quote of the
Sue Tilley interview with ITV News. Moyles has also edited a clip of Stephen to make it sound like he is telling his listeners to "buy good crack!" When the message is really just the way Stephen chooses to end some of his calls, by saying "Bye, cheers; bye, good craic."Television
*"Nolan Live" on BBC Northern Ireland, a weekly television debate and phone-in show. On-air advertising slogan: "Love it or hate it, Nolan Live gets you talking."
*"Fair Play", on BBC Northern Ireland, a weekly consumer watchdog programme. Currently not on air.
*"Mission Employable", on BBC Northern Ireland, a series helping a group of unemployed people to find their dream career. Currently not on air.
*"Children in Need (2007)", on BBC Northern Ireland, presenting part of the show from Northern Ireland with Christine Bleakley and John Daly.
*"Panic Attack (2008)", a new game show, six episodes on Friday nights (starting 11 April 2008).
*"The Wright Stuff", stood in for five's presenter Matthew Wright (week 28th July 2008).Awards
*In total, twelve
Sony Radio Academy awards. Of these, seven are Gold awards, giving him the record for the most Golds in the history of the awards. Five of these were awarded during his time withBelfast CityBeat radio, including: UK Speech Broadcaster of the Year 2003 and for his show, The Stephen Nolan Show, The Speech Programme Award of the Year 2006. Stephen Nolan holds the record for most Sony Gold awards ever presented to one person.
*Royal Television Society Regional Presenter of the Year Award (2005 and 2006)
* Recently Lost out on "Irish Radio Personality of the year award) to new comer "work Experience boy" a 17 year old co-presenter of the afternoon Drive onBelfast Citybeat (a station used to work at) [http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.3839.12]External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nolan/ BBC Northern Ireland page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/nolans_biog.shtml BBC Radio Five Live profile]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nolan/home/ BBC Stephen Nolan website]
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