Nick Grimshaw

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Nick Grimshaw
Grimshaw (right) with a fan in 2009 at a Jonas Brothers concert
Born	Nicholas Peter Grimshaw 14 August 1984 (1984-08-14) (age 27) Manchester, England
Occupation	DJ, radio and television presenter
Website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/nickgrimshaw/

Nicholas Peter "Nick" Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984) is a British television and radio presenter. Commonly known as 'Grimmy', he has presented shows for Channel 4, E4, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 youth strand T4. Currently he appears on the television channel Channel 4 and hosts two radio shows on BBC Radio 1, on Mondays to Thursdays - 10 pm to Midnight, and on Sundays - 10 pm to Midnight with Annie Mac.

Early life

Born in St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, he was brought up in nearby Oldham and attended Our Lady's R.C. High School in Royton. Early work career included a Saturday job at Madeleine Lindley Ltd.^[1] Grimshaw attended the University of Liverpool, leaving in 2005.

Radio

Grimshaw's first taste of radio was at BBC Radio 1 which he joined in September 2005 on the BBC's youth strand Switch. He presented the show with friend and fellow DJ Annie Mac. He hosted the show for 9 months solo when Mac hosted a weekend lunchtime slot. They are now back together hosting the evening teen show. From August 2008 to May 2009 Grimshaw hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show. Grimshaw now presents the 10 pm - 12 midnight slot on BBC Radio 1 which he started on 1 June 2009, following the departure of Colin Murray from the station who left to follow his love of sport radio. This show was formerly hosted by John Peel. Although being a renowned and popular radio host, Grimshaw regularly jokes over how long his position at BBC Radio 1 will last him and whether he will actually be able to complete his long list of '1000 Albums Everyone Says You Should Listen To But We Only Have Time To Play One Track So Here It Is' which is a nightly feature on his show.

Television

His career started on UK entertainment channel E4 hosting daily shows. He crossed over to Channel 4 in September 2007 hosting the daily breakfast show Freshly Squeezed alongside Alexa Chung and more recently Jameela Jamil which airs on Channel 4 at 7 am on weekdays. The pair went on to host various award shows for TV and coverage from music events and festivals for Channel 4. As well as hosting the radio show Switch for BBC Radio 1, he and Annie Mac teamed up to host music show Sound for BBC Two. This year he presented the first ever BBC Switch Awards show with Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud on BBC One. He appeared on The Xtra Factor on 13 November 2009. He is also the newest addition to the T4 presenting team on Channel 4 on Saturdays and Sundays.

Grimshaw will also be hosting the sixth series of The Album Chart Show for Channel 4, as a replacement for Sara Cox.

As of Summer 2011, Grimshaw is hosting a live 6-part series for Channel 4 on a Saturday morning entitled New Look Style The Nation in which hopeful fashion designers compete for a job at New Look. As well as hosting the show, Grimshaw is the sole person to decide upon six people who have turned up at the open auditions; of which two of these are then selected to compete further by two fashion experts.

References

1. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (14 September 2008). "Meet the It-boy". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/14/television.radio. Retrieved 1 December 2008. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/14/television.radio

External links

• Nick Grimshaw at BBC Programmes

Preceded by DJ Nihal

Radio 1 Weekend Breakfast Show host August 2008-May 2009

Succeeded by Chappers and Dave

Preceded by Colin Murray

Radio 1's Late Night Host June 2009-Present

Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Grimshaw, Nick
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Date of birth	14 August 1984
Place of birth	Manchester, England
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