Mark Lamarr

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mark Lamarr
Image:Mark Lamarr.GIF
Birth name	Mark Jones
Born	January 7, 1967 (age 40) Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Years active	1985 – present

Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on January 7, 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English comedian and a presenter on radio and television.

1 Early life
2 Filmography
- 2.1 Television
- 2.2 Radio
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon and has three elder sisters. He passed five O-Levels and dropped out of school at 17. Plucked from obscurity after writing the poem "Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work" (published in 1987), his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He took to performing at The Comedy Store, London in 1985, and was spotted on the touring circuit for the launch of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in 1992 and co-presented The Word.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

[edit] Never Mind the Buzzcocks

He became the host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1996 and continued to host until 2005, when it was announced that Mark was to take a break from Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 150 episodes, to concentrate on other projects. The first series in 2006 was hosted by guest presenters. It now appears Lamarr has left the show permanently; he has been replaced by Simon Amstell, one of the guest presenters from the early 2006 series.

[edit] Shooting Stars

He was a team captain in the first three series of Shooting Stars, where he displayed a mixture of dour boredom and contempt towards hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who, in turn, mocked his "50's throw-back" appearance.

[edit] The Word

Talking about his TV career to Jo Brown of Cheers Magazine, Lamarr said The Word was:

“

No fun at all, it was a horrible, horrible, repulsive environment to work in, mainly due to the company. They were just very... Just an obnoxious group of people to deal with, and I think that came across in the shows they ended up producing. And Shooting Stars was strangely no fun what-so-ever, because I was sort of playing a particularly moody, almost mute character and you end up just doing that... I mean it was always fun with Vic and Bob because they are old friends and it was nice working with them, but no, it wasn't fun.^[1]

”

[edit] Radio

On radio, Mark has presented his own show on BBC GLR, BBC Radio Five Live & has presented occasional shows on BBC Radio 1.

Mark Lamarr

Show	Shake Rattle & Roll
Station(s)	BBC Radio 2
Time slot	9:00 p.m. - 10:00p.m. Thursday
Show 2	The Reggae Show Alternative Sixties God's Jukebox
Station 2	BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2
Time slot	9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Wednesday 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Monday 12:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. Friday/Saturday
Style	Disc Jockey
Country	United Kingdom
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/lamarr

On July 20, 1998, Lamarr launched his popular radio show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle and Roll, where he plays tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems. He also presents The Reggae Show series and Mark Lamarr's Alternative 60s, where he presents lesser known tracks from the 1960s.

On April 22, 2006, Mark began a new show on Radio 2 airing Friday Nights/Saturday mornings and named 'God's Jukebox'. The show airs from 12-3am and during the show, he plays a wide variety of music from the past 70 years including Soul, Ska, Reggae, Country, Gospel and Rap.