Paul Miller (radio DJ)

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Paul Miller currently resides in Twickenham, South West London, and first appeared on BBC Radio Solent in 1994 as a traffic reporter on the station's morning slot. Currently he presents the late show from 10:00pm to 1:00am Monday to Friday, and a morning show (with Sam Fraser) on Sunday from 9:00am to 12:00noon.

His late show is broadcast to five stations (reaching much of the South of England):

The style of the show is relaxed and listeners are invited to phone in about a subject Paul has chosen, which unlike most phone-ins is always non-political and unrelated to the day's events. Regular listeners to the show play an active part in the broadcast as a result of this invitation, and the subjects covered are normally of a very general kind that anyone could take part in, for example "Journeys that have gone wrong" or "Sweet brands that no longer exist".

He has recently relaunched his Friday evening show as his 'Friday Night Party' (a reference to his 'Saturday Night Party' which he hosted when he presented the evening show at the weekend). He also used to present a special music request edition of his show called The Music Club every Sunday from 9.00pm to Midnight and, in September 2003, presented an outside broadcast of this show from the BBC Music Library in London, which was so successful that he repeated it each year since.

Before his current run on the radio, Paul was offered a job at Channel 4's Big Breakfast ^[1], but turned down the offer because of his love for the radio.

When not on the radio he works in a Casino and as a DJ. Paul used to own a caravan near Bognor beach, but he had to get rid of it for unknown reasons - he was often teased by listeners for his holidays in his caravan, and is still frequently teased about his 2CV Citroen which he previously drove (he now drives an Ilepri). His 2CV was featured in the opening sequence of the BBC television broadcast Antiques Road Show, and it was borrowed by the makers for this purpose.

He does not 'do' ironing, and is highly skilled in aromatherapy, possessing an eclectic selection of oils. In fact he recently did an outside broadcast from his oils factory, and even gave some away to lucky listeners.

Monday to Thursday Paul is produced by Neil Sackley, and on a Friday by Matthew Treacy.

[edit] Often used sayings

Shanghai Lil - who is in fact his assistant Joann Hill, she is often referred to in a friendly but sarcastic manner when the show is not running smoothly.
Virgin (pronounced vûrgin) - in reference to any listener who has not phoned the show before.
Byesee-Bye - at the end of the conversation with a listener.
...but such is life...
We don't go there... (Often referring to household chores such as ironing.)
The mind boggles
Well... I don't know about that...!
Oh we don't do '....' on this programme, No.