Marc Haynes

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Marc Haynes is an English comedy writer and co-host of the XFM breakfast show, broadcast Monday to Friday, 6am-9am on XFM London.

[edit] Biography

Marc Haynes was brought up in London. He studied English at the University of Leeds before winning the 1998 edition of The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards for stand-up comedy, the finals of which also featured Stephen Merchant and Dan Antopolski.

He presented on cable television from 1998–2000. His TV work included Masterclass on .tv and Channel 5's Exclusive! opposite Tess Daly. He performed in Hooray For Holloway, a comedy pilot about the Holloway Road that won BBC Three's Funny Hunt.

His writing credits include the first series of Dead Ringers and The Consultants on BBC Radio 4; the Aardman sketch show Planet Sketch (he created the character of Dr. Inosaur); BBC Radio 1's "The Milk Run"; and the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Clement doesn't live here anymore, which ran for two series. In 2005, his play "Zoo" ran for a week at the Hen and Chickens Theatre.

He is best known for his role as the sidekick on radio shows presented by Richard Bacon. He was the sidekick on Bacon's XFM run in 2004, accompanied Bacon to the drivetime show (aka The Go Home Show) on Capital Radio in 2005, and returned to XFM with Bacon in 2006.

In mid-2007, he started as a sidekick on the XFM breakfast show, where he works with Alex Zane and Pete Donaldson, aka "Cheeky Pete". He's known for saying unacceptable things, and can only be stopped by Alex using a codeword to make him stop talking: "Maracas."

In the feature Question Marc, where he takes on listeners in a general knowledge quiz, he refers to himself as "Space Mountain."