Tim Shaw (DJ)
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| Tim Shaw | |
| Born | January 15, 1975 |
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| Occupation | Radio Presenter |
| Known for | Tim Shaw's Asylum and The Morning After on Kerrang! Radio |
| Website http://www.timshaw.co.uk/ |
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Tim Shaw (Born January 15, 1975 in Sheffield) is a British radio DJ. He is married with two children to his wife Hayley. He claims to be ranked third in a list of the world's most controversial broadcasters of all time. His radio act would often feature his family and friends, sometimes even live on the phone (usually for comedic effect), but also very candid and honest interviews with guests who have included boxer Chris Eubank, astronaut Buzz Aldrin and model Jodie Marsh.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Radio Stations worked on
He has worked on over 13 different radio stations including BRMB, Century FM, Hallam FM, Magic Radio and Kerrang! Radio
He replaced Jeremy Kyle on BRMB when Kyle moved to CenturyFM.
[edit] The Asylum
Tim began working for Kerrang! Radio in 2004, on The Asylum. It broadcast between 2200 and 0100 from Sunday to Thursday, with help from members of his team nicknamed Juicy Lucy, Donkhole, Nob Holder, Slippy Knickers, Chris Peacock and Toenail to name a few. The show ended on the 20th of September 2007.
Tim's greatest controversy was in 2005 when he and his then colleague Greg Prebble broke into the house of Kerrang Radio's then station director, Andrew Jeffries, live on air. Jeffries returned to his house at 11:20pm believing that he had been burgled when Tim and his colleague burst out of the cupboards. Tim was immediately suspended 'until further notice' and did not return to Kerrang! Radio for a month.
[edit] Holocaust Interview
Near the end of 2006, Tim interviewed Kitty Hart-Moxon, a survivor of the Holocaust and the death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Shaw believed that the interview would last 1 hour and 30 minutes but it actually lasted just under 7 hours. Tim went ahead with the interview as he believes that schools attempting to teach the Holocaust in a 50 minute history lesson is 'a disgrace', and is also trying to get the interview played at schools. Listener feedback has said that the interview has been inspiring, interesting and makes one think in disbelief that the Holocaust only happened 60 years ago.
Tim himself has said "This has changed my life and the best thing I have done in a long time" and audience feedback has been generally positive suggesting that Kerrang! Radio bosses, who were initially skeptical about running an item so different from their usual output until Mr. Shaw persuaded them, may have underestimated how supportive the listeners would be.
Tim became very upset with a listener on the 7th January when a text was received saying "If I wanted to hear something depressing, I would listen to Late Night Love". This angered Tim so much that he stopped the interview and had to play a song so he could cool down. The interview is available on CD on eBay by typing in Tim Shaw, with the money going to a holocaust charity[citation needed] there is a thirty minute segment available free on tim shaws website http://www.timshaw.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=43
[edit] Lotus Esprit
Tim's wife, Hayley, sold his Lotus Esprit, worth £25,000, for 50p on Ebay after he told Jodie Marsh live on air that he would leave his wife and two children for her. Hayley placed the lot on the auction site at the 'buy it now' price of 50p with the description 'I need to get rid of this car in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.'. The car sold within five minutes. The scandal made international news and Tim even made a live apology to his wife on Channel 4's Richard & Judy show.
[edit] Controversy
In April 2007 during an interview with the couple Ben Lunt and Lianne Dauban about their time as Shipwrecked 2007 contestants, Tim was attacked after he covertly filmed up Lianne's skirt with a webcam during the interview. The images of Lianne's underwear were broadcast live on the Kerrang website and after receiving a text message from a friend, Ben punched the presenter and the couple walked out of the interview. [1]
Tim shaw was also deemed to be in breach of Ofcom standards for broadcasting a live telephone call Shaw made to his grandmother in which he said (in his own voice) that "Timothy Shaw died today" to the audible dismay of his grandmother followed by revealing that it he was just a joke, resulting in her putting the phone down on him.
[edit] Kiss 100 London
In December 2006 Tim and Tony Marks (Nob Holder 2) presented a two week's cover for the then breakfast host Bam Bam. A number of The Asylum calls, win-up's and features were on the show. Tim subsequently won the "Best Breakfast Show/Morning Entertainment Category" at the New York Radio Awards 2007.
[edit] The Morning After
On September 11th 2007 Kerrang! Radio announced that Tim Shaw had been given the breakfast slot replacing Ugly Phil. The show began on October 1st 2007, was hosted by Tim Shaw & Kate Lawler and aired between 7:00am and 10:00am Monday to Friday. The show had been gaining popularity and a growing audience according to Kerrang! Radio figures. Tim Shaw was suspended from Kerrang Radio on the 23rd April 2008. On 9th May 2008 Kerrang broadcast a message stating that Tim Shaw's contract with the station had been ended for an abuse of trust concerning a competition. His profile has been deleted from the stations website and The Morning After is now to be presented by Simon James and Hill.
[edit] Non-Radio Projects
[edit] Balls of Steel
Tim is featured on Channel 4's "Balls Of Steel" which is currently in its third season (Tim joined on the second season). In this he is called "Mr. Inappropriate", and does outrageous things such as masturbating in a corner shop, asking for his pubic hair to be cut in a "short back and sides" in a hairdresser, and pulling his pants down in the middle of a conversation. He became a teacher in one of his clips, and he taught the foreign students offensive phrases such as "go home Johnny Foreigner" and "bellend". He also embarrassed a bald man by claiming in public that he dropped a wig, and tried his luck selling double glazing at 4 AM, similar to the segment on The Asylum. As well as farting, he pretended to smoke cannabis via a bong outside a pub.
[edit] Try Dying
He is currently trying to develop a film through the show, called "Try Dying". It is based on the idea that when you have an accident, your life splits. On one "plane" of life you die, but on another you survive and carry on with your life. In the movie a man and his wife are deeply in love, but then she is raped and murdered. He is distraught, and tracks down and kills the rapist. He is especially upset when the police question him over his wife's murder. He then makes contact with a man who tells him that the only way to see his wife again is to commit suicide. Tim hopes that the film will be a great success because of the controversy it will generate, and because it is the first film ever to be produced through a radio show. Since conception, a script has been written but no further news had been published since the start of Shaw's new Breakfast Show.
[edit] The 50p Car
In response to his wife selling his Lotus Esprit for 50p, Tim decided to build a £50,000 car by only using 50p. He did this by asking various manufactures and asking for "free" or extremely cheap parts for his car. He has since completed the project, and appeared on ITV's Pulling Power. His car consists of a BMW chassis and a carbon fibre bonnet, with a flexible retractable roof. It is also fitted with LCD screens on the passenger seats and the boot.
[edit] Awards
- 2005 New York Radio Awards for The Asylum
- 2006 EMAP Entertainment Award
- 2007 Tim was awarded 3 golds in the following categories:
- Talk Special- 'The Holocaust' an interview with holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon
- KISS 100 Best Breakfast Show/Morning Entertainment Category
- Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Programme- The Asylum
- Bronze award for Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Programme- The Asylum
[edit] Trivia
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- Tim obtained 10 GCSEs and two first class degrees in engineering.
- Tim claims that he was in the same year as Richard McCourt (although he is a year older). They were both originally born in Sheffield.
