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| Iain Lee | |
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| Born | June 9, 1973 Slough, England |
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| Occupation | Radio presenter, television presenter, comedian, musician |
| Website www.iainlee.com |
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Iain Lee (born Iain Lee Rougvie on June 9, 1973 in Slough, England)[1] is a British comedian, television, and radio presenter. His rise to fame began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across London venues, and was found by Channel 4 and became co-presenter of the comedy series The Eleven O'Clock Show. After three years at London talk radio station LBC 97.3, Lee resigned and now hosts The Sunday Night Show for Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) since 6 January, 2008.
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Lee was born in Slough, England and attended Herschel Grammar School.
Lee began his radio career as a presenter on Xfm London from 1999 to 2001.
Lee was a presenter on London talk radio station LBC 97.3 from January 2005 to November 2007. Coincidentally, Lee would phone current presenter Clive Bull years before, who would later on be on air before Bull. Before Lee officially joined, he filled in for Bull for two weeks in late 2004, until he presented on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 10pm-1am.
In October 2005, Lee moved from weekends to the drivetime slot from 4pm-7pm. Lee titled the show "The 3 Hour 4 'Till 7 Iain Lee Afternoon Wireless Show.". In January 2006, Lee moved again to 3pm-6:30pm, with the show being renamed to "The 3 and a Half Hour 3 'Till 6.30 Iain Lee Afternoon Wireless Show.
From January 2007 to his resignation in November, Lee presented the evening slot from 7pm-10pm preceding Bull in the newly titled show, "Iain Lee's Good Evening". Lee chose the name after seeking advice from his friend and fellow comedian Mackenzie Crook. The afternoon show was taken over by then weekend breakfast show host Paul Ross.
A change of radio station management (when Global Radio purchased LBC) in mid-2007 led to the demise of the Sunday Night Triple M show altogether, with the last show on September 16, 2007[2]. Lee's style of presenting fell out of favour with the new management, with returning topical and news-led conversation. Without notice, Iain Lee's Good Evening came to an end on November 2, 2007, with the last ten minutes being given to Triple M.
For just over two years (September 9, 2005 to September 16, 2007) Lee hosted "Triple M", a feature where calls go straight to air, live and unscreened. Other talk radio presenters have also hosted similar features, including Nick Abbot, Tommy Boyd and Clive Bull. Initially, Lee would host the feature every Friday evening during the last half hour of the show. Originally called "Mental Mayhem", it was renamed to "Mick's Mental Mayhem" (after a caller named Mick), then simply "Triple M". The rising popularity of the format, along with a change in show times in May 2006 led to Lee present a whole three hour show on Sunday evenings from 10pm-1am to Triple M, being called "Sunday Night Triple M", from May 7, 2006 to September 16, 2007. At the time, management favoured the unique format as it would introduce exclusive listeners to the radio station.
After resigning from LBC, Lee returned to national airwaves on January 6, 2008, presenting The Sunday Night Show from 10pm-1am, on Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), with a mixture of music and phone-in. Over the Christmas Period, Iain also presented the weekday morning show on BBC 6 Music, standing in for co-Big Brother presenter George Lamb.
Iain currently writes for the MSN gaming column and records monthly podcasts[3]. He is a big Lost fan, and presented Channel 4 radio's UK Lost podcast, where he summarised each episode of series two after it is broadcast in the UK. Since Sky have now acquired rights to air Lost Seasons 3 and 4, Lee has been signed to return in Sky's very own podcast, entitled The Lost Initiative, which began airing alongside the Season premiere in the UK on 19 November. [4] He also does work related to Lost on similar Sky One shows.
Lee records regular segments for BBC's One Show.
Lee has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends. Along with his ex-producer at LBC, "Agent Chris", Lee will be appearing on "XLeague.tv" discussing videogames.[5].
Lee's voice can be heard on TV channel Dave.
Lee stars in the TV advertisement for Jelly Babies alongside John Cleese.
Lee has a free podcast called "Shindiggery"[6], consisting of music, sound bites and audio recordings.
Lee presented the official Big Brother radio show with co-host Gemma Cairney. The programme was called Big Brother's Big Ears and aired twice a week on channel4.com/bigbrother.
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