MARK LAMARR

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

Contents

Early life

Filmography

Television

''Never Mind the Buzzcocks

''Shooting Stars''

''The Word''

Radio

Notes

External links

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''.

Filmography

Television

''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 It now appears Lamarr has left the show permanently; he has been replaced by Simon Amstell, one of the guest presenters from the early 2006 series.

''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.

''The Word''

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

Radio

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

Notes

External links

★ BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr