Jon Holmes

photo of Jon Holmes Jon is a double Bafta and seven time Sony Award winning writer, comedian and presenter. He can currently be heard on presenting his weekly show on 6Music. His voice is naturally authoritative, down to earth and outgoing.

Jon haunts BBC Radio 4 like a tiny ghost, writing and performing as one of 'The Now Show' team, and his own series Listen Against is “glorious”, “triumphant”, “stunningly made” and “beautifully crafted and scalpel sharp” depending on which newspaper you read. On music radio he presents his own weekend show on BBC 6 Music (Saturdays 4-7pm) and (with Miranda Hart) sits in to host the Radio 2 Breakfast Show when Chris Evans is off. He appears on BBC Radio 5Live’s Men’s Hour and also has his own show on the network Jon Holmes’s Mob Rule. He also holds a British Comedy Award for Best Radio Comedy and a Royal Television Society Award. On TV Jon has worked with Armando Iannucci, Stephen Fry, Harry Hill and Graham Norton. Jon also co-created Dead Ringers and co-writes the hugely popular Royal Television Society and Bafta Award winning Horrible Histories for BBC1. Other TV includes Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Top Gear and 2010/2011 Unwrapped. He is a travel writer for The Sunday Times and his books Rock Star Babylon, The Now Show Book and The History of the World Through Twitter are now also available on a futuristic Kindle.

Experience

 Credits:

RADIO

Jon Holmes on BBC 6 Music Presenter BBC R6
Weekly Music Show

Jon Holmes and Miranda Hart Presenter BBC R2
Next show - Christmas 2011

The Now Show Writer/Performer – 34 Series BBC R4
2 x Sony Awards – Best Comedy, Writers’ Guild Award – Best Comedy, Channel 4 Political Award nominee – Best Comedy

Listen Against Creator/Writer/Performer – 4 Series BBC R4
‘Beautifully Crafted and Sharp’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Quite simply the best comedy show on the radio’ – Heat

Jon Holmes’s Mob Rule Presenter/ Writer R5 Live

Men’s Hour Writer/Producer R5 Live


Dead Ringers Co-Creator/Writer – 5 Series BBC R4
Gold Sony Award - Best Comedy, Broadcasting Guild Award – Radio Programme of the Year

The Very World Of Milton Jones Writer – 2 Series BBC R4
Sony Award – Best Comedy

Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive Writer – 3 Series BBC R4
Sony Award – Best Comedy

The Day The Music Died Writer/Presenter BBC R2

Heroes - The Official Forum Presenter – 3 Series BBC R7
Fan Forum Podcast of Hit US Show

The 99p Challenge Writer/Panellist - 3 Series BBC R4
Sony Award – Best Comedy

Jon Ronson On…. Performer BBC R4

Grievous Bodily Radio Creator/Writer/Performer BBC R4
“Inspired...the wit here is like that of Oscar Wilde” - Evening Standard

Jon Holmes on Virgin Presenter Virgin
Gold Sony Award – Best Entertainment Show, Commercial Radio Awards - Best Presenter

Jon Holmes on XFM Presenter XFM
 Experience:

Presenter, Comedian, Writer, Commercial, Corporate, Radio, TV

Profile

 Presenter Type:

Comedy , Commentary , Disc Jockey , Light Entertainment , Music

 Type:

Presenter , Voiceover

Appearance

 Age:

30-35 , 35-40

Voice

 Accent:

Neutral , RP , Warwick

 Documentary Styles:

Comic , Informative , Reality

 Native Voice:

British

 Style:

articulate , authoratitive , blokish , comedic , conversational , credible , down to earth , engaging , funny , matey , natural , reassuring , strength , upbeat , warm

Skills

 Other Skills:

Writer

 Performance:

Audio books , Comedy , Compere , Disc Jockey , Radio Presenting , TV Presenting , Voice over




Audio

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