Gideon Jon Quantrill Coe (born 22 September 1967 in

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...

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) is a radio DJ, presenter, sportscaster, voiceover artist and journalist.

Early career

He began his broadcasting career in 1976 as a child presenter on the

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

TV programme '' Why Don't You?''. Coe graduated from

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...

Lanchester Polytechnic , mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = , type = Public , endowment = £28 million (2015) , budget = £787.5 million , chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford , vice_chancellor = John Latham , students = () , undergr ...

(now Coventry University) in 1989, gaining a 2.1 in Communication Studies. During his time there he played rhythm guitar with pop/punk band Cradle Song (AKA The Vendetta Men), having previously played in The Strike It Out Gang (featuring Martin-Kid - Curtis, Michael Clarke, Big Chris Bryan and his brother Simon Coe) and A-Bomb, the latter featuring guitarist Mick Corney and drummer Dom Clark. He began working in local government for

County Council, before starting as a sports broadcaster at BT ClubCall.

Radio work

Coe joined

BBC GLR BBC Radio London is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater London and its surrounding areas. The station broadcasts across the area and beyond, on the 94.9 FM frequency, DAB, Virgin Media channel 937, Sky channel 0152 (in the London ...

in 1994 as Breakfast show sports reporter, moving up to joint-presentation duties with

Fi Glover Fiona Susannah Grace "Fi" Glover (born 27 February 1969) is a British BBC journalist and presenter who formerly presented the ''Fortunately'' podcast, '' The Listening Project'' for BBC Radio 4 and ''My Perfect Country'' for the BBC World Ser ...

. He won

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in 1995 and 1999 for the Sports show. He has presented shows on BBC Radio 5 Live and

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

, where he became a regular guest on '' Loose Ends''. He has also appeared in TV programmes and was presenter of ''Something for the Weekend'' on VH1 and ''The Live Six Show'' on Sky One. He also does voiceovers for Channel Five as well as contributing to ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

''. He joined

BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music. BBC 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available onl ...

in 2002, presenting the 10am1pm weekday show from the station's launch until October 2007.Mahoney, Elizabeth (2010)
Gideon Coe
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'', 7 January 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2016 He won his third Sony Award in 2003 for his work presenting the mid-morning show. On 22 October 2007 Coe's show was moved to 10pm1am, Mondays to Thursdays. This was followed by a move to 9pmmidnight on Mondays to Thursdays in June 2008 - a slot he has maintained for more than 13 years. While the mid-morning show featured live sessions in the 6 Music Hub, the late show specialises in featuring varied sessions and gigs recorded for the archives of BBC Radio.

Personal life

Coe is the son of accomplished jazz musician

Tony Coe Anthony George Coe (born 29 November 1934) is an English jazz musician who plays clarinet, bass clarinet, flute as well as soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. Career Born in Canterbury, Kent, England, Coe started out on clarinet and was self- ...

. He has three brothers, is married and has a son named Nathaniel. A pescatarian, he is a fan of

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...

and of

The Clash The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the w ...

References

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''Gideon Coe''
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Gideon performing with The Vendetta Men
!--Official--> British radio DJs British radio personalities 1967 births Living people Alumni of Coventry University People educated at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys BBC Radio 6 Music presenters People from Canterbury {{UK-radio-bio-stub