Mark Russell (born 23 May 1960) is a British composer whose works include music for the television series '' Cold Feet'', ''

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''. He presented '' Mixing It'' with Robert Sandall on BBC Radio 3 from 1990 to 2007, when the programme ended. His score for ''Cold Feet'' was nominated for a

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for Best Original Television Music in 1999, though lost to Ben Bartlett's score to ''

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''. In 2012 his score for the BBC series ''Leonardo'' was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category. His score for the ''Best Of Men'', the BBC2 biopic of Ludwig Guttmann the founder of the Paralympics starring Eddie Marsan, was nominated for an RTS award in 2012. Born in London, Russell was educated at

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and

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. He graduated from the University of York in 1982 with a degree in music; he was a presenter on

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but was "thrown out ... for laughing while reading the news".

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* 1960 births Living people Alumni of the University of York BBC Radio 3 presenters British television composers English male composers English television composers {{UK-tv-bio-stub