Paul Hawksbee is a British
sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy ...
presenter and comedy writer. He has presented the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs show'' alongside
Andy Jacobs
Andrew Ian Jacobs (born 26 November 1952) is a British sports radio personality who presents the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs'' show alongside Paul Hawksbee and on talkSPORT in the UK, every weekday live from 13:00-16:00.
They have been presenters on ...
on
talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000, he plays the role of straight man in the partnership to funny man Jacobs' often brilliant comedic observations.
He also contributed to the writing of
ITV's ''
Harry Hill's TV Burp
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'', ''
Al Murray's Happy Hour
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'', and the original ''
Spitting Image
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''.
Hawksbee co-founded the weekly football magazine ''90 Minutes'' with
Clive Mendonca
Clive Paul Mendonca (born 9 September 1968) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker between 1986 and 2002 notably for Grimsby Town and Charlton Athletic. Mendonca also played for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers a ...
.
Personal life
Hawksbee is a
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthams ...
fan.
References
1961 births
British radio personalities
Living people
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