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28 October 2014
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Presenter Profiles - Mark Shardlow

I got a tape recorder for Christmas.

Not to play music but to practice sports commentary.

From the age of nine my Saturday afternoon's were glued to Grandstand.

As soon as the tape recorder arrived the mornings were spent studying the horses, the names, the jockeys, the colours every detail so I could deliver the perfect commentary.
Mark Shardlow
Mark has also worked as acting editor of both Radio Derby and Radio Leicester


Mark Shardlow
Mark reports from sports stadiums all around the country

Midweek evenings I sat next to our old radio listening to crackly European commentaries on BBC Radio from Peter Jones, Maurice Edelstone and Bryon Butler.

Nine years later, I was in the press box at Nottingham Forest my first football commentary.

And for the last 20 years I've endured the highs and lows of East Midlands sport.

If you want to contact me: send an e-mail to mark.shardlow@bbc.co.uk

Top Ten List

1. Best Song Ever: Ole Man River - gets the voice going whilst driving to work

2. Best TV Show Ever: Woodentops

3. Best personal TV moment: I was in the audience for Saturday Swapshop with Noel Edmonds

4. Best place in England: The Peak District

5. Favourite/ worst food: Giant prawns/Brussels sprouts

6. Favourite/ worst drink: Sad I know, but water!/Coca-Cola

7. Favourite/ worst animal: Koala bear/Human Bot Fly.... because one lived in my head for two months before the doctors pulled it out

8. Favourite name for boy/ girl: None

9. Favourite sport/ least favourite sport: Cricket/watching two flies climb up a window (but I even quite enjoy that)

10. Favourite politician/ historical figure:Nelson Mandela/Robin Hood

Where I grew up: I grew up in Long Eaton

What I'd love to do if I didn't have to work for a living: Watch cricket, and football and rugby and golf and ... and live somewhere hot and sunny.

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