The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth

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The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth

The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth

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But you'll also get to meet his family and friends and learn about how he went from teenage DJ on a psychiatric hospital radio show to become the nation's favourite breakfast show DJ on BBC Radio 1. We book celebrities for personal appearances, headline musicians, stand up comedians and other entertainment. The show consisted of Moyles alongside three other celebrities partaking in a traditional pub-style quiz. After hosting his own Saturday Evening Show on Aire FM (and occasionally serving as a stand-in presenter), he was then employed as a presenter at Radio Luxembourg in 1992, until the station closed.

Moyles was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Christopher, a postman, and housewife Hannah Veronica "Vera" Moyles, (from Dublin) and he was educated at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School. In less than 2 years, he had added over a million new listeners and made the show the number one show in London for 15-24 year olds. According to Stonewall, "Chris Moyles is not helping young LGBT people struggling to come out through his comments". Moyles was voted one of the Faces for 97 by SKY magazine and presented his first show on Radio 1 on 28 July 1997, hosting the 4.In less than two years, he had added over a million new listeners and made it the number one show in London for 15-24-year-olds. Moyles retorted that Peel was a " Kenny Everett-in-waiting, because Kenny Everett's dead and it's only a matter of time before John pops his clogs". Nice and clean pages as new but but with a colour number and small pen mark on the edge of the first blank page of the book,small nicks on the edges of the pages. The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of A Man and His Mouth was the first autobiography written by Chris Moyles and was first published by Ebury Press on 5 October 2006. When he first arrived at Radio 1, John Peel took an instant dislike to Moyles and accused him of being a " DLT-in-waiting".

In his biography Moyles said that he mended his relationship with Peel and felt a sense of loss that he had not got to know him before his death. Moyles appeared on Children in Need on 16 November 2012, performing Bring Me Sunshine on stage with holograms of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise in an effort to raise money for the charity. Ofcom stated that the language used could have been "interpreted by listeners as promoting and condoning certain negative stereotypes based on sexual orientation" and whilst acknowledging the intention was to be humorous in their opinion it could have been perceived as "hostile" and "pejorative". It has also caused him to become involved in numerous controversies related to perceived offensive statements. After standing in regularly for Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Moyles' next promotion came in October 1998 when he took control of the drivetime show from 4.Moyles revealed in September 2009 that he took a 20 per cent pay cut three months earlier, quoting the reason "I want to work at the BBC, which is trying to save some of its gazillions". On 24 October 2011, The Metro announced that Moyles would co-present a new dating show, The Love Machine, alongside Stacey Solomon for Sky. including Stephen Fry, Jerry Springer and Natasha Kaplinsky, have traced their family histories back to Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War. On 5 January 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's breakfast programme, named The Chris Moyles Show, switching places with Sara Cox. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .



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