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Chris Warburton | |
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| Born | Christopher Ernest John Warburton (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (age 48) |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester |
| Career | |
| Show | Drive |
| Station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Time slot | 16:00–19:00 Monday–Friday |
| Show | 5 live in Short |
| Station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Time slot | 00:00–01:00 Sunday |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Previous show | Saturday Edition |
Christopher Ernest John Warburton (born 15 December 1976) is a British radio and podcast presenter who works forBBC Radio 5 Live. He presented the news and technology programmeSaturday Edition on the station until October 2014, and since then has presented Saturday Breakfast alongsideEleanor Oldroyd and Sunday Breakfast, originally alongside Sam Walker, from 6 am to 9 am on both days.[1] In addition, Warburton presentedIn Short, the best ofBBC Radio 5 Live programme from 2013 to 2018.[2] He has also covered for presenters onBBC Radio 6 Music[3] andYou and Yours onBBC Radio 4.[4] Prior to this he presented the breakfast show onBBC Radio Wiltshire.[5]
Warburton was educated atWarden Park School inCuckfield,West Sussex. He then went to theUniversity of Leicester and theCardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
Warburton presented the BBC true crime podcastBeyond Reasonable Doubt, which followed the criminal trial ofMichael Peterson. The podcast was number one in the UKiTunes chart for six weeks.[6] It won Silver in theTrue Crime category at the British Podcast Awards in 2018.[7]
Warburton hosts the BBC podcastEnd of Days, which tells the story of the British people who joined theDavid Koresh led cult inWaco,Texas concentrating on theWaco siege.[8] It won Bronze in theTrue Crime category at the British Podcast Awards in 2019.[9]
In September 2020, Warburton released the BBC podcast, '‘Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave’', which tells the tale of whenEcstasy andAcid House first swept Britain. The production is split into half real life and half fiction, with a series of monologues written by theBAFTA winning screenwriter,Danny Brocklehurst and starringAde Edmondson,Meera Syal,David Morrissey,Monica Dolan andIan Hart. The soundtrack was byThe Hacienda legendGraeme Park (DJ).[10]The Observer newspaper named the podcast in the top ten of 2020.[11]
Warburton has broadcast live and presented programmes from twoFIFA World Cups, the2012 London Olympics and2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Paris terror attacks, theGrenfell Tower fire, theBritish Grand Prix, theGrand National, theDiamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the2015 Rugby World Cup and the US Presidential election.
On 10 May 2015, Warburton presented coverage from the Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 70th anniversary ofVE Day, live fromWestminster Abbey.[12]
On 2 June 2015, Warburton was involved in a world first, when he reported 'as live' throughout the duration of a heart transplant operation. This won the award for Best Factual Production at the BBC Radio Awards.[13]
In October 2024, it was announced that Warburton would co-presentDrive onBBC Radio 5 Live, starting from December 2024.[14]
Warburton has presented a number of films forThe One Show onBBC One.[15]
In June 2015, Warburton featured in series one of theDave TV comedy,Hoff the Record. He played a radio presenter opposite the show's star,David Hasselhoff.[16]
On 29 December 2015, he came second inCelebrity Mastermind with his specialist subject beingReeves & Mortimer.[17]As of November 2018, Warburton became a reporter forThe One Show onBBC One. One film focused on life changing brain surgery his father was undergoing forEssential tremor.[18]
Warburton's speech patterns have been criticised byThe Telegraph's radio criticGillian Reynolds .[19]