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Stephen Merchant presents new show for 91Èȱ¬ 6 Music
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Stephen Merchant, Emmy and three-times Bafta award-winning writer, director and
actor, is set to start a new music show on 91Èȱ¬ 6 Music in the New Year.
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The show will go out on Sundays from 3 to 5pm starting on Sunday 14 January 2007.
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Merchant is best known for creating The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais.
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Stephen Merchant says: "When I was a teenager I used to run a mobile disco for
weddings and birthdays, so DJ'ing is in my blood.
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"The 6 Music show will be all
about the music - I love making people listen to the tunes that excite me - but
obviously if things are not working, I'll just stick on C'mon Eileen."
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Lesley Douglas, Controller, Radio 2 and 6 Music, says: "Stephen Merchant is a great
talent - his wit, warmth and love of music makes him a perfect presenter for 6
Music.
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"I am delighted that he has agreed to join us, I have long admired his work
on radio... and, like everyone else, I do, of course, love him in The Office and more
recently Extras."
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As co-creator, co-writer and co-director of The Office, Stephen has won numerous
awards including three Baftas, three British Comedy Awards, a Golden Globe and an
Emmy for the US show.
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In the most recent Merchant-Gervais sitcom, the critically acclaimed Extras, shown
earlier this year on 91Èȱ¬ Two, Merchant starred as Darren Lamb, the incompetent agent
of Andy Millman (Gervais).
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Merchant's first passion was music radio, having hosted shows on university radio
before doing time as a breakfast DJ in his hometown of Bristol.
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He later co-presented a popular radio show for Xfm in London with Ricky Gervais and Karl
Pilkington.
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