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Nicky Campbell

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Nicky Campbell

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Nicky Campbell co-presents the Breakfast show on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 Live each weekday from 6.00 to 9.00am with Shelagh Fogarty.

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Nicky joined 5 Live in October 1997, after 10 years on the drivetime and afternoon shows at Radio 1, to present the morning phone-in programme, and moved to Breakfast in January 2003.

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Nicky has won four Sony Awards, including a Gold in 2002 for the 5 Live Breakfast programme's coverage of the 9/11 attack on New York, and was voted Variety Club of Great Britain Radio Personality of the Year in 1999.

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As a TV presenter he has, over the years, worked on projects including Wheel Of Fortune, Top Of The Pops and Panorama, and he currently fronts Watchdog on 91Èȱ¬ One.

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"For me the Olympics represents that I'm a really lucky person.

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"I was working for 5 Live in Sydney and Athens and love the whole Olympic experience.

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"Each is very different and I try to help listeners to get a flavour of the city and the events.

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"Looking back at past Olympics, I'll never forget the rowing finals last time at Lake Schinias.

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"The GB four won on a photo finish. I was lakeside with the familes of the team – and live on air we linked Matthew Pinsent and co with their injured teammate Alex Partridge who was back in the studio.

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"They' d named the boat after him and they were all in tears as they talked to each other on 5 Live.

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"Thinking of Beijing, I'm fascinated to see how the Chinese respond to the attention of the world via the Games. What will they make of the scrutiny – and how will they react if things don't go according to plan?

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"I think the significance of the Games being held in Beijing is that it's China's coming out party.

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"From being a place most of us know little about and haven't seen much of … they are going to have to throw the doors open, for a couple of weeks at least.

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"The question is whether the doors slam shut again when the Games end.

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"With regard to the actual events themselves, it'd be great if Alex Partridge could win this time and it'd be nice if Paula Radcliffe could finish a race, unlike last time.

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"As far as British glory goes, I just hope it won't be glorious failure...

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"Looking ahead to 2012, it'll cost a fortune to buy tickets for my four daughters who'll want to be there.

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"When London won the Games I had what my editor described as my 'Meg Ryan moment' on air. I was in Trafalgar Square and just kept yelling 'Oh yes!'

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"For Team GB and for the city itself, it'll be the culmination of years of soul-searching over the money, rows over the lack of quality of our athletes, fears about the weather and general paranoia about the transportation.

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"But it'll be fab, won't it?

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"And will we be cheering on a GB football team – and if so how many Scots will be in it?"

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