Colin Murray
Colin Murray, from the Dundonald area of east Belfast, Northern Ireland is a BBC Radio 1 DJ and television presenter.
His career path includes digging graves at the age of 16, and print journalism for the Belfast News Letter and publications in Canada, and running the music magazine BLANK.
TV work has included presenting shows on BBC Three - including Glastonbury coverage - and on Channel 4, where he reported for RI:SE and presented Born Sloppy with Sara Cox. In 2005 he became the new co-presenter of late night American Football on five, with expert pundit Mike Carlson. He also commentates broadcasts of the European Poker Tour, alongside John Duthie. He appeared alongisde Edith Bowman on Sky Sports 1's hit show Soccer AM.
He recently became the new anchorman for Five's UEFA Cup coverage, moving John Barnes to a roving reporter role. [1]
At Radio 1, he previously co-presented the Session in Northern Ireland show along with Donna Legge, and currently fills the weekday afternoon slot, a show he co-hosts with Edith Bowman. The show moved from a weekend slot to being on at 1-4 every weekday afternoon on Radio 1.
He currently presents (having replaced Christian O'Connell) BBC Radio Five Live's Fighting Talk, a sport related, comedic panel game of competitive banter, similar in style to ESPN's Around the Horn.
He is one of the various people thanked on the Final Straw album by Belfast band Snow Patrol, being one of the first DJs to give the band national airplay. He also DJs at student union events around the country. He was the first ever act to perform (DJ) at the University of Central Lancashire's new Students' Union building, 53 degrees, at its opening in 2005.
While in Canada, he became a fan of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays. His passions involve the aforementioned NFL (specifically, the Chicago Bears), Poker, WWE wrestling, Boxing and his love of Liverpool F.C..
Colin has recently taken to gay disco, and whilst rumours are flying around about his sexuality, Colin justs keeps on lasooing from Paris to Berlin. He has adopted the name Infernal as his Gladiators name. It seems that dressing up in lycra at Gay Disco has a special place in Colin's heart.