The radio and TV presenter on crying at Kate Bush, reading Beth Ditto twice and staying in for The X Factor
Born in Manchester, TV and radio presenter Nick Grimshaw hosted his first radio show at the University of Liverpool. He joined MTV as an intern in 2006, and by the following year was presenting Freshly Squeezed on Channel 4 with Alexa Chung. He has also worked on E4 and the BBC, and in 2012 made a cameo appearance in Disney film Wreck-It Ralph. Grimshaw replaced Chris Moyles as host of Radio 1s breakfast show in the same year, and since April 2013 has hosted the BBC3 comedy panel show Sweat the Small Stuff. The Nixtape, a compilation album he has put together, is released on 29 September.
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