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Dan Chisholm


Dan Chisholm

Full name: Dan Chisholm

Starsign: Sagittarius (half man, half horse - looking in the mirror, I'm not sure which bit is which)

Where were you born? Leicester General Hospital

Nickname at school: Chis

Where did you go to school? Leicester - Gary Lineker and I sat next to each other at exam time!

What's your favourite album? I have far too many to choose one, but love some lesser-known artists - Ezio's 'Diesel Vanilla' is one of the best (check it out!)

First job - and would you do it again? Selling hi-fi ... yes, I really enjoyed it

Do you have any embarrassing albums in your collection at home? Oh yes. That's my full answer.

Favourite Film? This is very difficult as I prefer to listen to new music. Having said that, The Full Monty is a masterpiece and still makes me laugh. Austin Powers 2 has the funniest ever line:

Austin: "How does it feel, baby?"

Felicity: "lower Austin, lower"

Austin: (in deep voice) "How does it feel, baby?"

What's your favourite holiday destination? Kos is my favourite place to go pink (I never go brown - unless covered in mud). Alternatively, walking in the Scottish highlands - the north-west coast is fantastic.

Favourite place to eat? Somewhere I can get together with my mate Ally and his lovely wife Jules for a catch-up

What's your favourite tipple? Hobgoblin in a beer glass or Shiraz Grenache in a wine glass

And your favourite place to drink it? A very nice pub in Twyford which serves both of the above

Prefer a take away or eating out? I prefer to cook!

Do Like sport or are you a couch potato? I used to play cricket every summer and dropped the gym membership when watching the pennies. I love football, cricket, basketball, tennis, snooker, darts, athletics and others. The list is endless.

Best live act you've ever seen? Aretha Franklin in LA just edges it. Macca in 2001 was incredible and Kylie was truly great at the O2 in October 2008.

Any party tricks? I think it might be very unwise to admit on the internet. Especially when it involves bagpipes and half a pound of butter.

What's the thing you're least likely to say? "I can't do that"

Any hobbies? Composing music and making amateur videos. Don't even go there ...

Who'd you most like to interview? Paul McCartney

 
Who's your idol or hero and why?  McCartney is my musical idol - the music of The Beatles opened my eyes (and ears) to the world of music out there and gave me an appreciation of harmony and songwriting ... for which I will always be grateful. As for heroes? Anyone who serves in the armed forces or emergency services.


What's your 1st childhood memory? Being admitted to hospital for an operation. Thankfully, they left the brain in. I think.

Who'd be your top five dinner party guests (dead or alive)? Mozart, Princess Diana, Kenny Everett, Kylie Minogue and Barack Obama

How are you most likely to spend your day off? Sleeping, eating, drinking or cooking. Or all of them.

What's the strongest trivia fact you know? The guy who sings the Reading 107 jingles is one of two male singers in the band on 'Strictly Come Dancing'

What would you most like to be remembered for? Being a decent bloke

When did you last chuck a sicky? I honestly don't ever recall doing it - is my halo slipping?

What do you keep in your car glove compartment? Everything but gloves. Does anyone keep gloves in there?

Name a good deed you've done that you're proud of? A listener once rang into to my radio programme to tell me that he was upset because the life-saving treatment he needed for his leukaemia was being refused by his local Health Authority as it was too expensive. We took up his case and dragged Government ministers into an almighty row, until health bosses finally backed down. The treatment bought him an extra eight years of life, until his death a few years ago.

Something you'd rather not admit? I was once persuaded to wear a football-mascot-sized costume for an interview with a TV actress I really fancied. My producer told me she was heading to a 'vicars and tarts' fancy dress party immediately afterwards, and would arrive in costume. She wasn't - and didn't - and entered the studio to the sight of a presenter inexplicably dressed as a seven-foot tall dog. I don't think I have EVER felt such an idiot.

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