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STUART LINNELL MBE, BA (Hons), DMA (Pt 1), HonMA

   Freelance Broadcaster, Presenter & Conference Facilitator  

Award-winning broadcaster Stuart Linnell MBE has more than 35 years experience in radio and television, working for the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports, Setanta TV and for commercial radio stations in the UK and Ireland. 

In addition to his BA (Hons) degree, he also holds the Diploma in Municipal Administration (Part 1). 

 He was appointed MBE in 1995 for services to broadcasting and he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Coventry University in 1999 for services to broadcasting and to the community in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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Alongside his broadcasting career Stuart runs 1st Principles Media Services. For more information please click on the 'First Principles' button on the left. 

 Stuart is the immediate past chairman of the Coventry Branch of the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - www.cw-chamber.co.uk - and he is a Director of the Chamber.


Throughout his career Stuart has received various awards and recognition for his work, including: 

  1981 Rediffusion Radio Awards
Highly Commended certificate for "Sportscall with Jimmy Hill", presented & produced by Stuart Linnell for Mercia Sound.
  1990 International Radio Festival of New York
Programme Format Gold Award for Mercia FM (Programme Controller: Stuart Linnell).
  1993 International Radio Festival of New York
Station of the Year Bronze Award for Leicester Sound FM (Programme Controller: Stuart Linnell).
  1995 New Year Honours
MBE for services to broadcasting.
  1996 Sony Radio Awards
Silver - Best Speech-Based Breakfast Show (The Stuart Linnell Breakfast Show on BBC WM).
  1997 Sony Radio Awards
Gold - Best Speech-Based Breakfast Show (The Stuart Linnell Breakfast Show on BBC WM).
  1998 Sony Radio Awards
Gold - Part of BBC WM on-air team winning Regional Station of the Year.
  1999 Coventry University, Honorary MA Degree
For services to broadcasting and to the community in Coventry and Warwickshire.
  2000 Queen Mother's Birthday Awards
"
Special mention" certificate from Tidy Britain Awards for "Stuart Linnell Breakfast Show - Clean-Up Coventry" campaign on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

Stuart has wide experience as a moderator and facilitator of conferences, as well as a compére of concerts and special events. He has been engaged at several international venues, in such places as:

        Alicante    Cyprus    Jerez    Majorca    Malaga        Malta    Marrakech   Tenerife   The Algarve

For UK radio he has worked in:

Australia, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland & the USA

and he has hosted events in towns and cities throughout the UK, including:

 Barnsley     Birmingham     Bedworth     Bristol     Coventry    Derby    Gloucester   Hereford    Huddersfield     Leeds     Leicester     London    Manchester   Monmouth   Newcastle-upon-Tyne     Northampton    Nottingham    Nuneaton     Preston     Royal Leamington Spa   Rotherham   Rugby  Sheffield     Solihull     Stratford-upon-Avon    Stoke-on-Trent    Tarporley    Warwick

Among the many stars and politicians Stuart has interviewed are:

Muhammad Ali   Tony Adams   (Lord) Paddy Ashdown   Mike Atherton   Ron Atkinson   Rowan Atkinson   Gordon Banks   Ronnie Barker   Michael Barrymore   Shirley Bassey   David Beckham   Ian Bell   Tony Benn   George Best   Dickie Bird   (Lord) John Birt   Cilla Black   Tony Blackburn   Lionel Blair   Tony Blair   Sir Ian Botham   Geoffrey Boycott   Gyles Brandreth   Mike Brearley   Gordon Brown   Frank Bruno   Jack Charlton   Martin Chivers   Brian Clough   (Lord) Sebastian Coe   George Cohen   Chris Coleman   David Coleman   Brian Conley   Ronnie Corbett   Bobby Davro   Darren Day   Tommy Docherty   Adam Faith   Bruce Forsyth   Emma Freud   Sir Bob Geldof   Ashley Giles   Larry Grayson   Jimmy Greaves   Bobby Gould   Tony Hadley   George Harrison   (Lord) Roy Hattersley   Michael Heseltine   Alex Higgins   Jimmy Hill   Bob Holness   Emlyn Hughes   James Hunt   Sir Elton John   Ian St John   (Lord) Digby Jones   Kevin Keegan   Richard Keys   Denis Law   David Lloyd   Lulu   Dame Vera Lynn   Sir Michael Lyons   John Major   (Lord) Peter Mandelson   Rodney Marsh   Hank Marvin   Sir Stanley Matthews   Gary McAllister   Sir Trevor McDonald   Paul Merson   Bob Monkhouse   Matt Monro   David Moorcroft   Mo Mowlam   Des O'Connor   Sir Michael Parkinson   Martin Peters   Michael Portillo   Harry Redknapp   Sir Cliff Richard   Angela Rippon   Neil Sedaka   Anne Shelton   Claire Short   Jacqui Smith   Gordon Strachan   Nobby Stiles   Dennis Taylor   Jimmy Tarbuck   Dave Lee Travis   (Lord) Norman Tebbit   Freddie Trueman   David Vine   Pete Waterman   Dave Willetts   Bob Willis   Sir Norman Wisdom   Sir Clive Woodward      

    Stuart is a patron of the Jaguar (Coventry) Band - www.jaguarband.co.uk - and  he is also a patron of the Circle Light Opera Company - www.cloc.org.uk.

 

 

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   last updated 07 October 2009

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