Ben Baker
Ben Baker is a writer, podcaster, chess grandmaster, part-time astronaut, muscle man and liar. He's one of the founding fathers of Noisebox Radio, although prefers to think of himself more as an odd uncle who occasionally shows up to borrow money. His shows include the indie shuffling Middle-Aged Teenage Angst and sleepy mix series The Scene Inbetween.
Outside of Noisebox, he does a podcast with best friend and mortal enemy John Matthews about the world's greatest sitcom and continues to write too many books about old television programmes.
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Steve Binnie
Despite being born while "Amazing Grace" by the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was at number one, Steve eventually grew to enjoy music. Growing up in the 1980s he became a chart obsessive, then developed a fascination for the tracks that got lost along the way and didn't become big hits.
This led to the creation of Off The Chart, an '80s chart show delivering justice to songs that didn't do as well as they should have. Along with co-host Julian Sparrow, he started doing Off The Chart in 2016 and is now completely unable to stop.
Tracey Binnie
When she's not playing video games, cuddling with the dogs, playing bass or screaming into the void, Tracey presents the videogame music show Ready Player One and the occasional FFS Live.
Her biggest claims to fame are outweirding Neil Innes and winning Popmaster. She also loves live music and tries to gig as much as she can.
Alan Boon
Trapped in a world he very much made, watch as Alan attempts to give some meaning to his humdrum existence by trying to find that elusive song that will free us all, by way of presenting a weekly show on Noisebox Radio!
Oh, yeah, and he writes stuff, too, mostly for STARBURST magazine about forgotten TV that should probably remain that way.
Glenn Cobane
When Glenn is not taking pictures of himself with L.S Lowry landscapes, you'll find him hosting The Salford Record Society live every Thursday night 8-9, an all-vinyl show which justifies him buying so many records over the years.
When he is not hosting the show, he spends time with his wife and two cats Cherry and Marm in their own little pocket of Salford, listening to all kinds of music, watching all kinds of movies and sitting in the garden.When Glenn is not in front of a record player or a television / cinema screen, he can be found at gigs far and wide and also on a sun lounger as often as possible, reading something or other.
He loves animals, Talking Heads, Nina Simone and Frank Sidebottom and will DJ should you ever want him to. And sometimes people do.
David Court
David Court used to host Court On Film on Noisebox, but has subsequently evolved Pokémon style into the host of Bandwidth, and was voted Person of the Year by Time Magazine in 2006.
He can frequently be found scribbling stories, poetry and plays, and portraying officious jerks in various voice roles. As well as being an official silly old weasel, he frequently finds himself leaping life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, hoping each next leap will be the leap... home.
Tara Court
Tara Court is an awards losing radio presenter. As a child she wished to broadcast on the likes of the BBC but when she found out that the BBC’s radio output seemed to just be middle aged white men with a Phil Collins fetish, she gave up that dream. Tara can be often found insulting people on the internet by telling them to shove 28 eggs in a particular orifice.
Passionate about film, especially horror, she has seen A Serbian Film three times but still did not find it as harrowing and scary as the 1977 BFI short film Apaches. Fears: Geese, Drowning, Micky Dolenz Cheers: Music, film, Coventry City FC. Check out her shows or don't; she's not your mum.
David G Griffiths
When not obsessively agonising over what obscure alternative music tracks to play on his Thursday
night show The Bitter Sound Experience, David can be found obsessively agonising over his next over-priced obscure vinyl purchases from Discogs.
David can also be found providing music and vocals for the post-punk band Final Hour Music, and also lends his voice to Surrey's Radio Jackie 107.8 to inform people how awful the traffic is. Under the crafty nom de plume of Davian Dent, he
hosts and produces the long-running and award-dodging podcast Strange Times Show Dot Com.
He has similar views on digital watches to Douglas Adams and
generally prefers cats to people.
Keir Hardie
Fabricated in the latter part of the twentieth century at the Binatone skunkworks as an out of hours experiment in artificial facetiousness, Keir Hardie was picked up at a liquidation sale by an eccentric philanthropist and taught to walk upright. He appeared on the Noisebox schedule in mysterious circumstances a couple of years ago but seems fairly harmless.
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones, host of Gaz’s Weekend Warm Up, Liverpool fan and karaoke lover (but don’t let that put you off).
He loves most music but especially 80s, SAW and dance music from the 90s. He also volunteers at a community radio station and ran the London marathon once but learnt his lesson.
Noisebox let him join the happy band to introduce his love of anything upbeat and now we can’t get rid of him.
Rhys Jones
One of the Welsh language's most instantly recognisable characters, beloved by thousands, Rhys Jones has been around since 1976, his cheery presence a fixture of the nation's cultural life.
A logo come alive, his national tours in the early 80s befitted a rock star and led to near-endless merchandise, from badges and gonks to... themed pants, later immortalised in song by the Super Furry Animals.
Mr Urdd joined Noisebox in 2023 and has presented shows on Welsh language and Celtic music, along with the very occasional FFS Live. He lives in Swansea with the consequences of his decisions.
Maysiebug
Maysiebug is a creative powerhouse from Cornwall who makes, creates and naps in her ‘Craft Shid”.
She is obsessed with music, old TV shows, comedy, cartoons, characters and a bit of gaming too, all of which she likes to feature on her weekly Noisebox show “Maysiebug’s Disco Toilet” which goes from the sublime to the ridiculous in a flush.
Elys Nightingale
Elys Nightingale is Noisebox's resident time traveller who, of course, loves music. Listen to their show if you want a taste of current and classic hits!
Julian Sparrow
Julian Sparrow is one half of the Off The Chart team - no, not the knowledgeable one. Presenter of Skaro, the On This
Week in Ska History show and occasional FFS Live host.
Can also be found playing video games and pretending he's down with his fellow kids on Twitch and YouTube under the alias Babel_17.
Father, broadcaster, drummer, loon.
Jodie Wood
Jodie has loved music and radio for as long as he can remember so Noisebox Radio was a natural home, first as a listener and then as a presenter.
He feels it's incredibly rewarding to introduce new music to the listeners that they may not be familiar with but that then makes a connection with them.
