David Robert Berry (born 14 September 1978 in

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) is a British TV and

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. Berry currently hosts the

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Breakfast Show, every weekday from 6am. He previously presented '' The Capital Breakfast Show'' from 2012 until 2017, alongside

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, George Shelley and Lilah Parsons.

Career

Tailoring

Berry began work in 'The Observatory', a

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vintage clothes shop. He joined a modelling agency where he participated in campaigns for

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, Toni & Guy and

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. In 2009 he co-founded 'October House', a

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ing brand making bespoke suits from British fabrics. Clients include

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, Jamie Scallion and Johnny Harris. Berry reportedly wore a three piece suit while presenting the Capital Breakfast Show.

Television

In 2001, Dave Berry started presenting Nickelodeon's music chart show "N-List" alongside Kelle Bryan. From 2008 until 2014, Berry presented episodes of ''

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'' on

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. He co-presented the 2012 series '' Beat TV'' on

alongside

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and Darren McMullen. Since 2013, Berry has been a regular panellist on

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's ''

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'' on ITV. He has also been a regular reporter on

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's '' Surprise Surprise''. Berry presented ''Soccer Aid: Extra Time'' in 2010 and again in 2012. He presented the show ''Takeaway My Takeaway'' on

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. He has been nominated for a

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Award, Broadcast Award and a BAFTA award.

Radio

Berry's radio career began on ''

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'' in 2007 where he presented the Saturday afternoon show. Soon after, he was employed by alternative indie rock station XFM whose previous presenters include

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and

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. He hosted the ''Dave Berry Saturday Show'' for 12 weeks, the drivetime show for almost two years, and the ''XFM Breakfast Show'' which achieved some of XFM's highest

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figures. On 15 April 2011 he left XFM to present the weekend breakfast show on

(now known as ''

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''). On 25 December 2011, he presented his final weekend

, after the announcement that he would replace

Johnny Vaughan Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of '' Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011. Vaughan currently ...

on ''

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'' on 3 January 2012. He hosted the

Capital Breakfast (London) ''Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp'' is a British national breakfast radio show on Capital. The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday.

show every weekday morning from 6am - 10am with a national broadcast across the Capital network on Saturdays. Berry has won the

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Gold Award for Breakfast Show of the Year and is a two-time winner of the TRIC Award for Best Radio/ Digital Radio Programme. In April 2017, Berry left Capital and subsequently has been replaced on the

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show by

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. He began presenting 4-7pm on

from 2 October 2017 with his co-host Matt Dyson. Berry also presented a 7-10pm show on Absolute Radio's sister station

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every Monday-Thursday. In March 2018, it was confirmed that Berry would replace

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as the host of the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show. Berry began presenting the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show on 4 June 2018 where he was joined by Dyson and the show's newsreaders Glenn Moore and Emma Jones. As of October 2019, ''The Dave Berry Breakfast Show'' had 2.2 million listeners, a record for the station.

Podcasts

Berry's show on Absolute Radio is also released daily as a podcast under the title ''The Dave Berry Breakfast Show''. In 2019, Berry launched the podcast ''Dave Berry's DadPod'' for

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, discussing the topic of parenthood with guests including John Thomson,

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and

Emma Willis Emma Louise Willis (née Griffiths; born 18 March 1976) is an English broadcaster. She is known for her television and radio work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV, and Heart FM.

. The first series of 6 episodes premiered in October 2019, and was selected as a UK Pick of the Month by

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. Berry has also appeared regularly on the

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podcast.

Journalism

Berry regularly contributes to

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, and began regularly blogging for the news website

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in July 2012. He has also contributed to

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, Q, and

Personal life

Berry married charity Communications and Marketing Consultant Sarah-Jane Davies in March 2018. He was engaged to

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singer

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, but the engagement was called off. In 2012 he was appointed ambassador for the

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Community Trust. He is ambassador for YouCan Youth Cancer Support which operates in

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and the south east, and Balls To Cancer - a Midland's based charity raising awareness for male cancer. He stated in ''

'' that a disastrous, bleeding tattoo at 17 was a 'moment that changed me'. On 28 August 2018, Berry announced on his Absolute Radio breakfast show that he and Davies were expecting their first child. Their daughter Evangeline was born in December 2018.

References

External links

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The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Dave 1978 births Living people British VJs (media personalities) English people of Irish descent English Jews People educated at the John Roan School People from Charlton, London People from Lewisham English television presenters Absolute Radio Capital (radio network)