Christian Richardson (born 22 March 1972), known professionally as Robin Banks, is a TV presenter, narrator and

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originally from

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Career

He is the

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of the British/European version of the popular

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show ''

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'', from season 2 to the present day. He has worked as a reporter for the

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television show ''Bravado''. He has also presented shows for the

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, on London's

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and has reportedly presented several guest shows on Galaxy FM. He has previously had radio shows on Radio Nova,

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and

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. Between November 2012 and October 2013 he was the Programme Director at

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. He has moved onto new projects after fulfilling his brief to revamp the station and improve its audience figures. At the beginning of March 2014 he joined Jack FM Berkshire, the relaunched Reading 107, to front the breakfast show. From September 2016, Banks is working as content director with Hi FM in

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, including presenting the weekday breakfast show. He is also responsible for all output. In the early 2020s, he was one of the presenting team for UMG's range of ''

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'' and '' Clubland'' branded music television channels alongside Pat Sharp, Simon Bates and Mark Goodier. Programmes he narrated for the channels included ''Antiques Rockshow with Robin Banks'' for Now 90s and ''Robin's 50 Dead Catchy Choruses!'' for Clubland.

References

External links

RobinBanks.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Robin 1972 births Living people Irish DJs Irish radio presenters Irish television presenters Broadcasters from County Kilkenny Radio personalities from the Republic of Ireland Irish expatriates Expatriates in Oman