Steve Berry is a British media presenter, best known as a member of the presenting team for the
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream ...
motoring programme ''
Top Gear'' from 1993 to 1999, where he reviewed motorcycles and made features relating to them.
As well as the main programme, he was the main presenter of the ''Top Gear Radio Show'' on
BBC Radio 5 Live which was broadcast from 1994 to 1998, and appeared on the spin-off programmes ''Top Gear Motorsport'', ''Top Gear Ex-Files'' and ''Top Gear GTi''.
Berry wrote and presented ''The Bike's the Star'', a four-part documentary series for BBC2 and produced ''British Biker Build Off'' for
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Chan ...
in 2005 and ''Bennett's Biker Build Off'' for
ITV's ''
Men & Motors
Men & Motors was a men's lifestyle television channel in the UK. It was the last remaining station operated by the former Granada Sky Broadcasting joint venture, set up by Granada Television (now part of ITV plc) and satellite broadcaster Briti ...
'' in 2006.
Berry appears regularly as a guest on BBC radio, has hosted phone-in shows on
Talksport and writes for ''
The Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, wh ...
''. For some time, Berry presented 'the longest show on UK radio' for Talksport and after guest appearances on
105.4 Century Radio
Heart North West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North West England from studios in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre.
Overview
Century Radio (1998–2009) ...
, he became the presenter of the breakfast show on 106.1 Rock Radio, a classic rock station based in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
until 2011.
He produced and directed ''Motor Morphers'', an engineering challenge show made by
ITN
Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, N ...
for
Channel 5 in May 2013. He writes a regular column 'Berry on Classics' in ''
Classic Car Weekly
''Classic Car Weekly'' is a British car newspaper published by the Bauer Media Group.
History and profile
Launched in 1990 by Emap, ''Classic Car Weekly'' comes out weekly on a Wednesday, and majors on news and auction coverage, as well as ru ...
'' and is a regular expert contributor to ''
BBC Breakfast
''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from the BBC Television Centre, London before ...
''.
In January 2014 Berry returned as the breakfast presenter for
106.1 RealXS (previously known as 106.1 Rock Radio). He presents a weekly radio show ''Steve's Speedshop'' on FAB Radio International, described as 'a digital man-cave for the passionate petrolhead'. In April 2019 it was announced that he was leaving his breakfast show that he hosts on XS Manchester later the same month.
He hosts a monthly motoring phone-in on BBC radio Wales and is a regular guest on the Jeremy Vine Show on Radio 2.
References
Living people
British television presenters
Top Gear people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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