''The Geoff Show'' was a humorous radio program broadcast on
Absolute Radio
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The station focuses on alternative ...
(formerly
Virgin Radio
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The stations ...
) from 3 January 2006 to 25 September 2008.
The show ran for three hours, between 10pm and 1am, Monday to Thursday. Presented by
Geoff Lloyd
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, it also featured his '
symposium
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', comprising himself,
Annabel Port and his producer
Nelson Kumah. A daily
podcast
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of the previous night's show was also produced.
During the introductions of each of these
podcasts
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, Geoff read out dedications sent in by listeners. Those who sent letters through the post were rewarded with a ''Geoff Show'' badge, which was handmade by
Annabel Port. On the podcast of the 11 December 2007 show, it was announced that
Tony would be leaving his position as producer to take a promotion elsewhere within Absolute Radio. His replacement, Nelson Kumah, began on 7 January 2008.
As part of the rebrand to Absolute Radio, Geoff moved to ''
Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show'' in the afternoon slot. On 16 September 2008, he announced that the ''Geoff Show'' was going to end on 25 September 2008.
Features
*Podications: The podcast was dedicated to listeners who contacted the show in a 'podication'.
*Phone In topics: Topics were suggested by Geoff, Annabel and Nelson, normally illustrated by an example. Listeners contacted the station.
*Porting Controversy: A self-opinionated debate against widely held beliefs by Annabel.
*Drunk Versus Stoned: A quiz in which someone who had been drinking
alcohol
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Common uses
* Alcohol (chemistry), a class of compounds
* Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life
** Alcohol (drug), intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages
** Alcoholic beverage, an alco ...
competes with another listener who had been smoking
cannabis
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in order to win a prize.
*The Big 'I Am...': Listeners had to complete the sentence 'I am...', and Annabel Port read out the texts every night.
*Annabel's Letter: Annabel writes an open letter to a person and gives them advice in a career or relationship.
*Nelson's Special Offers: The closeout feature of the show was where listeners would either text or email in with either a name of a city or town in the British Isles or a type of business, and Nelson had to procure a discount for ''Geoff Show'' listeners at that place in that city or town.
The final show
Its final show was on 25 September 2008.
Drunk Versus Stoned on the final show was played by Drunk Gail in Staffordshire (1 point) and Stoned Tony in London (3½ points). Geoff (Nimla) = 2½ points; Richard = no points. The Stoners won by one.
References
External links
AbsoluteRadio.co.uk - The Geoff ShowThe Geoff Show on MySpace
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2006 radio programme debuts