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Dave Berry
Born	David Robert Berry ( 1978-09-14 ) 14 September 1978 (age 45) Lewisham , London , England
Occupation(s)	Radio DJ , TV presenter
Years active	Late 1990s?present
Employer	Absolute Radio
Spouse	Sarah-Jane Davies (m. 2018)
Children	1

David Robert Berry (born 14 September 1978 in Lewisham , London ) ^[1] is a British TV and radio presenter . Berry currently hosts the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show, every weekday from 6am. ^[2] He previously presented The Capital Breakfast Show from 2012 until 2017, alongside Lisa Snowdon , George Shelley and Lilah Parsons .

Career [ edit ]

Tailoring [ edit ]

Berry began work in 'The Observatory', a South London vintage clothes shop. He joined a modelling agency where he participated in campaigns for Ted Baker , French Connection , Toni & Guy and Burton . In 2009 he co-founded 'October House', ^[3] a tailoring brand making bespoke suits from British fabrics. Clients include David Gandy , ^[4] Scott Parker , ^[5] Miles Kane , Mark Cavendish , Jamie Scallion and Johnny Harris . Berry reportedly wore a three piece suit while presenting the Capital Breakfast Show. ^[6]

Television [ edit ]

In 2001, Dave Berry started presenting Nickelodeon's music chart show "N-List" alongside Kelle Bryan. From 2008 until 2014, Berry presented episodes of The Hot Desk on ITV2 . He co-presented the 2012 series Beat TV on ITV2 alongside Laura Whitmore and Darren McMullen . Since 2013, Berry has been a regular panellist on Keith Lemon 's Through the Keyhole on ITV. He has also been a regular reporter on Holly Willoughby 's Surprise Surprise .

Berry presented Soccer Aid: Extra Time in 2010 and again in 2012.

He presented the show Takeaway My Takeaway on Channel 4 . He has been nominated for a Rose D'Or Award, Broadcast Award and a BAFTA award. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Radio [ edit ]

Berry's radio career began on Capital Radio in 2007 where he presented the Saturday afternoon show. Soon after, he was employed by alternative indie rock station XFM ^[7] whose previous presenters include Ricky Gervais , Stephen Merchant , Simon Pegg , Jimmy Carr and Russell Brand . 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 RAJAR figures. ^{[8] [9]}

On 15 April 2011 he left XFM to present the weekend breakfast show on Capital Radio (now known as Capital London ). ^{[10] [11]}

On 25 December 2011, he presented his final weekend Capital London , after the announcement that he would replace Johnny Vaughan on Capital Breakfast (London) on 3 January 2012. ^[12] He hosted the Capital Breakfast (London) show every weekday morning from 6am - 10am with a national broadcast across the Capital network on Saturdays. ^[13]

Berry has won the Radio Academy Gold Award for Breakfast Show of the Year and is a two-time winner of the TRIC Award for Best Radio/ Digital Radio Programme. ^{[ citation needed ]}

In April 2017, Berry left Capital and subsequently has been replaced on the Capital Breakfast (London) show by Roman Kemp . He began presenting 4-7pm on Absolute Radio from 2 October 2017 with his co-host Matt Dyson. ^[14] Berry also presented a 7-10pm show on Absolute Radio's sister station Absolute Radio 90s every Monday-Thursday. In March 2018, it was confirmed that Berry would replace Christian O'Connell as the host of the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show. ^[15] 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. ^[16]

Podcasts [ edit ]

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 Bauer Media Group , discussing the topic of parenthood with guests including John Thomson , Rob Beckett and Emma Willis . ^[17] The first series of 6 episodes premiered in October 2019, and was selected as a UK Pick of the Month by Spotify .

Berry has also appeared regularly on the Empire podcast. ^[18]

Journalism [ edit ]

Berry regularly contributes to The Guardian , ^{[19] [20]} and began regularly blogging for the news website Huffington Post UK in July 2012. ^{[21] [22]} He has also contributed to The Daily Telegraph , ^[23] Q , and Empire .

Personal life [ edit ]

Berry married charity Communications and Marketing Consultant Sarah-Jane Davies in March 2018. ^[24] He was engaged to Sugababes singer Heidi Range , but the engagement was called off. ^[25] In 2012 he was appointed ambassador for the Charlton Athletic Community Trust. ^[26] He is ambassador for YouCan Youth Cancer Support which operates in London , Kent and the south east , and Balls To Cancer - a Midland's based charity raising awareness for male cancer. ^{[ citation needed ]}

He stated in The Guardian that a disastrous, bleeding tattoo at 17 was a 'moment that changed me'. ^[27]

On 28 August 2018, Berry announced on his Absolute Radio breakfast show that he and Davies were expecting their first child. ^[28] Their daughter Evangeline was born in December 2018. ^[29]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dave Berry .

• Dave Berry at IMDb
• The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio