and the Reverend Ian Paisley. He was also regularly joined by Frankie Howerd in the last years of the comedian's life. In August 1994, Campbell also briefly took over a Sunday morning show, following the on-air resignation of Dave Lee Travis. Campbell left the network briefly in October 1994 to care for his sick wife. He then presented the weekday Drivetime show, and in 1995, he took over the afternoon show. In 1997 he joined the news and sport network BBC Radio 5 Live, when offered the job by Roger Mosey, the station's head. He presented the mid-morning phone in show for 5 years before replacing Julian Worricker in the breakfast slot in January 2003, co-presenting initially with Victoria Derbyshire. In 2001 when Radio 2 wanted a replacement for Jimmy Young, he said that he was the BBC's choice and detailed a series of meetings between himself and the controller of Radio 2. However, the BBC later said that Campbell had initiated the meetings himself, and his public revelations about private negotiations prompted the wrath of the Director General Greg Dyke. From 2004 to 2011, he co-presented the programme with Shelagh Fogarty. In May 2011, Fogarty left the breakfast show and was replaced by Rachel Burden. Campbell started presenting a one hour at 9am phone-in ‘Your Call’ after the main show. Burden and Campbell presented together until 2021 when Campbell moved to a two-hour phone-in programme from ten to midday every weekday morning. From April 2023 this will also be broadcast on the BBC News Channel, the iPlayer and BBC2. His Radio career also includes notable work for BBC Radio 2. In January 2019 Campbell presented ‘Engelbert; 60 years of song’, a musical retrospective and in-depth interview with Englebert Humperdink. Following the success of that programme he interviewed Francis Rossi of Status Quo for another Radio 2 special - Here we Are and Here We Go which was broadcast in May 2019. In August of that year, as part of the Radio Two Beatles pop-up station he presented an hour long interview live from Abbey Road studios with Giles Martin - ‘A Day in the Life - Nicky Campbell meets Giles Martin’. In his time at BBC Radio Five Live Campbell has covered four Olympic Games, three Football World Cups and three European Championships and every general election and referendum since 1997. He has won many awards for his Radio