of the breakfast show by Christian O'Connell. Lloyd remained at Virgin Radio, taking over the late night slot. Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port and other shows (2006–12 April 2017) Lloyd's new show, The Geoff Show, debuted on 3 January 2006 and was broadcast late nights on Virgin Radio, with co-host Annabel Port and producer Nelson Kumah. The first public airing of The Beatles remix album Love was on The Geoff Show in 2006. Virgin Radio was rebranded as Absolute Radio in 2008. On 20 March 2008 Lloyd began presenting the Absolute Radio weekday drive time program Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show, with Port remaining as co-host. The show combines music and chat, with call-ins on various topics. At its core is "the digressive, quirky chat on matters of very little real importance." On 1 August 2015 the show was moved back an hour, and renamed Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port. From 2010 to 2014, Lloyd hosted Unknown Pleasures on Absolute Radio, playing indie rock and alternative music. In 2013, Lloyd began hosting Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd on Sunday mornings on Absolute Radio 60s, two hours of Beatles music and cover versions of their songs, along with talk exclusively about the band. In 2016, Lloyd and Port created the podcast Serial: This British Life, a parody of the WBEZ podcast Serial. Lloyd has interviewed a wide variety of subjects, including Paul McCartney, talk show host Conan O'Brien, comedian Russell Brand and then-UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, in an interview described as one of Miliband's best broadcast interview performances. On 18 January 2017 Geoff Lloyd announced he and Annabel were leaving Absolute Radio. The final show aired on Wednesday 12 April. After Absolute (12 April 2017 - present) In May 2017, It was announced Lloyd would be fronting a show for The Beatles Channel on Sirius XM Radio. In August 2017, Lloyd launched a podcast, 'Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port', with his former radio co-host, and the following month launched 'Reasons to be Cheerful', a podcast with Ed Miliband Lloyd made a return to commercial radio in early 2018 with Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory, an interview series for Union JACK, featuring guests from comedy, music and entertainment. The show returned for a second run in the summer. Since leaving Absolute, Lloyd has established himself as a regular cover presenter for BBC Radio, standing in for Danny Baker, Adrian Chiles