Phil Kennedy

Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster. He presents the podcast Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It.^[1] His career includes work in British radio, television and podcasting.

Career

Kennedy left medical school, where he was studying to be a medical doctor, to join Radio Jackie in London. He then joined Radio Top Shop, also in London.^[2]

Kennedy presented a Saturday evening show on BBC Radio 1 in the 1980s, starting in late 1984.^[3]

In the mid-1980s, he presented the early breakfast show on Radio City in Liverpool. In the late 1980s, he presented a late night programme, for the Superstation service, which was broadcast on many different commercial radio stations in the UK.^[4]

In the early 1990s he worked at Reading's 2-Ten FM and BBC GLR, the BBC's local radio station for London.^[4] In 1994, he was presenting the weekday early breakfast show on BBC GLR.^[5] In the late 1990s, he was a presenter at Virgin Radio in the UK.^[6]

In 2002, Kennedy presented a football programme for Channel 4 in East Asia.^[7]

As of 2006, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on BBC Radio Berkshire, with the show containing interviews, news, sports news and travel news.^[7] As of 2020, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on the same station,^[8] although the programme moved to a 2pm-6pm slot in the same year.^[9] The programme ended in 2023,^[10] just before BBC Radio Berkshire began to share its 2-6pm afternoon programme with BBC Radio Oxford.

Kennedy presented a Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio Oxford, with the programme starting in the 2008 at the latest and finishing in 2012.^[11]

Kennedy started presenting a podcast, Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It, in 2023.^[12] The programme features interviews of famous guests.^[1]

He has also presented on BBC Radio 6 Music,^[13] Virgin Radio and LBC.^[14] Outside of the media, he has worked in a variety of jobs, including as a wine bottle stacker and as an assistant in a psychiatric treatment facility.^[2]

He has filled in for Pete Mitchell on BBC Radio 2.^[15] He has also filled in for Adam Ball on BBC Radio Oxford, in 2024.^[16]