Robin Banks Explained

Robin Banks
Birth Name:Christian Richardson
Birth Date:22 March 1972
Nationality:Kilkenny – Ireland
Occupation:Media content director/Radio personality
Website:www.robinbanks.com

Christian Richardson[1] (born 22 March 1972), known professionally as Robin Banks, is a TV presenter, narrator and radio DJ originally from Kilkenny, Ireland.

Career

He is the narrator of the British/European version of the popular Discovery Channel show MythBusters, from season 2 to the present day. He has worked as a reporter for the Bravo television show Bravado. He has also presented shows for the BBC, Channel 4, Sky1, Living, on London's Kiss 100 and has reportedly presented several guest shows on Galaxy FM. He has previously had radio shows on Radio Nova, Atlantic 252, Virgin Radio, Beat 106 and Xfm.

Between November 2012 and October 2013 he was the Programme Director at Star Radio North East.[2] He has moved onto new projects after fulfilling his brief to revamp the station[3] and improve its audience figures.[4]

At the beginning of March 2014 he joined Jack FM Berkshire, the relaunched Reading 107, to front the breakfast show.[5]

From September 2016, Banks is working as content director with Hi FM in Oman, including presenting the weekday breakfast show. He is also responsible for all output.

In the early 2020s, he was one of the presenting team for UMG's range of Now and Clubland[6] [7] branded music television channels alongside Pat Sharp, Simon Bates and Mark Goodier.[8] Programmes he narrated for the channels included Antiques Rockshow with Robin Banks for Now 90s[9] and Robin's 50 Dead Catchy Choruses! for Clubland.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Robin Banks. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091125114500/http://www.robinbanks.com/about. 2009-11-25.
  2. Web site: Robin Banks joins Star Radio North East. 12 November 2012.
  3. Web site: And the winning format for Star Radio is. 3 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Star Radio – listening figures – media.info. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218180238/http://media.info/radio/stations/star-radio/listening-figures. 2015-02-18.
  5. Web site: Banks for breakfast at JACK fm Berkshire. 2015-12-27. 2014-02-13. Roy. Martin. Radio Today.
  6. Web site: 1995 Flashback! with Robin Banks on TV | Channels and schedules . TV24.co.uk . 2017-12-13 . 2022-08-11.
  7. Web site: 100 Clubland EDM with Robin Banks on TV | Channels and schedules . TV24.co.uk . 2022-08-11.
  8. Web site: Former BBC Radio 1 DJs join NOW 70s TV channel – RadioToday . Radiotoday.co.uk . 2020-03-09 . 2022-08-11.
  9. Web site: TVGuide . TV Guide . TV Guide. UK . 2022-08-11.
  10. Web site: Aired Friday May 22, 1:00pm - 5:00pm . Robin's 50 Dead Catchy Choruses! on TV | Channels and schedules . TV24.co.uk . 2017-10-07 . 2022-08-11.