Upon winning my gorgeous Sony award for Wes @ Breakfast, the judges were kind enough to describe me as: "a true radio natural who knows exactly how to pitch to his audience. He does great interviews, cool stunts and is a quality presenter." God bless them.

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Since 2008 I've focussed a lot on producing and writing documentaries. My latest BBC Radio 4 commission, which I also presented, was a documentary on Charles Hawtrey.

 

 

The Pain of Laughter - The Last Days of Kenneth Williams (Part 1) "Exquisite anecdotes ... a programme well researched and slickly presented by Rob Brydon" (The Guardian).	The Pain of Laughter - The Last Days of Kenneth Williams (Part 2) "A fantastic selection of archive clips and fascinatingly candid interviewees" (Radio Times).
Twice Ken is Plenty: The Lost Script "It was an exercise worth undertaking: it was pure Pirandello, if you want to be poncy about it, mostly involving Horne and Williams trying to get a show together" (The Independent).	Charles Hawtrey: That Funny Fella with the Glasses "Wes Butters's investigation of the life of CH was excellent" (The Observer). 4 out of 4 stars (Daily Mail).

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In May 2010 I joined BBC Radio 7 as one of their continuity presenters. I feel most happy here, lots of classic comedy and drama that I genuinely love.

 

July 2010 A little montage of my voice on 7. What a pip.

June 2010 This compilation includes an interview with Ardal O'Hanlon. Nice bearded man.

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I thoroughly enjoyed a return to national BBC radio when sitting in for Shaun Keavney on the BBC 6 Music breakfast show.

 

Paul Cappuccino (Part 1) Paul Cappuccino, shares another showbiz anecdote.

Paul Cappuccino (Part 2) Imagine his surprise ... Another fascinating tale of how Paul inspired a classic.

To give you a taste Take a listen to my time on the BBC 6 Music breakfast show.

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In late 2002, when BBC Radio 1 announced that Mark Goodier was leaving the station, the media went into a frenzy trying to work out who'd host the prestigious UK Top 40 next. Big name presenters were banded about in the press but it was revealed in December that an unknown 22 year old had been chosen. His name was Wes Butters. (Real name.)

 

The Official Chart Show with Wes I'm incredibly proud that I was the ninth presenter of the UK Top 40 on Radio 1. My predecessors were Alan Freeman, Tom Browne, Tony Blackburn, Tommy Vance, Simon Bates, Richard Skinner, Bruno Brookes and Mark Goodier.	The Chris Moyles Show Every Monday at 7.30am I recapped the latest chart, usually naked from my bed, live to the nation. This is a clip of me doing it half an hour after presenting the early breakfast show and returning home.
Are you still with it? This is a feature I regularly did with famous old legends such as Jimmy Saville and Johnny Ball. This episode stars Mollie Sugden who played Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served? She also popped up in Little Britain.	How drunk? After some post-chart drinks one Sunday night, I was keen to get back on the air. The only station that was taking live calls was an online student radio station in Cambridge. It seems I got rumbled halfway through.
When Wes met Geri Geri Halliwell unexpectedly turned up to the studio. As you do.	Vernon Kay's Happy Hour Vernon Kay got to do his first show in a pub and had a challenge for me.
Xmas chart 2004 Here’s the Christmas Top 40 countdown from 2004 including an interview with Sir Bob Geldof.	Xmas chart 2003 Before the X Factor winners began winning the Christmas No. 1s, there was Madworld by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules.

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BBC World Service

My first outing on the BBC World Service was as Steve Wright’s stand-in on Wright Around the World. I was regularly heard on Top of the Pops and was the voice of Live 8 for the network.

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Not only did the listening figures for Wes @ Breakfast break all previous records, we picked up a raft of awards and nominations, including Best Breakfast Show at the Sony Awards, industry magazine X-Trax's North West Presenter of the Year, and Best Presenter at the Arqiva Awards.

 

Gran does Akon Only my gran can get away with these questions and the line “Oh, I couldn’t tell!”

Casablanca It's one of the greatest ever movies ever made but surely it needs updating?

Wes @ Breakfast Highlights Some memorable bits from the multi-award winning Wes @ Breakfast on Galaxy Manchester.

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Wes @ The Weekend is an independent production for the Real Radio network and airs each Sunday from 7pm throughout the North West, North East, Yorkshire and Wales.

 

 

 

Facebook Flashmob Whatever happened to Su-Elise from Misteeq?

Facebook Flashmob The voice of the X Factor gets stung with a Facebook Flashmob.