Weekends

Will Banks

Will Banks

1. How did you get into radio?

By working hard and getting into debt! I did a work placement at BBC WM in Birmingham and refused to leave.

2. What was your first broadcast?

First for the Beeb was an early morning show at WM. I had to get up at 3.30am and I hated it.

3. What other jobs have you done besides broadcasting?

I did all sorts to pay my way through university. I was a DJ on a river cruiser which was fun. I got up at 4 in the morning to measure out cookie dough which wasn't.

4. What would you like to be if you weren’t a radio presenter?

I'd like to write a book or run a café. I have the menus and everything. Maybe one day…

5. What would listeners be surprised to learn about you?

I don't think I'm a very surprising person really. I'm not bad at darts and beat a bloke who once played for England. Is that surprising enough?

6. Which person would you most enjoy being stuck in a lift with?

Do dead people count? Mozart.

7. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?

You might not believe this but I really wouldn't like to win the lottery. I like to earn my money. If I earned that kind of money, I'd probably ponce around on a yacht and drive fast cars. Like James Bond but without the danger.

8. What is your worst habit?

Being grumpy. I'm a grumpy old man way before my time.

9. Tell us about your 1st:
Car: An old VW Golf.
Job: A paper round.
Kiss: Honestly can't remember but I'm sure it was some awful teenage thing.
Record/CD: Huey Lewis & the News.

10.What is your favourite?
Food: Anything Italian.
Sandwich: I make a mean Mediterranean style goats cheese and vegetable sandwich. If I do say so myself.
Place in Oxfordshire: The Pitt Rivers Museum - it's dark and mysterious and everything a museum should be. Thame is lovely on a Saturday morning.
Item of clothing: I don't really have a favourite but I have a great collection of t-shirts. I don't ever wear most of them but I can't bear to give them away!
Song: Where do I start? I couldn't even narrow it down to 100.
Singer: Also tough - Mavis Staples, Aretha Franklin, Candi Staton, Nina Simone, James Carr…I could go on.
Film: You can't beat Star Wars. Buster Keaton's 'The General' makes me laugh, and I love The Wicker Man too.
TV Show: Beavis & Butthead. The fact that it still makes me laugh proves that I'm yet to grow up.