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Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Born	Matthew Brown; 14 August 1973 (age 51); Lancashire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Television presenter
Years active	1999–present

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Matthew Brown (born 14 August 1973 in Lancashire) is a British television presenter.

Career

He started out in 1999 hosting Nickelodeon UK along with Mike McClean, Simon Amstell, Mounya Khamlichi and Yiolanda Koppel, but is best known for presenting the ITV2 spin-off programmes Love Island Aftersun, which he hosted in 2005 with Celebrity Love Island winner Jayne Middlemiss in 2006, and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. He also hosts the UK Top Ten on Eat Cinema, with Mohini Sule.

Radio

Matt is also a radio presenter, and in early 2007 could be heard on Capital Radio in London and 96 Trent FM in Nottinghamshire. Matt co-hosted the breakfast show for Fox FM (later Heart Oxfordshire) with Giselle Ruskin. As of 12/07/2010, Matt Brown hosted the Breakfast show alongside Michelle Jordan of the newly merged radio stations (Heart Berkshire and Heart Oxfordshire), namely Heart Thames Valley. Matt left Heart in 2016. As of September, 2017 he started hosting weekend afternoons on Magic FM.

Author

Matt is the author of the Compton Valance book series. The first of these, The Most Powerful Boy In The Universe, was published by Usborne in June 2014. The second book in the series, "The Time Travelling Sandwich Bites Back", was published in October, 2014. The third book, "Super F.A.R.T.s Versus The Master Of Time" was published in June, 2015 and the fourth book, "The Revenge of the Fancy Pants Time Pirate" was published in June, 2016. He has also released a new series of books which include: Aliens Invaded My Talent Show, Mutant Zombie Cursed My School Trip and Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch.

Awards

Compton Valance: The Most Powerful Boy In The Universe has been shortlisted for BASH 2015, the Oxfordshire Book Award, the Coventry Inspiration Book Award and Reading Rampage 2015.

External links

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-'''Matthew "Matt" Brown''' (born 14 August 1973 in [[Lancashire]]) is a British [[television presenter]]. He started out in 1999 hosting [[Nickelodeon UK]] along with [[Mike McClean]], [[Simon Amstell]], Mounya Khamlichi and [[Yiolanda Koppel]], but is best known for presenting the [[ITV2]] spin-off programmes ''[[Love Island|Love Island Aftersun]]'', which he hosted in 2005 with ''Celebrity Love Island'' winner [[Jayne Middlemiss]] in 2006, and ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!]]'', with [[Tara Palmer-Tomkinson]]. He also hosts the ''[[UK Top Ten]]'' on [[Eat Cinema]], with Mohini Sule.
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+| birth_place  = [[Lancashire]], [[England]], UK
+| death_date   =
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+| nationality  = British
+| occupation   = [[Television presenter]]
+| years_active = 1999–present
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+'''Matthew Brown''' (born 14 August 1973 in [[Lancashire]]) is a British [[television presenter]].
+==Career==
-Matt is probably most famous however, for his love of [[cows]] and [[clogs]]. Matt is regularly seen around the [[Thames valley]] sitting in fields with cows and singing to them whilst playing his guitar. In an interview Matt once claimed that sitting amongst the cows made him feel closer to nature. Matt has a collection of clogs (nearly 500 pairs) that he has collected from many trips abroad, Matt regularly goes abroad to collect rare and unusual pairs.
+He started out in 1999 hosting [[Nickelodeon UK]] along with [[Mike McClean]], [[Simon Amstell]], Mounya Khamlichi and Yiolanda Koppel, but is best known for presenting the [[ITV2]] spin-off programmes ''[[Love Island (2005 TV series)|Love Island Aftersun]]'', which he hosted in 2005 with ''Celebrity Love Island'' winner [[Jayne Middlemiss]] in 2006, and ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!]]'', with [[Tara Palmer-Tomkinson]]. He also hosts the ''[[UK Top Ten]]'' on [[MyTV (British and Irish TV channel)|Eat Cinema]], with Mohini Sule.
+===Radio===
-Matt is also a [[radio]] presenter, and in early 2007 could be heard on [[Capital Radio]] in London and [[96 Trent FM]] in [[Nottinghamshire]]. Matt co-hosted the breakfast show for [[Heart Oxfordshire|Fox FM]] (later [[Heart Oxfordshire]]) with Giselle Ruskin. As of 12/07/2010, Matt Brown is now Breakfast show host alongside Michelle Jordan of the newly merged radio stations ([[Heart Berkshire]] and [[Heart Oxfordshire]]), namely [[Heart Thames Valley]].
+Matt is also a [[radio]] presenter, and in early 2007 could be heard on [[Capital Radio]] in London and [[96 Trent FM]] in [[Nottinghamshire]]. Matt co-hosted the breakfast show for [[Heart Oxfordshire|Fox FM]] (later [[Heart Oxfordshire]]) with Giselle Ruskin. As of 12/07/2010, Matt Brown hosted the Breakfast show alongside Michelle Jordan of the newly merged radio stations ([[Heart Berkshire]] and [[Heart Oxfordshire]]), namely [[Heart Thames Valley]]. Matt left Heart in 2016.  As of September, 2017 he started hosting weekend afternoons on [https://planetradio.co.uk/magic/ Magic FM].
+===Author===
-Matt is the author of the [http://www.comptonvalance.com Compton Valance] book series.  The first of these, ''The Most Powerful Boy In The Universe'', was published by Usborne in June 2014.  The second book in the series, ''"The Time Travelling Sandwich Bites Back"'', was published in October, 2014.  The third book, ''"Super F.A.R.T.s Versus The Master Of Time"'' will be published in June, 2015.
+Matt is the author of the [http://www.comptonvalance.com Compton Valance] book series. The first of these, ''The Most Powerful Boy In The Universe'', was published by Usborne in June 2014. The second book in the series, ''"The Time Travelling Sandwich Bites Back"'', was published in October, 2014. The third book, ''"Super F.A.R.T.s Versus The Master Of Time"'' was published in June, 2015 and the fourth book, "''The Revenge of the Fancy Pants Time Pirate''" was published in June, 2016. He has also released a new series of books which include: Aliens Invaded My Talent Show, Mutant Zombie Cursed My School Trip and Killer Vending Machines Wrecked My Lunch.
-Matt is related to [[Spandau Ballet]] frontman [[Tony Hadley]]. Their dog's are brother and sister, officially making them Brothers-in-Law.
 ==Awards==
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 ==External links==
+*[https://planetradio.co.uk/magic/presenters/matt-brown/ Matt Brown on Magic 105.4]
-*[http://www.itv.com/loveisland itv.com - ''Love Island'']
+*{{IMDb name|5365392}}
-*[http://www.eatcinema.com Eat Cinema Website]
-*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5365392 Matt Brown] at the Internet Movie Database
-*[http://www.heart.co.uk/oxfordshire/on-air/breakfast Heart Breakfast with Matt and Michelle]
 *[http://www.comptonvalance.com Compton Valance]
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+[[Category:English radio DJs]]
-[[Category:Capital (radio network)]]
+[[Category:Broadcasters from Lancashire]]
-[[Category:Heart (radio network)]]
+[[Category:Capital (radio network) presenters]]
+[[Category:Heart (radio network) presenters]]

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