Magic 1161

Darren is a local lad, born and bred in Hull, where he has lived for all his erm… 39+ years apart from a 3 month stint in Pontefract where he was on a secondment to work out why people in West Yorkshire pronounce their T's as D's. He is a massive sports fan and as you can see from his Steve Redgrave-esque phsyique, he only watches rather than plays. His teams being Hull City and Hull Kingston Rovers, May 3rd 1980 will live long in the memory.

Darren first joined Magic back in 1997 when the station launched to do a Saturday late night show. Such was his enormous popularity and sparkling wit that he was elevated to the high status of Sunday night as well as Saturday. After covering every imaginable shift on the station from weekends to late show he is now firmly ensconced in the morning every weekday from 6am.

An avid music fan, Darren loves nothing better than singing his head off to whatever is playing. Unfortunately, that has now ceased, as he has been banned by the station bosses for being tone deaf and not being able to carry a tune in a bucket. A complete show off and know it all, he has twice appeared on TV. Once on the now defunct 'Biggest Game in Town', where he won and collected a few quid and 'Ready, Steady, Cook', where he won and collected an apron with Ainsley Harriot's autograph on it – nice! In fact, word is, his appearance is still being talked about at the BBC. That’s Darren, not Ainsley. Oh, and he was on Bargain Hunt very recently too. But he didnt do too well so he isnt mentioning it.....much ! And of course Darren was part of The Magic Vikings on Eggheads which came so, so close to winning and defeating the Eggheads. Er but didn't.

Have a listen every morning for stacks of chances to win. We will have the Missing Word each morning at 7.20 and 8.20. Plus you can win a huge pile of Magic CD's by playing How Low did it go for? An item which sold at auction, but for how much? Nearest to the correct guess wins a CD prize pack. As well as that there is the Anagram, Back Spin and Here's One For You.

Name: Darren Lethem 
When are you on the air? Weekday breakfast, 6 -10 
Favourite song: BAD by U2 - although my karaoke song is Mack The Knife 
Favourite film: 12 Angry Men 
Favourite TV programme: Got to be The Simpsons 
Favourite book: Diary of a C List Celeb by Paul Hendy is very funny but I do like a bit of George Orwell
Favourite pudding: I do like Haagen Dazs ice cream...any flavour, just lots of it 
Favourite day of the week: Saturday - Horse racing and football day 
What era would you like to have been around in? I just love 1980's music so back to then would be great - to re live it 
Can you cook? Not the world's greatest but i know my way around a Pot Noodle 
Are you happy with your body? Only in a hall of mirrors 
Biggest passion: I love quizzes, I love ice cream, I love Cat Deely and I love singing very, very badly
Where in the world would you like to spend Christmas? New York, the greatest place on Earth (along with Scarborough) 
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg in 2 minutes 43 seconds knocking 2 seconds off his personal best
Tell us a joke: The 3 bears go out for a walk in the woods, they come back and Daddy Bear says "Whose been eating my porridge?", Mammy Bear says "Whose been eating my porridge?" and Baby Bear says, "Forget the porridge some swine has nicked the DVD player" 
What is your all time favourite YouTube clip? This one, it's so funny