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Geoff Barron Lloyd (born 20 April 1973) is an English radio presenter, television host, podcast host and writer, best known for his talk radio and music shows. He is married to comedian Sara Barron and hosts the Firecrotch & Normcore podcast with her.
Lloyd has called comedian Craig Cash a major influence on his career, for both his comedy and interview style as well as his support. Cash hired Lloyd to work on The Mrs Merton Show as a runner, and later introduced Lloyd to Pete Mitchell, who he would end up teaming up with on the air for a decade as the duo Pete and Geoff.
In May 2005, the duo announced that they were splitting up, and left the breakfast show at the end of the year. Their final show together took place on 16 December 2005.Adam Bowie, "A Brief History of Virgin Radio," adambowie.com, 12 March 2014. Virgin Radio programming director Paul Jackson called them "great radio talents." The duo were replaced as hosts of the breakfast show by Christian O'Connell. Lloyd remained at Virgin Radio, taking over the late night slot.
Virgin Radio was rebranded as Absolute Radio in 2008.Peter Robinson, "Absolute Radio: a day in the life with Peter Robinson," The Guardian, 26 January 2013. On 20 March 2008 Lloyd began presenting the Absolute Radio weekday drive time program Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show, with Port remaining as co-host.Miranda Sawyer, "Rewind Radio: Don't Log Off; Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd; Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – review," The Guardian, 11 May 2013. The show combines music and chat, with call-ins on various topics. At its core is "the digressive, quirky chat on matters of very little real importance."Elisabeth Mahoney, "Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show," The Guardian, 20 October 2009. On 1 August 2015 the show was moved back an hour and renamed Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port.
From 2010 to 2014, Lloyd hosted Unknown Pleasures on Absolute Radio, playing indie rock and alternative music.Sarah Champion, "Hallelujah! Rufus Wainwright's new release is an unknown pleasure," Daily Express, 13 March 2014. In 2013, Lloyd began hosting Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd on Sunday mornings on Absolute Radio 60s, two hours of Beatles music and cover versions of their songs, along with talk exclusively about the band. In 2016, Lloyd and Port created the podcast Serial: This British Life, a parody of the WBEZ podcast Serial.Jess Commons, "Podcasts That Are Like Serial," The Debrief, 18 March 2016.
Lloyd has interviewed a wide variety of subjects, including Paul McCartney,Adam Bychawski, "Paul McCartney: 'I want to record with Bob Dylan'," NME, 18 November 2008. talk show host Conan O'Brien,Miranda Sawyer, "Oxford Biographies; Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – radio review," The Guardian, 9 August 2014. comedian Russell BrandCavan Sieczkowski, "Russell Brand Opens Up About His Sexuality," Huffington Post, 29 October 2014. and then-UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, in an interview described as one of Miliband's best broadcast interview performances.Charlotte Krol, "Ed Miliband 'proud' to be a geek," The Daily Telegraph, 2 April 2015.Adam Withnall, "Ed Miliband on Absolute Radio: The interview that will make you seriously consider the Labour leader to be the next Prime Minister," The Independent, 2 April 2015.
On 18 January 2017 Geoff Lloyd announced he and Annabel were leaving Absolute Radio. The final show aired on Wednesday 12 April.
In August 2017, Lloyd launched a podcast, 'Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port', with his former radio co-host, and the following month launched 'Reasons to be Cheerful', a podcast with Ed MilibandMiranda Sawyer, "The week in radio and podcasts: Reasons to Be Cheerful; Adrift; Soundtracking With Edith Bowman" The Observer, 8 October 2017.
Lloyd made a return to commercial radio in early 2018 with Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory, an interview series for Union JACK, featuring guests from comedy, music and entertainment. The show returned for a second run in the summer.
Since leaving Absolute, Lloyd has established himself as a regular cover presenter for BBC Radio, standing in for Danny Baker and
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In 2009 and 2010, Lloyd worked alongside Annabel Port on a Channel 5 fan show for the drama series FlashForward. Titled FlashForward Friday, the online show was a weekly review on the latest episode of the series following its broadcast on Channel 5. "Five's FlashForward Friday: A561984 Webisode," flashforwardblog.com, 26 February 2010.
From 2011 to 2013, Lloyd and Port hosted seasons 1–3 of Thronecast, a Sky Atlantic television series reviewing the latest episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones. "Thronecast, Series 3," Radio Times, 2013.
In 2018, Lloyd created and co-produced a comedy talk-show format, 'Am I Normal?', hosted by Sara Pascoe and Aisling Bea, and broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
Lloyd has appeared several times on the Channel 4 show Richard & Judy; as a commentator on Big Brother's Little Brother with Dermot O'Leary; and as a celebrity contestant on the gameshows Eggheads and Win, Lose or Draw Late. "About Geoff Lloyd," Absolute Radio. Accessed 3 July 2016.
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