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Vernon Kay

The 麻豆社 Radio 2 presenter on the soundtrack for his life.

Star of TV and radio, Vernon Kay comes from a Northern working-class family. His first job, at 14, was putting stickers on boxes of bananas at a ripening factory鈥nd he also worked as caretaker, deep cleaning schools before his break came as a model.

TV came next with stints on T4 and All-Star Family Fortunes and has recently taken over the mid-morning show on Radio 2.

Last November Vernon ran an Ultra Marathon for Radio 2鈥檚 麻豆社 Children in Need fundraiser, 115 miles in just four days, and he raised over 拢6 million!!!

Married to fellow presenter Tess Daly, they have two daughters...so what鈥檚 the music he鈥檒l choose to pass on to them?

Inherited: Allentown by Billy Joel
Passing on: You Got The Love by Candi Staton

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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