Des Clarke (comedian)

Des Clarke
Born (1981-01-13) 13 January 1981
Glasgow, Scotland
EducationHolyrood R.C Secondary School
OccupationStand-up comedian
Career
ShowRadio Presenter at Heart Scotland
Time slotMon-Fri, 6 am – 10 am

Desmond Martin Clarke[1] (born 13 January 1981) is a Scottish stand-up comedian and television and radio presenter.[2][3][4][5] Clarke currently presents Heart Breakfast on Heart Scotland with co-hosts Adele Cunningham and Grado (weekdays from 6:30am to 10 am, formerly with co-host Jennifer Reoch from STV until July 2025). He writes a weekly column in the Daily Record,[6] and also presents the BBC Radio Scotland topical quiz show Breaking the News.[7]

Early life

Clarke was raised in the Gorbals district of Glasgow and attended Holyrood Secondary School.[8]

Career

Television

Clarke presented ITV's children's television show SMTV Live from March to December 2003, following the departure of Ant & Dec.[9] He has hosted Whatever on Sky One, Discovery's Invention SOS and Club Cupid, the adult dating show on STV as well as fronting the Scottish coverage of Children in Need.[10]

Clarke has also appeared in BBC One's Live Floor Show and BBC Two's World Cup's Most Shocking Moments.[11]

Radio

On 3 January 2011, Galaxy Scotland was renamed Capital Scotland, where he became a breakfast co-presenter alongside Jennie Cook,[12][13] and later Steven Mill and Amy Irons.[14]

In 2015, Clarke began presenting the topical quiz show Breaking the News on Radio Scotland.[15][16]

In March 2019, it was announced that Clarke would be moving to Heart Scotland as part of a reshuffle at Global Radio, who announced that Heart, Capital, and Smooth would be moving to all National Breakfast shows.[17] He presented the Heart Scotland Drivetime Show weekdays from 4 pm – 7 pm alongside Jennifer Reoch.[18]

In April 2023, Global announced a refreshed schedule for Heart Scotland and its sister station Capital Scotland. Clarke and Reoch were confirmed to be new hosts of Heart Breakfast with Des & Jennifer weekdays from 6:30 am. The new schedule for Scotland started on 2 May.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ↑ "Introducing... comedian Des Clarke". scotsman.com.
  3. ↑ "BBC Three - Comedy At The Fringe - Des Clarke". BBC.
  4. ↑ "5 Things you might not know about - Des Clarke". The List.
  5. ↑ "Comedy at the Fringe: Des Clarke". theskinny.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Des Clarke - Daily Record". dailyrecord.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Des Clarke - Breaking the News". 13 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Swarbrick, Susan (21 March 2015). "The trouble with being Des Clarke ... The Glasgow comedian has a new tour". Evening Times. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Paul, William (9 February 2020). "10 things that changed my life: Des Clarke, comedian and presenter". The National. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Des Clarke: The Trouble with Being Des". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "World Cup's Most Shocking Moments". 1 June 2010 – via IMDb.
  12. ↑ "Galaxy radio chiefs dump Vanessa Motion from breakfast show". Daily Record. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Lyons, Beverley (10 August 2013). "Video: Capital FM presenters Des Clarke and Jennie Cook at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Daily Record.
  14. ↑ "Capital FM Network (Part 2) - Page 185". Digital Spy. 3 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Breaking the News". Des Clarke. 13 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Houston, Lisa (31 October 2024). "Just an average Friday night, right? - BCG Pro". British Comedy Guide.
  17. ↑ Capital Scotland [@CapitalScotland] (11 March 2019). "Which means that after more than 10 years waking up Scotland, @des_clarke is moving over to Heart Scotland. We'd like to wish him a massive good luck, (not that he needs it) and send big love to Steven and Amy for their incredible run on the show" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "New Heart Scotland Drivetime presenter announced". The Scotsman. 12 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "Tele's awards host to present Heart Scotland's new breakfast radio show". Greenock Telegraph.
  20. ↑ "Global makes major investment in Glasgow broadcast centre". 11 April 2023.
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