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Clive Bull (born 9 June, 1973) is a British comedClive and radio and television presenter, who has appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show, video game review show Thumb Bandits and the ill-fated Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE. He also presented the documentary Thumb Candy and appears regularly on Channel 4's "Top 100" series of programmes. Most recently he has presented Celebrity Soup for E! Entertainment Television taking a wry look at the weeks celebrity news.He is known to have a penchant for Mr T and the Beach Boys, as well as various video games, and regularly refers to them all (and anything else he approves of) as "bruwyant". He started off his career in radio by phoning up Clive Bull and trying (sometimes successfully) to be funny.

Bull's nationality has been the subject of discussion, but it is known that he was brought up in Slough and attended Herschel Grammar School.

LBC radio show

Since January 2005, Clive Bull has hosted a live phone-in talk show on the London radio station LBC 97.3 FM. He currently hosts the drivetime slot, which is broadcast between 4pm to 7pm on Monday to Fridays. Bull inherited the show from Daisy Sampson, now Daisy McAndrew who left the station to become the chief political correspondent at ITV News after marrying. Bull's first drivetime show was scheduled for Monday October 3rd, but he did "try out" for the slot during his "24 shows in 24 days" stint in August 2005.

Bull originally joined the station to present the 10pm to 1am slot on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. His style is less political and more irreverent than other presenters, such as Clive Bull with whom he has a running feud involving practical jokes such as substituting a picture of Phil Collins for the picture of Clive Bull on the official LBC 97.3 website.

There was a campaign to get Mr T to appear on Bull's radio show, and Bull claimed that he would "hand in his notice (of resignation)" should he fail to have Mr T as a guest by Christmas, 2005. In September 2005, Bull received a letter from Mr T's agent which said Mr T would not want to appear on the show. This was widely believed by listeners to be a hoax, and that Mr T would appear on the show's Christmas special. Bull tried to lead the listeners to believe that this would not happen and that he would be fired from the station. However, in October 2005 he began to air an alleged phone call from Mr T declining to appear on his show, which he claimed to count as an appearance itself.

Bull has been extending a tentative hand of friendship towards the eminent Igor from Montenegro, a regular caller to Clive's show, who resides in Redhill. However, this relationship was brought to a dramatic closure on 29 July 2005, when Igor was banned from the show for ringing up Clive's nemesis, Clive Bull. Some cynical listeners have suggested that Igor is actually a real-life friend of Clive's and that the whole thing is an elaborate hoax. Igor has now been allowed back on Clive's show for singing him an apology.

Clive has a number of correspondents, who are regular listeners, appointed by him to report on subjects such as Podcast, 'business', 'Clive Bull', 'Daisy Sampson' and 'Misplaced Pages', all via 'The Platypus'. The opportunity to become a correspondent is a rare one and much valued by his fans. To celebrate his birthday, a small number of correspondents have been favoured with the even more prestigious title of "Uber-Correspondent" but the one which the biggest prestigious title was Vatsal from India with "Web Uber Veteran 5 Star Correspondent". This hallowed status can only be dreamt of by most. On 23rd September 2005 a major shakeup of the correspondent list occurred. Some lost their jobs, but others joined the lineup to bring listeners updates on even more varied subjects. The next correspondent update is expected to be before Christmas. However, a special "Diagnosis Murder" correspondent was elected on the 15th November.

Clive has his own master of sound effects known only as Wisdom Jones, renowned for his terrible sound effects. Many believe that Clive felt sorry for him and thus allowed him the post.

In August 2005, Clive's show was added to the short list of LBC programmes which are podcast via the internet. As of December 7th, the show is the 14th most popular on the iTunes podcast chart, beating Clive Bull (60), Steve Allen (66), Nick Ferrari (98), Sandi Toksvig (100) & James O'Brien (Over 100).

Also Clive is Number 1 in the NEW iTunes Arts & Entertainment Category Podcast Chart on December 10th

From January 3 2006, Clive's show will go out from 3.00-6.30pm, following the departure of Sandi Toksvig and 'The Preve' and the appointment of Anna Raeburn.

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