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ALL ABOUT connor phillips

Connor Phillips is a multi award winning TV & radio presenter. He currently works on BBC Radio 5 Live across the UK and BBC Radio Ulster where he presents the biggest mid-morning radio show in Northern Ireland - 'The Connor Phillips Show'. He is also currently the most listened to music and entertainment presenter on BBC Sounds regions in the UK. As adept in front of a mic as he is on screen or even on stage he has hosted the likes of Ed Sheeran, Mike Tyson, Amy Winehouse and even The Backstreet Boys! 

A former actor and National Youth Theatre alum with a degree from Queen University in Belfast, Connor, splits his time between the UK and Ireland. He started his TV career working on RTE's T.T.V. Programme. He has always divided his time on screen with presenting radio - which began on Bauer's Cool FM in Belfast - presenting 'The Cool Saturday Show' which earned him nomination for best newcomer at the Sony Radio Awards. Connor also presented 'The Cool Breakfast Show' where he won 'Radio Show of the Year' as well as well as 'Presenter of the Year' attracting record listening figures. Connor also worked on MTV's 'Europe Music Awards' in Belfast with hundreds of millions tuning in from across the globe followed by a stint presenting and reporting on 'The Magazine' programme on UTV. 

After making the move to England full-time Connor began working across the Bauer Radio Network on Manchester's Key 103, Liverpool's Radio City and Leeds' Radio Aire. He combined radio and TV again working on various episodes of ITV's 'Tonight' programme. After this Connor began to work mainly on speech based radio, firstly at Radio City Talk then all across the BBC including the BBC evening network show across all 39 BBC local stations. He has presented for CNN after the Manchester arena bombing, for 'The One Show' on BBC One and co-exec produced and presented his own programme on BBC One with his wife presenter Holly Hamilton. 

Last year Connor presented the 'Belfast Mixtape - Songs from Lockdown' for the BBC and won a Royal Television Society Award as well as a GOLD at The Irish Radio Awards - (The IMRO's) for his radio adaptation. Other recent projects include presenting Northern Ireland's biggest TV talent show, 'The School Soloist of the Year', 'Westlife Live in the Ulster Hall' for BBC One and BBC Radio Two as well as being the lead presenter (alongside Holly Hamilton) for 'BBC Children in Need'.