Matt Edmondson

Matt Edmondson is a broadcaster, author, creator, and DJ. 

Matt joined BBC Radio 1 in 2011. He and his real-life best pal Mollie King launched their all-new weekday afternoon show on the station in July 2024, which can be heard from Monday to Thursday 1-4pm.

Matt and Mollie hosted the rebooted UK version of “Beauty And The Geek” for Discovery+.  His other TV presenting roles have included “The Apprentice: Meet the Candidates” (BBC2), “Children in Need” (BBC1), “The Xtra Factor”, “Release the Hounds”, “Fake Reaction” (ITV2) and “T4” (Channel 4).

In 2023 he teamed up with author Adam Kay to present the podcast “A List of Absolutely Everything That Might Kill You”.

Matt released his first song, “Your Car”, in 2020 with vocals performed by Aymee Weir. Leaning into his newly found love of music production, his podcast, “Not Another Love Song”, saw him collaborate with pop artists to create an album with song subjects as diverse and surreal as Hay Fever to Dishwashers.

Matt has devised numerous best-selling board games including “Obama Llama”, “Karen”, “Ansagrams”, “Egg Slam”, “Noggin”, “Toodles” and “Rainbow Rage”.

Matt released his first song, “Your Car”, in 2020 with vocals performed by Aymee Weir. Leaning into his newly found love of music production, his podcast, “Not Another Love Song”, saw him collaborate with pop artists to create an album with song subjects as diverse and surreal as Hay Fever to Dishwashers.

Matt has devised numerous best-selling board games including “Obama Llama”, “Karen”, “Ansagrams”, “Egg Slam”, “Noggin”, “Toodles” and “Rainbow Rage”.

His television production company (Accidentally on Purpose) has co-produced shows for BBC1, Channel 4, ITV2 and Comedy Central.

Inspired by his own passion for magic, in 2017 Macmillan published Matt’s first book for children “The Greatest Magician in the World”.

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