Jim Hawkins

Jim Hawkins (born 1962 ) is a BBC radio presenter.

Biography

Personal life Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire, England. He subsequently lived in Shropshire.

Career Hawkins' broadcasting career began on a student radio station at Warwick University. He joined BBC Radio 4 in 1984, writing and presenting the News Stand programme.

Hawkins has also worked for a disability-rights group and as a newspaper journalist, hotel restaurant pianist, and stagehand; at one point he ran the coconut shy on Brighton Pier. Hawkins used Twitter to interact with listeners during the show, Hawkins also hosted a Saturday night programme entitled "Saturday Night with Jim Hawkins" broadcast by BBC Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, and BBC Radio Stoke. The show was first broadcast on 4 April 2009 and concluded on 5 January 2013. Since the December 2011 issue, on whose front cover he was pictured, he has written a monthly column for Shropshire Life magazine.

Awards In 2002, Hawkins received a silver Sony Radio Academy Award in the "interactive" category, for his drive-time programme The Baldy Brothers on Century FM. He was also highly commended at the BT sponsored Regional News and Current Affairs Awards.