Paul Barnes

Paul Barnes (1939 He attended Leamington College and Coventry College of Art.

Career Prior to working as a broadcaster, Barnes worked in documentary film production, advertising and publishing. Barnes's first radio broadcast took place in 1969. Barnes began presenting Sunday in 1972. Barnes was the first presenter of Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 in 1973. Barnes worked as a presenter and/or reporter on Jazz Notes, Outlook, Sunday, Woman's Hour, The World at One, Today and several other radio programmes during his radio career; In the 1970s, Barnes worked as a reporter for Woman's Hour.

Barnes's career in television began when he was appointed a presenter on Granada TV in Manchester in the very early 1970s. and focused on jazz and big band music. In 2011, Barnes received a jazz broadcaster of the year award. Barnes left the BBC in 2018.