Roger Hill

Roger Hill is a British radio presenter, producer and art director, from Leicester England. He is best known for presenting the UK's longest-running alternative music programme The Popular Music Show on BBC Radio Merseyside.

Life Hill was raised in Leicester, England. He studied at Cambridge University, receiving a degree in English and Drama.

Hill went on to become a teacher in Leeds, England. After he left the city, he was unemployed and put on one of the first job creation schemes, after moving in with his brother in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and found work in a theatre company in Liverpool.

Career In the 1970s and 1980s, he helped local teenagers to act, write and direct as a director at Liverpool’s Everyman Youth Theatre.

In the 1990s, he performed on stage as his alter ego Mandy Romero.

Hill also presents 'PMS' on the digital radio station Melodic Distraction.

In 2015, Hill was featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme 'Man with the Mohican', highlighting the impact Hill had on generations of city performers.

In 2022, Hill celebrated 40 years as the presenter and producer of 'The Popular Music Show' on the BBC, with a special edition of the programme.

Hill helped set up the Citadel Arts Centre in St Helens, in which he contributed to Arts Council policy on community theatre.