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Phil Trow

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Phil started his radio career in the Midlands in 1986 and has since worked with everyone from Robbie Williams to Emily Bishop! 

However, for his first foray into the world of breakfast on BBC Radio Derby, he was renamed Phil Snow as he sat in during the bad weather in the early part of 2010.

Phil achieved a number one single in Staffordshire, the 'Telethon Rap'. He was also served his tea by Robbie - when the pop superstar in waiting was on work experience at his radio station! 

He joined BBC Radio Manchester in 1990 (when it was BBC GMR) where he interviewed his most daunting guest to date - Margaret Thatcher. 

He also carelessly lost the Lord Mayor down the back of a massive inflatable frog! He was part of the team that won a Sony Radio award for coverage of the IRA bomb attack in Manchester. The explosion happened while Phil was on-air. 

He was also a regular presenter on the BBC North West Children in Need TV show. 

Phil diversified in the 90's and became the 'warm-up' man for Children's BBC, working on programmes like 'Live and Kicking' and 'Get your own back' - he says he still has the gunge stains. 

He has also pruned roses with Alan Titchmarsh and made lasagne with Gordon Ramsay. 

Phil has tried his hand at acting, appearing in Coronation Street and in panto. He even played 'Gary Lineker' in the stage play 'An evening with ...'. 

He joined BBC Radio Lancashire in 2004 and last year headed back to the Midlands to present various programmes for BBC Radio Derby.

Phil Trow's Breakfast Show: Somercotes fire, Derby inner ring road and street parties

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Somercotes fire, Derby inner ring road and street parties

BBC Radio Derby - Phil Trow's Breakfast Show, Somercotes fire, Derby inner ring road and street parties

One person dies in a Somercotes fire and a trader says the ring road is driving away work.

One person dies in a Somercotes fire, a trader says the ring road is driving away work and names are added to the Armed Forces Memorial in Alrewas.

7.08am: Work begins on carving the names of more than 100 servicemen and women to have died in the last year into the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire.

7.10am: One pleased resident speaks out as the removal of the Duffield Road bus lane gets under way.

7.13am: We are live at the scene of a fire in Somercotes where one person died.

7.15am: Robbie Savage takes penalties blindfolded.

7.37am: We catch up with our own Derby couple getting married on 29 April to see how their plans are coming along.

7.44am: The owner of a Derby motorbike repair company says the new inner ring road is driving away his business.

7.53am: A month after they went up, have new tourism signs around Derby have been doing their job?

8.08am: We speak to the father of a Derbyshire soldier killed in Afghanistan.

8.16am: We find out how many of you are setting up your trestle tables for street parties.

8.22am: It is 50 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first man to blast into space.

8.37am: An update from the fire in Somercotes. 

8.40am: We celebrate 40 years of BBC Radio Derby with another instalment from our past, this time we revisit the miners' strike.

8.47am: We speak to Derby County legend John McGovern ahead of Derby County's game against Leeds United tonight.

8.52am: The East Staffordshire mother and son preparing to run 26 miles for charity.

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