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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: Murder in Ripley, Vaisakh and Derby City Council manifestos

Murder in Ripley, Vaisakh and Derby City Council manifestos

BBC Radio Derby - Phil Trow's Breakfast Show, Murder in Ripley, Vaisakh and Derby City Council manifestos

A murder in Ripley, Vaisakh festival and Derby City Council manifestos are discussed.

Vaisakh festival, a murder in Ripley and Derby City Council manifestos are discussed.

7.08am: A man from Normanton applied for 867 jobs, with no success.

7.15am: Our radio car visits Ripley at the scene of a stabbing. 

7.22am: The A38 near the M1 has become a rubbish dump, we talk to a local operations manager at Amber Valley Borough Council.

7.37am: Update on the Ripley murder.

7.38am: A mass grave containing the remains of women and children has been found at the site of an Iron Age hillfort in Derbyshire.

7.44am: Tens of thousands of people completed the London Marathon yesterday, we talk to a mother and son team from Branston. 

7.53am: As part of our 40th anniversary, we look back to when the Assembly Rooms were officially opened by the Queen Mother.

8.08am: We hear from Ian and Wendy from Castle Gresley who decided to get married after Ian was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February.

8.14am: Our reporter Chis Doidge talks manifestos ahead of Derby City Council elections.

8.38am: More on the opening of the Assembly Rooms by the Queen Mother.

8.45am: More of us could be nipping down to the shops in an electric car and turning our backs on the petrol pumps in Derbyshire.

8.55am: Thousands of people marched through Normanton in Derby yesterday to mark the Sikh festival of Vaisakh.

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