Ashley Byrne

Who is Ashley Byrne?

Ashley A Byrne is a radio and television presenter, newsreader and producer. He was born on 13 November 1972 in Doncaster, England. His father is the British artist, Tony Byrne.

Currently the presenter of the BBC's only regular gay current affairs programme 'Citizen Manchester LGBT' on BBC Radio Manchester Byrne has also presented the news on BBC and commercial radio stations across the North of England including Smooth Radio, Century, Lincs FM, TFM, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC North West, Imagine FM, Signal Cheshire and The Pulse of West Yorkshire. He has also presented on BBC Radio 3 and narrated his company's documentary 'From Bomb to Boom' for ITV1.

Byrne is Creative Director of the successful radio production company, Made in Manchester which he set up with business partner James Hickman, the five-times World Butterfly Swimming Champion in May 2005.

Programmes either produced or executive produced by Byrne for Made in Manchester include:

In December 2007, Byrne managed to get Archbishop Desmond Tutu to apologise on behalf of the Anglican Church for the way in which some clergy had treated the world's LGBT community.

In April 2009, Made in Manchester came runner up in the Best Production Company in the North 'How Do' Awards