Ed Doolan

Who is Ed Doolan?

Edwin Myer Doolan is an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who is a veteran of the BBC since 1982 and was awarded the MBE in 1998. He currently presents a weekly show trawling through his broadcast archives from noon until 1pm on BBC WM on Sunday lunchtime. He has been honoured by the British Radio Academy, earning a place in the Radio Hall of Fame. He has been presented with Honorary Doctorates from Birmingham's three universities and was the first person to have ever achieved that honour.

On Doolan's lunchtime show of 22 February 2011, he announced he was cutting down on amount of shows he would be presenting, stating he could no longer "continue the current work schedule";. His lunchtime show was on a Friday only from 9 September 2011, and he began presenting a new 9 am – 12 noon Sunday show from 11 September 2011, before reducing his workload even further and switching to his current Sunday lunchtime show.