Vernon Kay is the lad from Bolton who created quite a stir within the television industry. His spontaneous wit and charming accent make him a huge hit with both male and female viewers of all ages. He is a total natural on screen and is enjoying his ongoing success as part of the T4 team on Channel 4 and recently debuted on Radio 1 with his own show Vernon's Happy Hour every Sunday from 3-4pm.

He has now been given his own slot on Radio 1 from 10-1pm every Saturday and Sunday. He could recently be seen presenting Wife For William on E4 and The Grill on Channel 4. Prior to this, Vernon hosted the Saturday night show Boys and Girls on Channel 4.

Since then his personality and cheeky boyish charm have been noticed and he is in demand for numerous presenting roles. Vernon was the co-presenter for BBC2's Top of the Pops Plus which was a Pops branded show, in addition to fronting the spin off series Top of the Pops@ Play for Play UK. The shows were music based formats with live band performances and interviews with entertaining viewer interaction.

He made an exciting new family adventure game show pilot for BBC Entertainment and also fronted a Channel 4 education show made by Rapido. Vernon hosted the BBC's youth magazine show FBI which has raised his profile in addition to guest presenting at T in the Park for T4. You may also recognise him from his days co-presenting Channel 5's live magazine format The Mag and reporting for Trouble Television.

Not only is he an accomplished and popular presenter but having been given the opportunity to stand in for Suggs on XFM's mid morning show he has proved to be a natural broadcaster.