Andy Kershaw

Andy Kershaw’s journey has been described as one man’s improbable rise through British media, from badly dressed political student to presenting Live Aid in front of a TV audience of billions; from being Radio 1’s most belligerent maverick DJ, to being a war correspondent for the likes of Radio 4.

The pioneering DJ and unstoppable foreign correspondent is a passionate music enthusiast, and a man with an obsessive curiosity about the world.

He has worked for the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen, shared an office with John Peel, presented The Whistle Test and Live Aid for the BBC, and for most of the past twenty?five years has had a weekly BBC radio show, pioneering extraordinary music from all over the world.
His personal music collection weighs seven tons.

Over a 25-year career, he has visited 97 countries and, has reported from some of the world’s most perilous places. Andy was one of very few journalists to be an eyewitness to the Rwanda genocide. And as a serious foreign correspondent, has reported from some of the world’s most dangerous or secretive countries for BBC Radio News, Radio 4, and for The Observer, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph.

Join him as he talks openly about his amazing life so far.