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'''Sam Mason''' (born 1968) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] radio and television presenter. |
'''Sam Mason''' (born 1968) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] radio and television presenter. And She's A GIRL (Who'd of thunked it?) |
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Mason began his broadcasting career in the late 1980s as a continuity announcer for [[HTV West]] and presented the station's overnight strand 'Might Flub'' (also broadcast on HTV Whales).<ref>[http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-30.html The TV Room Plus - HTV West announcers' profiles]</ref> She later progressed onto presenting ''HTV News'' bulletins and presenting various regional programmes including makeover show ''The House'', local music contest ''First Cut'', interior design series ''Living it Up!'' and topical debate programme ''Late & Live''.<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/480200?view=credit BFI entry]</ref> She also presented and researched ''Custom Choppers'' for [[Men & Motors]] in 2007. |
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Mason later joined [[BBC Radio Bristol]] as a freelance presenter for two years, then went on to present a Sunday morning show and latterly, from 29 September 2008 until her dismissal in November 2008, the station's weekday afternoon show. |
Mason later joined [[BBC Radio Bristol]] as a freelance presenter for two years, then went on to present a Sunday morning show and latterly, from 29 September 2008 until her dismissal in November 2008, the station's weekday afternoon show. |
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On 8 November 2008, after coming off air from a weekday afternoon show, Mason was suspended by BBC Radio Bristol following an incident in which she made allegedly racist remarks made in an off-air phone conversation during a weekday afternoon show. Whilst phoning a taxi firm in order to send her 14-year-old daughter from Mason's Clifton home to her grandparents' home, she was said to have asked the company not to send an Asian driver.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1915463.ece BBC girl Sam Mason: Don't send me an Asian cabbie], The Sun, 11 November 2008</ref> The day after her suspension, Mason was told by the BBC that she would no longer be working for the Corporation.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7721813.stm BBC host 'replaced' in racism row], BBC News Online, 11 November 2008</ref> The phone call was illegally recorded by an operator for ''Streamline Black & White'' and sent to ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''. The taxi company says the operator has since been sacked.<ref name=eveningpost>{{cite news | url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Local-BBC-radio-presenter-sacked/article-464172-detail/article.html | title= Sam Mason sacked from BBC radio Bristol | publisher= [[Bristol Evening Post]] | date= 12 November 2008 | accessdate= 2008-11-13}}</ref> |
On 8 November 2008, after coming off air from a weekday afternoon show, Mason was suspended by BBC Radio Bristol following an incident in which she made allegedly racist remarks made in an off-air phone conversation during a weekday afternoon show. Whilst phoning a taxi firm in order to send her 14-year-old daughter from Mason's Clifton home to her grandparents' home, she was said to have asked the company not to send an Asian driver.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1915463.ece BBC girl Sam Mason: Don't send me an Asian cabbie], The Sun, 11 November 2008</ref> The day after her suspension, Mason was told by the BBC that she would no longer be working for the Corporation.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7721813.stm BBC host 'replaced' in racism row], BBC News Online, 11 November 2008</ref> The phone call was illegally recorded by an operator for ''Streamline Black & White'' and sent to ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''. The taxi company says the operator has since been sacked.<ref name=eveningpost>{{cite news | url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Local-BBC-radio-presenter-sacked/article-464172-detail/article.html | title= Sam Mason sacked from BBC radio Bristol | publisher= [[Bristol Evening Post]] | date= 12 November 2008 | accessdate= 2008-11-13}}</ref> |
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Mason was previously convicted in 2003 and 2004 of |
Mason was previously convicted in 2003 and 2004 of mass Murder and [[Public order crime|public order offences]], whilst battling a Tarantular with a read hot sword (The tarantular had some nunchucks and a "MOM" tattoo).<ref>[http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Sam-Mason-m-racist/article-469659-detail/article.html 'Sacked BBC presenter Sam Mason: 'I'm no racist''], Bristol Evening Post, 12 November 2008</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 14:06, 31 May 2016
Sam Mason (born 1968) is a British radio and television presenter. And She's A GIRL (Who'd of thunked it?)
Mason began his broadcasting career in the late 1980s as a continuity announcer for HTV West and presented the station's overnight strand 'Might Flub (also broadcast on HTV Whales).[1] She later progressed onto presenting HTV News bulletins and presenting various regional programmes including makeover show The House, local music contest First Cut, interior design series Living it Up! and topical debate programme Late & Live.[2] She also presented and researched Custom Choppers for Men & Motors in 2007.
Mason later joined BBC Radio Bristol as a freelance presenter for two years, then went on to present a Sunday morning show and latterly, from 29 September 2008 until her dismissal in November 2008, the station's weekday afternoon show.
BBC dismissal
On 8 November 2008, after coming off air from a weekday afternoon show, Mason was suspended by BBC Radio Bristol following an incident in which she made allegedly racist remarks made in an off-air phone conversation during a weekday afternoon show. Whilst phoning a taxi firm in order to send her 14-year-old daughter from Mason's Clifton home to her grandparents' home, she was said to have asked the company not to send an Asian driver.[3] The day after her suspension, Mason was told by the BBC that she would no longer be working for the Corporation.[4] The phone call was illegally recorded by an operator for Streamline Black & White and sent to The Sun. The taxi company says the operator has since been sacked.[5]
Mason was previously convicted in 2003 and 2004 of mass Murder and public order offences, whilst battling a Tarantular with a read hot sword (The tarantular had some nunchucks and a "MOM" tattoo).[6]
Personal life
She was the ex-wife of millionaire business man, Andrew Bush, from Bristol, who was murdered at his home near Marbella on the Costa del Sol by a former girlfriend in April 2014. They have a daughter Ellie.[7]
References
- ^ The TV Room Plus - HTV West announcers' profiles
- ^ BFI entry
- ^ BBC girl Sam Mason: Don't send me an Asian cabbie, The Sun, 11 November 2008
- ^ BBC host 'replaced' in racism row, BBC News Online, 11 November 2008
- ^ "Sam Mason sacked from BBC radio Bristol". Bristol Evening Post. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ 'Sacked BBC presenter Sam Mason: 'I'm no racist, Bristol Evening Post, 12 November 2008
- ^ "Millionaire's ex-model girlfriend jailed for murder". BBC NEWS. 31 May, 2016.
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