Train-loving Les graduated from a registrar’s office to a fledgling BBC Radio Birmingham and up to Radio Tees, before returning home to his beloved BRMB in Birmingham – where he hosted the breakfast show for decades and became one of the City’s best known broadcasters ever.

Hear Les every Sunday afternoon at 4 .00 on Boom. Drop him a message below.

Once again this year, Les is joining the March for Men in Battersea Park on 14th June - walking in solidarity with men affected by prostate cancer.  If you feel you wish to sponsor Les, just click here.