Background
He was born on 13 November 1972 in Doncaster, England. His father is the British artist, Tony Byrne.
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Currently the presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s only regular gay current affairs programme "Citizen Manchester LGBT" on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Manchester Byrne has also presented the news on British Broadcasting Corporation and commercial radio stations across the North of England including Smooth Radio, Century, Lincolnshire FM, TFM, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Manchester, British Broadcasting Corporation North West (radio), Imagine FM, Signal Cheshire and The Pulse of West Yorkshire. He has also presented on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 and narrated his company"s documentary "From Bomb to Boom" for ITV1. Programmes either produced or executive produced by Byrne for Made in Manchester include:
In April 2009, Made in Manchester came runner up in the Best Production Company in the North "How Do" In May 2009, Byrne"s "Giving Way to a New Era" was nominated for a prestigious Sony Award.
In July 2009, Byrne"s "Gay Life After Saddam" for 5Live (which also featured actors Samuel Barnett and Paul Kendrick) was described by the press as "The British Broadcasting Corporation at its Best" after it uncovered a catalogue of murder and torture being carried out against gay and transport Iraqis since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
In October 2009, Byrne"s company Made in Manchester embarked on a pioneering experiment to promote and premiere new audio drama via The United Kingdom"s Independent newspaper. Turing"s Test (starring History Boys" actor Sam Barnett) rose as high as number 7 in its category on the iTunes downloads chart.
Subsequent dramas have included Death in Genoa starring Simon Callow as Oscar Wilde and Suzie Pugh and a Monster Too (a children"s drama starring Coronation Street actress Vicky Binns). lieutenant"s thought more dramas may be on the cards and Byrne has expressed his ambition to create "a new high profile platform" for drama and comedy on the web.
Byrne is also a Director of RIG, the Radio Independents Trade Body and has been leading a campaign to persuade the British Broadcasting Corporation to commission more radio programming from outside London.
