Career
He presented the long-running show for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 between 1992 and 2007, and Smooth Country for the Smooth Radio network from 2007 to 2008. Between 2006 and 2013 he made a number of music-related documentaries for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4. His career in radio began in 1982, with the launch of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cambridgeshire.
There he hosted the breakfast show and was later a mid morning presenter.
In 1986, he moved to Manchester to produce programmes and sessions for Radios 1 and 2. While in Manchester he also wrote and produced the first definitive radio documentary series about Country music
The series was called Hit lieutenant Boys, and was presented by Ricky Skaggs. After a year in Manchester, he moved to London, where he produced further documentaries, Radio 2"s Gloria Hunniford Show, and Wally Whyton"s Country Club.
With an upsurge of interest in the Country genre in the early 1990s, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 was keen to put together a new show which would reflect the changes in the music, and its growing popularity.
Nick"s name was put forward. Consequently, was commissioned in 1992. An initial run of three months was planned, but the show quickly gained an audience, so became a regular feature of Radio 2"s weekly schedule.
lieutenant ran on a weekly basis until April 2007, when Nick left Radio 2 and joined the then newly launched Smooth Radio, where he presented the country music programme on Sunday evenings.
However, he left Smooth Radio in June 2008 due to other work commitments. Since then he has produced three major series for the Guardian Media Group.
On the music of the Mississippi, New York"s Brill Building and the West Coast music scene between 1960 and 2000, as well as several projects for Radio 4 and Radio 2
In 2010 he was nominated for Best Music Entertainment Producer, in the Radio Production Awards, for R.E.S.P.E.C.T., the Art of Backing Vocals. Smooth Operations is now part of the 7Digital music group.
Nick lives in Cambridge, with wife Judy.
His musical ventures continue with the Della Portas, Nick Barraclough & the Pillars of Creation, The Dead Cowboys, Cognitive behavioral therapy, The Corellis and The Brokedown Palace. He has written a novel based on the life of the artist Wesley West, and is currently writing a novel set in a 1980s local radio station.
