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Stephen

TV for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Date of Birth: 20 August 1973
Age: 53 years old
In the rating: #62 Television presenter

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1. Career
- 1.1. Radio
- 1.2. Nationalist boycott
- 1.3. Television
- 1.4. Misconduct allegations

Biography

Stephen Raymond Nolan is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nolan is the highest earning BBC broadcaster in Northern Ireland.

Career

Radio

In 2002, Nolan joined Belfast CityBeat, where he won a Sony Radio Academy Award. The following year, he was hired by BBC Northern Ireland, where he has worked since 2003, presenting The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster.

Since 16 July 2005, Nolan has presented his own weekend phone-in show for BBC Radio Five Live, airing from 10 pm to 1 am every Friday and Sunday, and from 9pm to 12am every Saturday. Until 2017, he also hosted Question Time Extra Time, a simulcast of BBC One's Question Time, followed by a continuation of debates on Five Live.

In 2006, Nolan was involved in a mock boxing match with Gerry Anderson in aid of the BBC's Children in Need appeal.

On 13 October 2021, he launched a podcast, Nolan Investigates.

Nationalist boycott

Following coverage of the Bobby Storey funeral during the COVID pandemic, Sinn Fein – the largest nationalist political party – began boycotting the show. The SDLP also began boycotting the show following the abrupt removal from the air of the SDLP's Stormont leader, Matthew O'Toole, in March over comments about the spokesman for the Loyalist Communities Council – an umbrella group which issues statements on behalf of some loyalist paramilitary groups. This has resulted in no major nationalist party taking part in the show.

The Irish Times reported that a "heated" meeting took place between the SDLP and BBC Northern Ireland director Adam Smyth in April, with party leaders raising concerns about the balance of the programme's contributors and editorial accountability. Smyth sent the party an email in late June 2023, confirming that an assessment of "content" on the program over a "typical one month period" had been performed to address the issues mentioned in the meeting. The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit concluded that Nolan was justified in stopping O'Toole's participation during the 3 March. The SDLP described the BBC's handling of the situation as "extremely poor", and has not set a date to meet Smyth and other BBC executives until it has a copy of the review into The Nolan Show.

Television

Nolan has presented several television programmes. Nolan Live on BBC Northern Ireland is a weekly television debate and phone-in show. Fair Play, also on BBC Northern Ireland, was a weekly consumer watchdog programme. Mission Employable was a series focusing on helping a group of unemployed people to find their dream career. He has also presented the BBC's Children in Need Northern Ireland broadcast. Since 2008 he has presented Panic Attack, a new game airing on Friday nights in Northern Ireland. The show was repeated nationwide in a daytime slot starting in February 2010. In 2008 he stood in for Matthew Wright on Five's The Wright Stuff. In 2011, Nolan presented a documentary focusing on the Shankill Butchers. Since 2012, Nolan has hosted a weekly TV version of The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Northern Ireland every Wednesday.

In 2013, a new series Story of a Lifetime, hosted by Nolan began with episode one focusing on the life of his Radio Ulster colleague Hugo Duncan.

His television and radio shows have been accused of having a pro-Unionist bias and have been referred for impartiality/bias by Ofcom to the BBC. Nolan has defended himself against such claims.

The BBC released details of the broadcaster's pay for 2020–21 which was up £15,000 to more than £405,000. In the last three (available) years, Nolan was paid over £1m from BBC licence fee revenues.

Misconduct allegations

In 2023, Nolan was accused by multiple employees of "bullying and harassment", fostering a "siege mentality", and sending unsolicited sexually explicit images.

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Date of Birth 20 August 1973

Age 53 years old

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Gemini	92%
Libra	88%
Aries	88%
Sagittarius	84%
Leo	80%
Cancer	76%
Capricorn	72%
Scorpio	72%
Pisces	68%
Aquarius	68%
Taurus	64%
Virgo	56%

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Rooster	96%
Snake	96%
Bull	84%
Tiger	84%
Dragon	80%
Monkey	76%
Goat	76%
Rat	76%
Pig	72%
Rabbit	72%
Dog	68%
Horse	56%

Slavic horoscope Lynx Born under the Lynx sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Horse	96%
Boar	92%
Virgin	92%
Eagle	92%
Lynx	88%
Swan	84%
Pike	84%
Elk	84%
Wolf	84%
Fox	80%
Serpent	76%
Finist	76%
Aurochs	76%
Bear	64%
Stork	56%
Raven	56%

Egyptian horoscope Geb Geb in the Egyptian horoscope marks a period ruled by a distinct god — shaping temperament, luck in affairs, and the way a person protects what they value.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Osiris	96%
Mut	96%
Geb	88%
Isis	84%
Nile	84%
Anubis	80%
Horus	76%
Thoth	76%
Amun-Ra	76%
Bastet	64%
Set	64%
Sekhmet	56%

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Zodiac Compatibility	%
Vine	96%
Holly	96%
Hazel	88%
Ivy	84%
Hawthorn	84%
Alder	80%
Elder	76%
Reed	76%
Oak	76%
Willow	76%
Ash	64%
Birch	64%
Rowan	56%

Indian horoscope Simha The Vedic rashi Simha carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Karka	96%
Kanya	92%
Simha	88%
Vrishchika	84%
Tula	84%
Mesha	84%
Vrishabha	80%
Makara	76%
Dhanu	76%
Mithuna	76%
Meena	64%
Kumbha	60%

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Delphinium	96%
Violet	96%
Tulip	96%
Heather	92%
Aster	92%
Carnation	92%
Sunflower	92%
Wild rose	92%
Water lily	92%
Rose	88%
Dandelion	84%
Gladiolus	84%
Lilac	84%
Chamomile	84%
Lily of the valley	84%
Magnolia	84%
Lily	84%
Peony	80%
Bellflower	80%
Hydrangea	80%
Mimosa	80%
Edelweiss	76%
Lotus	76%
Orchid	76%
Freesia	76%
Daisy	76%
Purslane	76%
Dahlia	76%
Foxglove	76%
Poppy	76%
Belladonna	64%
Immortelle	64%
Gentian	60%
Mistletoe	56%
Thistle	56%

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Virgo — 3rd decan	96%
Virgo — 2nd decan	96%
Leo — 2nd decan	96%
Cancer — 2nd decan	96%
Libra — 2nd decan	92%
Libra — 1st decan	92%
Virgo — 1st decan	92%
Leo — 1st decan	92%
Cancer — 3rd decan	92%
Cancer — 1st decan	92%
Leo — 3rd decan	88%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	84%
Capricorn — 1st decan	84%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	84%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 1st decan	84%
Gemini — 3rd decan	84%
Taurus — 3rd decan	84%
Taurus — 1st decan	84%
Aries — 1st decan	84%
Aquarius — 1st decan	80%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	80%
Libra — 3rd decan	80%
Gemini — 1st decan	80%
Aries — 2nd decan	80%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	76%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	76%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	76%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	76%
Gemini — 2nd decan	76%
Taurus — 2nd decan	76%
Aries — 3rd decan	76%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	64%
Pisces — 3rd decan	60%
Pisces — 2nd decan	56%
Pisces — 1st decan	56%

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