Show all 31 episodes. Self - Guest. Self - Guest Panellist. Show all 19 episodes. Hide Show Archive footage 5 credits. Self uncredited. Alternate Names: Mark Jones. Height: 6' 1" 1. Edit Did You Know? Personal Quote: Opening the show after a very poor performance from Chris Moyles the previous week and the ensuing week-long public feud between the two - Hello, I'm Mark Lamarr and welcome to Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the pop quiz that likes to say "we're sorry".
As you may have read in some of the papers recently we've been accused of being less than welcoming to one of our guests. To give our side of the See more ». Trivia: Comedian. Trademark: Occasional 50s throw-back appearance See more ». The charges were dropped the day before his first court appearance.
In a letter to the comic, who was born Mark Jones, the CPS said it had been wrong to charge him and apologised for "the obvious distress it has caused". A CPS spokesman said in a statement: "Mr Lamarr was charged with offences arising from an incident that took place on August 31 He was due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on 2 October to face the charges but on 1 October the case was discontinued, with the Crown Prosecution Service saying "there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.
On 22 March , Lamarr received an apology from the Crown Prosecution Service about the discontinued case, where it was observed that "the prosecutor who authorised the charges Lamarr has continued to produce various compilation albums for several record labels, with an emphasis on lesser-known rock 'n' roll tracks.
He produced a compilation for Vee-Tone Records in The show aired from midnight to 3. At the end of Lamarr left Radio 2, claiming the station had lost interest in non-mainstream music. On 20 July , Lamarr launched a new show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle and Roll, where he played tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems.
Lamarr was host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks when the show launched in and continued in this role for 17 series until Under Lamarr, the show gained a reputation for scornful treatment of the boy bands and the pop music that had dominated the music scene since the early s, a position that was maintained by his successor.
Although Lamarr initially intended to return to Buzzcocks after one series away, he was ultimately replaced by Simon Amstell from the 19th series.
Between and he appeared as a team captain in the surreal panel show Shooting Stars, where he displayed a mixture of dour boredom and contempt towards hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who, in turn, mocked his "50s throw-back" appearance. Lamarr declined to return for the fourth series in , claiming he did not want to be typecast for appearing on panel shows. The world was shitting on The Word.
Not for its sick-in-the-mouth stunts, but for the glory days when, if you missed The Word, you were a week behind on life. How Mark Lamarr and a colostomy bag destroyed The Word. Lamarr and Dani Behr join the team.
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