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{{Short description|British musician and radio presenter}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Marc Riley
| image              = Krankenhaus 2023- Mark Riley - 53153424540 (portrait).jpg
| caption            = Riley at Krankenhaus 2023
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|07|10}}
| birth_place        = [[Manchester]], England
| other_names        = Lard, Decks
| known_for          = {{hlist|[[BBC Radio 6 Music]]|[[Mark and Lard]]|[[Shirehorses]]}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Post punk]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|bass|keyboards}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]|[[The Creepers]]}}
}}
}}
'''Marc Riley''' (born 10 July 1961) is an English radio DJ, [[alternative rock]] critic, musician, and former music businessman. He currently presents on [[BBC Radio 6 Music]].

Formerly a member of [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], he co-owned a record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a [[record plugger]] for bands such as [[Massive Attack]], [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[Cocteau Twins]] and [[Happy Mondays]].<ref name="Middles">Smith, Mark E. & Middles, Mick (2003) ''The Fall'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7119-9762-2}}, p. 261</ref> Riley has worked in radio since about 1991; for 14 years of that he worked with [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] on [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]] and [[BBC Radio 1]], during which time he was known as '''[[Mark and Lard|Lard]]'''. He joined 6 Music in April 2004.