Editing Marc Riley (section)

== Radio career ==
[[File:Marc Riley - 8494760876.jpg|thumb|Riley at BBC Quay House, Salford in 2013]]
Riley is perhaps better known as one half of the duo [[Mark and Lard]] with fellow DJ [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]], who together presented "Hit the North" on [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]] (at the time a children's, comedy, and drama network). During this period Riley also presented a programme on Radio 5 called ''Cult Radio'', and wrote and produced a [[BBC Radio 1]] series presented by [[Noddy Holder]] called ''Glitter and Twisted''. Mark and Lard moved to Radio 1's 10&nbsp;pm slot in 1993, followed by an unsuccessful move to the more mainstream orientated breakfast show in February 1997, and finally to the 1&nbsp;pm to 3&nbsp;pm slot in October that year.<ref name="BBC1" /> Their final show on the station was in March 2004. 

After leaving Radio 1, the duo cordially went their separate ways; Riley moving to [[BBC Radio 6 Music]] and Radcliffe to [[BBC Radio 2]].<ref name="BBC1">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3503549.stm Mark and Lard leave BBC Radio 1]", [[BBC]], 19 February 2004, retrieved 12 December 2010</ref> In 2009 Mark and Lard reformed to front radio adverts for [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] in [[North West England]] (Riley is a long-time fan of the club).
[[File:Marc_Riley_with_Ty_Segall.JPG|alt=Marc_Riley_with_Ty_Segall|thumb|Riley (middle) with [[Ty Segall]] and band in 2014]]
Up until the end of May 2023, he presented the [[Sony Radio Academy Award]]-nominated 7–9 pm show, Monday to Thursday on Radio 6 Music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?category=The_Music_Programme_Award&year=2008|title=radioawards.org|website=www.radioawards.org}}</ref> The show featured almost daily sessions from artists chosen by Riley himself. Among the bands championed by Riley have been [[Metronomy]], [[Field Music]], [[Everything Everything]], [[Wild Beasts]], [[Sweet Baboo]] and [[King Creosote]] and more recently [[Ty Segall]], [[Unknown Mortal Orchestra]] and [[Thee Oh Sees]]. He previously presented ''Mint'' with Rob Hughes on Sunday evenings. Hughes joined Riley's early evening show on Tuesdays (The A to Z series) and Thursdays (The Parallel Universe).

Riley currently co-presents ''Riley & Coe'' with [[Gideon Coe]], from 9 pm to 11 pm on Monday to Thursday evenings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Riley & Coe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mf0w |website=BBC Sounds |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>

February 2015 saw the first episode of ''All Shook Up'', a made-for-[[BBC iPlayer|iPlayer]] 'TV' programme featuring live music presented and curated by Riley. Series 1 is made up of four episodes, all filmed in the University of Salford studio. Episode 1 featured performances from [[The Wave Pictures]], [[Slug (British band)|Slug]] and [[Lonelady]]. Episode 2 features [[Wire (band)|Wire]], Monotony and [[Jane Weaver]], Episode 3 [[Teleman]], [[Sara Lowes]] and [[Sauna Youth]] and Episode 4 [[Jesca Hoop]], [[The Wytches]] and [[Richard Dawson (musician)|Richard Dawson]].

Riley, together with Rob Hughes, wrote and presented an 'A to Z of [[Punk rock|Punk]] and [[New wave music|New Wave]]' on 6 Music, which was then turned into a successful [[podcast]]. That was followed by the long-term project 'The A to Z of [[David Bowie]]', a commercially available podcast, which was launched on 30 January 2018 and ran for 72 episodes.

Riley and Radcliffe formed the parody group [[Shirehorses]], once appearing at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] in 1997 in what they called the headline slot, going on as they did at 10.00am. They also did shows in various parts of the country including three dates supporting [[Blur (band)|Blur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f5c355ac-1311-457b-8266-5f662c36e98a|title=The Shirehorses|publisher=BBC}}</ref> They released two comedy/parody albums under the guise of the Shirehorses: ''[[The Worst...Album in the World...Ever...EVER!]]'' (which reached number 22 in the [[UK Albums Chart]])<ref name="Walters">Walters, Jamie "[http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/646-marc-riley-aka-lard Marc Riley aka Lard]", ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'', retrieved 12 December 2010</ref> and ''[[Our Kid Eh]]'', the latter an affectionate parody of [[Radiohead]]'s album ''[[Kid A]]'' (which reached number 20).<ref name="CS">"[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ Shirehorses]", Chart Stats, retrieved 12 December 2010</ref>