I present 'Sunday Lunch with Bill Buckley' on BBC Radio Oxford on Sundays (naturally!) from 1200-1400 but am away for a while, returning Sunday 5th February.

I often preview the following morning's national newspapers on television, on BBC News Channel and Sky News.

I return to BBC Radio Berkshire to present its afternoon show (1300-1600) Monday 9th to Friday 13th January, and Monday 12th March to Friday 13th April.

I present Paul Miller's legendary Late Show on BBC local radio across The South (2200-0100) Monday 20th to Friday 24th February.

I recently appeared on the Good Food channel as a guest expert on five editions of Saturday Kitchen Big Adventure.

I was part of a That's Life! team on BBC2's Celebrity Eggheads recently.

I have reviewed over 100 restaurants for the respected and much visited website, viewlondon.co.uk. Here, for example, are my thoughts on Marylebone's SAMARQAND

After years of reluctance, I have become a BLOGGER. Read my musings on life, love, food, travel and more at FAB in London

I'm also an experienced voice-over artist. Want to hear examples of my work or book me? Just go to BigFish Media





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Hi there, and thanks for visiting my website. I’m Bill Buckley, a radio and television presenter with more than a quarter of a century’s experience.

I’ve been a qualified newspaper journalist for even longer than that!

I love to act and sing, and in particular I enjoy writing about food: I am proud to be a member of the prestigious Guild of Food Writers.

I can often be seen doing a spot of TV punditry and once even wrote a number two hit record.

If you live in BBC1's West Midlands region, you may have seen my contribution to the regional current affairs show, Inside Out, on Wednesday, 25th February (2009). It was a report on the resurgence of traditional and cheap Black Country foods during the recession. There's a clip on my showreel page.

I guested as a food critic on two series of ITV1's Britain's Best Dish, judging dishes during three programmes, before being invited back to the live finals alongside such foodie luminaries as Blur's Alex James. I also judged the celebrity version of the show. Go to the showreel page to see a clip of either.

My culinary reputation continues to grow! I am proud to announce that for in 2009, I judged the annual Academy of Chocolate Awards (2009) acadmeyofchocolate.org.uk was a supreme judge for The Guild of Fine Foods' Great Taste Awards in both 2009 and 2010 britishfinefoods.com I have also judged the World Cheese Awards since 2009 finefoodworld.co.uk and will do so again later this year (23rd November at NEC, Birmingham). Read about 2009's cheesey goings-on in Gran Canaria on my blog!

My previous film for the West Midlands edition of the BBC1 regional programme, Inside Out (before the Black Country foods), was about problems in the buy-to-let property market in provincial city centres. If you live in the West Mids, perhaps you watched. The series producers then decided to do two network editions featuring the best half dozen films of the past series from around the regions. I am thrilled to say that my film was judged one of the top six and received a national airing on BBC1 at 7.30 on Wednesday 26th November 2008. Go the my Showreel page where I've posted a clip.

I am really pleased with an article the Daily Mail printed about gynacomastia, the condition in which men develope female-type breasts, even if they are not overweight or out of condition. I suffered from this until I had my moobs removed at the age of 40 and am always looking for opportunities to 'bang the drum' about corrective surgery. Do read the article, and contact me via an email to the Contact page if you know of a media opportunity where I can spread the word further: I don't want one single man to continue suffering in silence through lack of information! dailymail.co.uk

Several times a month, I preview the following morning’s newspapers on BBC News Channel , BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky News. You can see me talk through the front page headlines at 2250 then take a longer look at the inside pages at 2325 on BBC News Channel, between 0000 and 0030 on 5 Live, and between 2330 and 0000 on Sky News.

In 2005, I won the London week of C4’s culinary contest, Come Dine With Me. The shows are still shown often on Channel 4, More4 and several minor channels.

I also judged the cooking of Antony Worral Thompson and Paul Rankin in a series on UKTV Food,
The People's Cookbook.

I write about restaurants for the website viewlondon.co.uk I've now completed nearly 100. Here are links to just a couple of them, one place I loved viewlondon.co.uk and one place, I certainly didn't! viewlondon.co.uk

On Friday 14th September 2007, I was thrilled to appear as a celebrity contestant on Ken Bruce's Popmasters quiz on BBC Radio 2.