| Biography | Simon Bates is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He later became a regular presenter on Classic FM. He hosted the breakfast show on Smooth Radio from 2011 until 2014, and took on the same role at BBC Radio Devon from 2015 until 2017. He was the first presenter of BBC Two's Food and Drink programme in 1982. |