Beginnings in radio (1991–96) Lloyd began his radio career in 1991 as a traffic and travel reporter at
Signal Cheshire in
Stockport, remaining there until the end of 1994. Lloyd has called comedian
Craig Cash a major influence on his career, for both his comedy and interview style as well as his support. Cash hired Lloyd to work on
The Mrs Merton Show as a runner, and later introduced Lloyd to Pete Mitchell, who he would end up teaming up with on the air for a decade as the duo Pete and Geoff. In late 1998, the duo, known as
Pete and Geoff, was recruited by
Virgin Radio to take over the weekday evening show. Lloyd provided a comedic, occasionally outrageous personality, with Mitchell as the straight man. They were known for their "political satire… mixed with pub humour." They won a Sony Gold
Radio Academy Award for an interview with
Noel Gallagher in 1998, and won a second Sony Gold for an interview with
Paul McCartney in 2002. In March 2005, Virgin Radio launched a daily half-hour
podcast consisting of the best bits from the
Pete and Geoff Breakfast Show. It was the station's first foray into podcasting, and the first daily show to be made available in podcast format from one of the major radio groups. In May 2005, the duo announced that they were splitting up, and left the breakfast show at the end of the year. Virgin Radio programming director Paul Jackson called them "great radio talents." Virgin Radio was rebranded as
Absolute Radio in 2008. On 20 March 2008 Lloyd began presenting the Absolute Radio weekday drive time program ''Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show
, with Port remaining as co-host. The show combines music and chat, with call-ins on various topics. On 1 August 2015 the show was moved back an hour and renamed Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port''. From 2010 to 2014, Lloyd hosted
Unknown Pleasures on Absolute Radio, playing indie rock and alternative music. In 2013, Lloyd began hosting
Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd on Sunday mornings on
Absolute Radio 60s, two hours of Beatles music and cover versions of their songs, along with talk exclusively about the band. Lloyd has interviewed a wide variety of subjects, including
Paul McCartney, talk show host
Conan O'Brien, comedian
Russell Brand and then-UK
Labour Party leader
Ed Miliband, in an interview described as one of Miliband's best broadcast interview performances. On 18 January 2017 Geoff Lloyd announced he and Annabel were leaving Absolute Radio. The final show aired on Wednesday 12 April.
After Absolute (2017–present) In May 2017, It was announced Lloyd would be fronting a show for
The Beatles Channel on
Sirius XM Radio. In August 2017, Lloyd launched a podcast, 'Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port', with his former radio co-host, and the following month launched 'Reasons to be Cheerful', a podcast with
Ed Miliband Lloyd made a return to commercial radio in early 2018 with Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory, an interview series for
Union JACK, featuring guests from comedy, music and entertainment. The show returned for a second run in the summer. Since leaving Absolute, Lloyd has established himself as a regular cover presenter for
BBC Radio, standing in for
Danny Baker and
Adrian Chiles, covering the breakfast show on
BBC Radio 5 Live, and covering various late-night programmes on
BBC Radio 2 and
BBC Radio 6 Music. Lloyd returned to Virgin Radio in January 2026. ==Writing and television==