Born in
Southport,
Lancashire, Williams grew up in
Formby near
Liverpool and was educated at
Holy Family High School in
Thornton before studying
French and
Spanish at
Bradford University. He started at
BBC Radio Cumbria working as a reporter and in 1991 joined
BBC Radio 1 on the
Newsbeat programme. Starting with
5 Live sport in 2001 he has worked on the 5 Live
Breakfast programme from 2003 to 2008, before moving to 5 Live's
Drive programme. He then moved to
Radio 2 to become the sports presenter on the
Simon Mayo Drivetime programme, and was a member of the team which won the
Sony Radio Academy Awards for Best Music Programme in 2011. In addition to sports presenting, Williams participated in Mayo's
Confessions feature. He also styled himself as
Dr. Mosh on the Radio 2 show, promoting loud
rock,
hardcore punk and
metal music, with songs from artists such as
Led Zeppelin,
Lawnmower Deth,
Black Sabbath,
Guns N' Roses and
Uriah Heep. After leaving Radio 2 in December 2018, he became the head of communications at the
British Equestrian Federation. He was reunited with
Simon Mayo in February 2021 on the DJ's new drivetime show for
Greatest Hits Radio. ==References==