{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"EPISODE 4: Melvin Odoom","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ef4d74d9e6df2b913195f4/60ef4d807f2d830012b6f316.jpg?height=200","description":"Melvin Odoom is a broadcaster and TV personality from London by way of Ghana. He is the presenting partner of our very own Rickie Haywood-Williams.\n\nTogether they host the award-winning daily KISS breakfast radio show with Charlie Hedges.\n\nOn TV Melvin has appeared on MTV (Digs), BBC (Strictly Come Dancing, Big Ben Live, Sweat The Small Stuff), ITV (Bang On The Money, Xtra Factor, MOBO Awards), Channel 4 (Lego Masters), 4 Music, Sky 1 and many more.\n \nEarly mornings are not alien to Melvin — as a staple for the CBBC audience, Melvin was presenting Swap Shop with Basil Brush in 2008 on Saturday mornings, alongside his days of playing various characters for the long running and BAFTA award winning Dick and Dom in the Bungalow. In fact, CBBC’s spin off show Slammer, which also won a BAFTA in 2007, would not have been complete without Melvin’s theatrical talents as a desperate inmate trying to escape.\n\nMelvin studied media and drama at A-Level and gained a Media Performance and Radio degree from university, where he met comrade Rickie.\n\nA child actor, Melvin performed in a number of theatre productions and even gave speeches to governors for youth council. \n\nIn this interview you’ll hear:\n\n•\tHow he and Rickie first met\n•\tHow he got in to broadcasting\n•\tHow he felt to go out first on Strictly \n•\tWhat he thinks is next for the pair\n•\tThe Motto he lives his life by\n\nAnd of course which charity he chose for us to donate our sponsorship money to on her behalf.\n\nDon’t forget you can WATCH these interviews on YouTube by searching for The Motto Podcast.\n\nPlease take the time to subscribe and leave us a rating and review.\n\nEnjoy!\n","author_name":"Rickie Haywood-Williams and James Barnes"}