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| The young farmer pranking DJs with BBC Radio 1 | The young farmer pranking DJs with BBC Radio 1 |
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| Tom Everall was invited to take part in the Radio 1 Breakfast show with Greg James | Tom Everall was invited to take part in the Radio 1 Breakfast show with Greg James |
| A young farmer has said he had "great fun" pranking radio DJs while working his family's farm in Shropshire. | A young farmer has said he had "great fun" pranking radio DJs while working his family's farm in Shropshire. |
| Tom Everall, from Myddle, said he "discovered I had a talent for getting shout-outs on the radio" and began posing as different characters. | Tom Everall, from Myddle, said he "discovered I had a talent for getting shout-outs on the radio" and began posing as different characters. |
| He called BBC Radio 1 a number of times as 'Brad and Eleanor from Bedford' before revealing his true identity. | He called BBC Radio 1 a number of times as 'Brad and Eleanor from Bedford' before revealing his true identity. |
| Since then, he has worked with the station to prank other DJs including Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2. | Since then, he has worked with the station to prank other DJs including Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2. |
| He put together a montage of his shout-outs on the radio and said "it all just snowballed from there". | He put together a montage of his shout-outs on the radio and said "it all just snowballed from there". |
| Mr Everall said the "nonsense peaked" when he prank called Jeremy Vine | Mr Everall said the "nonsense peaked" when he prank called Jeremy Vine |
| Radio 1's Breakfast show host, Greg James, "got me doing all sorts of different features pretending to be other people trying to see if I could still get shout outs," Mr Everall said. | Radio 1's Breakfast show host, Greg James, "got me doing all sorts of different features pretending to be other people trying to see if I could still get shout outs," Mr Everall said. |
| "I did get on the Jeremy Vine show," he said. "It is such a bonkers story about a made up daughter of mine who couldn't go back to university because of the lockdowns. | "I did get on the Jeremy Vine show," he said. "It is such a bonkers story about a made up daughter of mine who couldn't go back to university because of the lockdowns. |
| "That was peak nonsense, it got a bit out of control at that point." | "That was peak nonsense, it got a bit out of control at that point." |
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| Known online as Tom the young farmer, Mr Everall, 22, tends his family's 320-acre farm with more than 100 cows and has just retired as the chair of his local Young Farmers' Association (YFA). | Known online as Tom the young farmer, Mr Everall, 22, tends his family's 320-acre farm with more than 100 cows and has just retired as the chair of his local Young Farmers' Association (YFA). |
| "It's what I've done pretty much since I left school and I've grown quite a passion for it really," he said. | "It's what I've done pretty much since I left school and I've grown quite a passion for it really," he said. |
| Tom Everall's family has been farming in Shropshire for generations | Tom Everall's family has been farming in Shropshire for generations |
| Joining the YFA was "probably the best thing I ever did", he added. | Joining the YFA was "probably the best thing I ever did", he added. |
| "It improves your confidence tenfold," he said. "Through school I was a completely different person to who I am now, I feared getting up and talking in front of a class, now to be talking on national radio." | "It improves your confidence tenfold," he said. "Through school I was a completely different person to who I am now, I feared getting up and talking in front of a class, now to be talking on national radio." |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Agriculture | Agriculture |
| Myddle | Myddle |
| Radio | Radio |