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Mark Kermode (born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician and a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He contributes to Sight and Sound magazine, The Observer newspaper and BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews with Simon Mayo on Friday afternoons. He also co-presents the BBC Two arts programme The Culture Show and discusses other branches of the arts for the BBC Two programme Newsnight Review. Kermode writes and presents a film-related video blog for the BBC.
Kermode, born Mark Fairey in Barnet, North London, England, attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent boys' school in Elstree, a few years ahead of comedians Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas and David Baddiel and in the same year as actor Jason Isaacs. He was raised as a Methodist, and is now a member of the Church of England.
Mark Fairey's parents divorced when he was in his early 20s and he subsequently changed his surname to his GP mother's maiden name by deed poll. (Neither of them is related to the literary critic Frank Kermode.)
STAR WARS, Suite - The BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra - Theme from Star Wars introduced by Mark Kermode
Proms 2011 - Music from the James Bond films
SCHINDLER'S LIST - The BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra - Tubular Bells introduced by Mark Kermode
Superman - Main Theme (BBC Proms)
Lawrence of Arabia title theme (live) - The BBC Concert Orchestra (dir. John Wilson)
Tony Blackburn performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra (2DAY 2013)
Electric Light Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra - Livin' Thing
Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) and BBC Concert Orchestra Live 2006 (HQ Audio Only)