Brian Hayes (born 17 December 1937) is a radio presenter who is known in the United Kingdom for his phone-in shows.
He left school at age 15 and worked as a clerk for a mining company before obtaining a job as a newsreader for a radio station in Kalgoorlie.
Hayes moved to the UK and joined Capital Radio at its inception in 1973, first as a producer of talk programmes, and then presenting Capital Open Line, before making his name as presenter of the morning interview and phone-in show on LBC Radio[1] from 1976 to 1990.
Though this sometimes caused irritation, it was considered a valuable asset to the station; he was once satirised in Private Eye as ‘Brian Bastard'.
Since 1990, Hayes has appeared on various stations, including presenting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show throughout 1992, which was subtitled Good Morning UK throughout his tenure.