Nicolo Ferrari (born 31 January 1959) is a conservative British radio host, television presenter and broadcast journalist.
He regularly appears on ITV's programme This Morning and has presented the Sky News debate show The Pledge since 2016.
During this period, he interviewed Roger Moore on the set of the James Bond film Octopussy (1983) for The Sun and appeared as an extra in the movie.
[10] A friend of The Sun's former editor Kelvin MacKenzie, Ferrari joined him at L!VE TV,[11] where he devised such programmes as Topless Darts,[11] the News Bunny mascot[12] and the weather forecast presented by a dwarf on a trampoline.
[13] Ferrari joined Talk Radio in 1999 as co-presenter of the Big Boys' Breakfast show with David Banks,[14][15] shortly after the station was purchased by former colleague Kelvin MacKenzie in 1998.
Ferrari is also known for deliberately not mentioning the phone number to call the programme while presenting, as he believes it is an unnatural way to speak to listeners.
[20] In the run-up to the 2017 general election, an interview with Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott on Ferrari's show made national headlines, after she had struggled to provide figures for police policy.
[31] Ferrari voted to Leave in the 2016 EU membership referendum, but did not agree with the government's settled status fee (which was later scrapped).
[33] In 2003, the Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld a complaint against Ferrari, finding that his programme's "active reinforcement of prejudiced views about asylum seekers had exceeded acceptable boundaries for transmission".