Trevor John Dann (born 6 November 1951)[1] is an English writer and broadcaster best known for his radio and print journalism with BBC Radio, Q magazine, Mojo, and The Guardian, and his critically praised 2006 "Darker Than the Deepest Sea" biography of Nick Drake.

In the 1980s he was a producer on BBC2’s Old Grey Whistle Test for four years and presented his own weekly show for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

In 1988 he was the founding programme director of GLR, the station which launched the radio careers of Chris Morris and Danny Baker among others.

[2] After a spell as an independent producer with his own company, Confederate Broadcasting, Dann became Head of Radio 1 Production with responsibility for the revamping the network’s music policy in 1995.

He became involved in a dispute with Status Quo after banning their music from the station in a bid to improve its "youth" credentials.