Ian Collins is a British radio and television presenter and journalist. He was the presenter of The Late Show on national radio channel talkSPORT. The show was non-sport and took a comedic/observational look at news and current affairs. Collins confirmed on-air that his Late Show, ending 1am: 2 September, would be his last for talkSPORT and that his departure, after 16 years with the station, had been amicably planned since approximately June 2011. During his final show, Collins loosely suggested he would be involved in political debate in some capacity, and may make future appearances on talkSPORT, although this was not clarified. Collins became a presenter on Invicta FM in Kent. He joined the newly launched Talk Radio UK in 1995, which is now known as talkSPORT and is the station's longest serving presenter. He presented the Overnight show, Ian Collins and the Creatures of the Night from 1995 to 2002, then the Late-Night Weekend Show, Ian Collins: Unbranded from 2002 to 2004, replacing Tommy Boyd. Collins replaced Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs on the afternoon show from 1pm-4pm for a short time at the start of the Iraq War in 2003. 

1956 in Scunthorpe