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Mark Goodier (born 28th June 1961 in Rhodesia) a British radio disc jockey.

Mark Goodier was educated at George Heriot's School, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a mobile DJ in Edinburgh and then joined local station Radio Forth at the age of 19. After progressing through several jobs at stations in Scotland and the North East of England, he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1987, beginning a very successful 15 year stint with the station, starting with a 2 hour Saturday night show.

Goodier was a hit with listeners on the "Liz & Mark" weekend breakfast show, and he quickly progressed to a teatime slot. He hosted The Evening Session from 1990 until 1993. During part of this period, he also presented the UK Top 40 chart countdown on Sunday evenings and was also an established host on Top Of The Pops along with his Radio 1 colleagues. He also presented the listener-request Megahits programme during 1992 and 1993; this was a half-hour filler between Steve Wright's programme and the network's evening news programme.

When Simon Mayo took an extended period of paternity leave in 1993, Goodier became his long-term stand-in on the coveted breakfast show and was then confirmed as the permanent host when Mayo decided he did not wish to return to early starts. Goodier only hosted the programme in his own right for a short period before major changes were made and in early 1994, he shifted to afternoons, then back to his old teatime slot in 1995. In the same year, he returned to the chart show after Bruno Brookes left the station.

In 1997, Goodier took on a Saturday and Sunday morning slot after quitting daily radio to establish his production company, Wise Buddah (a variation on Budweiser). He spent his final two years at Radio 1 only presenting the Top 40 show, before leaving the station entirely in 2002. Goodier's final show was broadcast on November 17th that year which also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the UK singles chart.

After leaving Radio 1, Goodier went on to present the Emap-produced Smash Hits Chart, which competed with Radio 1's official chart and hit40uk. The Smash Hits Chart finished in March 2006, replaced by The A-List Chart and Fresh40. He also presented the Classical Chart for Classic FM. He is a frequent stand-in on BBC Radio 2 when regular presenters are on leave.

On April 1, 2006, his new Real Top 40 shows began on the Real Radio network in Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire. Each show reflected sales and airplay for that area.

In addition, he is still much in demand as a voiceover artist for adverts which promote new CDs, in particular the Now That's What I Call Music series, of which he has been "the voice" since the mid-nineties. As of 2006, he is also the voice of adverts for Magnet, a fitted kitchen retailer.