Darryl Morris (born 7 September 1990) is an English radio broadcaster and documentary maker. He currently hosts the weekend late show on national speech radio station Times Radio.^[1]

Morris was raised in Horwich and attended Rivington and Blackrod High School.^[2]

Before joining Times Radio, he presented the Early Breakfast show on sister station talkRADIO.^[3]

Morris started out on school radio, and was a youth presenter on the 4 episodes of BBC World Service series Generation Next. He had brief stints at Manchester-based radio station Key 103 and digital station The Hits Radio, as well as working for BBC Radio Manchester as a researcher.^[4]

In 2008, Morris appeared in Chicago Town Pizza television adverts.^[4]

In 2009, he joined Global Radio to work across the now rebranded Capital Manchester, formerly Galaxy Manchester, and XFM Manchester.^[5]

On 24 June 2012 he returned to Bauer Radio to host the simulcast The Late Show (Key 103, Rock FM and The Hits Radio).^[6]

He hosted Darryl Morris in the Morning, the breakfast show on The Hits and Bauer City 3 from 2013^[7] until August 2015. He also hosted a Saturday talk show on Liverpool's Radio City Talk.^[8]

In 2015, Darryl Morris in the Morning moved for a short run on Rock FM,^[9] before Morris become presenter of Bauer Media Group's simulcast Evening Show in July 2016, broadcasting on 9 different radio stations including Key 103, Radio City and Metro Radio.^[10]

Morris was one of the first journalists on the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing, covering the event, it's aftermath and writing extensively about it's impact.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In 2019, Morris left music radio and moved into speech radio, joining national speech station talkRADIO to host the overnight show before later moving to Early Breakfast and the weekend Evening Show.^[15]

In 2021, he produced and presented a documentary about manipulative web design, Dark Patterns, for BBC World Service.^[16]

In February 2023, Morris investigated the events surrounding the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, focusing on the role of TikTok sleuths and "grief junkies" who flocked to the scene.^[17][18]

In 2024, he presented a documentary about a man who claims to be God, God Next Door, for BBC Radio 4.^[19] Morris spent several years with the man and with the group of people who follow him.^[20][21]

Morris has talked extensively about his childhood diagnosis of ADHD and the impact it has on his life and work.^[22] In 2024, he hosted an episode of The Story Podcast about the speculation surrounding over-diagnosis of ADHD.

He has had bylines in The Times,^[17] Grazia^[23],and HuffPost^[24] and was a regular columnist for the Lancashire Evening Post.^[25] He occasionally contributes on BBC News, Sky News^[26] and Good Morning Britain,^[27] Jeremy Vine on Channel 5.^[28]

Morris lives in Manchester and London and is a season-ticket holder for Bolton Wanderers Football Club.^[29]