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Contents 1 Sacked?? 2 youth 2.1 Birth Year 2.2 picture removed?

[edit] Sacked??

I'm not sure he was ever sacked from XFM (although i think he was from radio 1) wasn't he 'made redundant?'

yeah, they took voluntary redundancy- think they jumped before they were pushed! will amend now......

Stevesie left before Xfm was taken over. He's said so in interviews, usually in reference to Gervais' professional incompetence.

[edit] youth

More about his youth would be good!

Likwise who he is beyond the office, is he gay/bi? Prot/Cath/Jew? Single/married? Stephen is currently single and an Atheist.

Steve is straight, as he frequently mentions his disappointment at failing to chat up women on the podcasts.

[edit] Birth Year

There's a bit of dispute as to whether he was born in 1974 or 1976. I've got something of a lead - Mr Merchant made a guest appearance on this morning's Breakfast [1] in which Bill Turnbull mentioned when introducing him that he was "not even 31". Bill later said during the interview (when concerning Stephen's early days and how long he'd "been on the planet") "...not long as you're only 30". As Mr Merchant made no attempts to correct him (I know I would if someone said I was 2 years older than I actually was) I'm inclined to believe that 1974 is the correct year (and, for what it's worth, the Arts Telegraph article linked via his wikipedia page also says he was born in '74). Crisso 13:38, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

• He started as an undergrad at Warwick Uni in 1993 so it's 1974, or 1975 at the latest. He was enormously tall even then! Stevecov 01:04, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

It definitely is 1974. He confirmed his age while he was on the radio with Ricky Gervais last Christmas. The 1976 date apparently came from an article whilch incorrectly said Merchant was 15 years younger than Gervais. Crisso 14:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] picture removed?

Any reason why the picture was removed? I put it back for now if anyone can offer a reason why it should stay removed. --Kolrobie 07:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)