Alison Booker

Alison Chapman (born 23 June, 1963 in Exeter, England) is a presenter for BBC Radio Oxford renowned for her quick wit and double entendres.

Alison fell in love with radio at Exeter University, presenting on the uni's own station URE [http://xpression.ex.ac.uk/history.php] . She claims her entire career has been an accident (having studied French and Philosophy) as it was the DJ on URE she fancied first, not the show. Alison's first job with the BBC was with the now-defunct BBC Dorset FM, which is now part of BBC Radio Solent [http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiosolent] . When her first husband moved the family to Oxfordshire, she talked her way into BBC Radio Oxford [http://bbc.co.uk/oxford] .

Alison was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. After a double mastectomy, radio-and chemotherapy she returned to her Afternoon Show. She tackled it with her usual sense of humour, once joking to a doctor who needed to examine her that she didn't take her clothes off for anything less than a couple of really good meals and a bunch of flowers. Alison's breast cancer returned in her lungs in February 2006. She's currently off air and working behind the scenes while she fights the disease.

Alison married her partner of five years Andrew Chapman [http://www.surf4wine.co.uk] in May this year after proposing to him on air on Children in Need day in 2005.

References

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2006/01/10/alison_booker.shtml] [http://archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/2006/6/24/98393.html] [http://archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/2003/8/27/19039.html]