Gill Pyrah

Gill Pyrah

Gill Pyrah is a British broadcaster and journalist/ Pyrah has worked for the "Daily Telegraph", and been a guest presenter on the Radio 4 programme "Midweek" and chaired the literary quiz "Slightly Foxed" on BBC Radio 4.

Pyrah was most recently in the news during the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show after an incident between garden designer and television presenter Diarmuid Gavin and the contestant in the neighbouring garden, "Gardeners' Question Time" panelist Bunny Guinness. According to press reports it was Pyrah's questions to Gavin about the cost of his garden and whether it was connected to commitment to getting a Gold Medal that lead to his storming off from a live interview. [cite news |first=Charles |last=Clover |title= Border clashes at Chelsea Flower Show |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/22/nbloom22.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/22/ixhome.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=2004-05-22 |accessdate=2008-02-19 ]

She appeared on "Have I Got News For You" in 1990 and presented 6 editions of "Top Gear" in 1979-80.

Pyrah also presents reports on "Gardeners' Question Time".

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/midweek_20050706b.shtml Photo on Midweek page]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1506856/ Gill Pyrah at IMDB]


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