Jane Garvey (broadcaster)

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name = Jane Garvey


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birth_date = 1964
birth_place = Crosby, Liverpool, England
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occupation = Radio broadcaster
nationality = British
employer = BBC
spouse = Adrian Chiles
(1998–2008)
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Jane Garvey (born 1964 in Crosby, Liverpool) is a British radio presenter, currently presenting BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour"

Biography

Garvey was educated at Merchant Taylors' Girls' School in Crosby, Liverpool and graduated from the University of Birmingham. Garvey then had a variety of jobs, including working as a medical records clerk in a finance company, as a trainee for an advertising agency and as a receptionist.

Garvey became a promotions assistant for Radio Wyvern, where she later became news editor before leaving in 1988 to join BBC Hereford and Worcester as a reporter. The station began in February 1989. In 1989, Jane was presenter of The Breakfast Show at BBC Hereford and Worcester, where Ben Cooper (now head of daytime programmes at Radio 1) worked as her assistant.

Garvey was the first voice on Radio Five Live when it launched at 5am on 28 March, 1994. She became the co-presenter of Radio Five Live's award-winning breakfast programme in 1994, and also presented the "Everywoman" programme on the BBC World Service. Her final long-term assignment on Radio Five Live was as co-presenter of its "Drive" show on weekday afternoons with Peter Allen. She and Allen have won four Sony Gold awards [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/peter_allen.shtml Profile of Peter Allen ] BBC publicity] and their relationship on air was described in "The Times" in 2002 as "a marriage made in radio heaven" [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article800182.ece Five of the Best] TimesOnline Dec 10th 2002] . In September 2007, it was announced that she was to be leaving the Five Live after 13 years.

From Monday 8th October she joined BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour" programme as the second principal presenter, succeeding Martha Kearney in the role. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7000770.stm Garvey to join Woman's Hour team] BBC News - 18 September, 2007] She created a minor stir in February 2008 in a "Guardian" interview, describing "Woman's Hour" as too middle-class and fixated on cooking. [Ben Dowell [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/04/bbc.radio "What women want",] "The Guardian", February 4, 2008. Accessed on 20 February 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/garvey_biog.shtml Radio Five Live profile]
* [http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=beeb-s-jane-in-blair-insult-&method=full&objectid=17972925&siteid=93463-name_page.html Jane reads out an abusive text message]
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article71625.ece Independent 2004 article]