- Jackie Brambles
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name = Jackie Brambles
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birthdate = birth date and age|1967|3|1|df=yes
birthplace =Essex ,England
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occupation =Television presenter , Actress
spouse = David Tod (2005-)Jackie Brambles (born
1 March 1967 ), formerly known as Jakki Brambles, is a Britishtelevision presenter .Biography
Brambles grew up in
Essex ,England and on theIsle of Arran inScotland , and began her radio career on local Scottish radio station West Sound inAyr as a studio cleaner, whose personality was noticed and put on the air. She currently lives in Scotland as she says often on "Loose Women ".BBC Radio 1
She then joined
Capital Radio as its youngest ever DJ, and after a year on the evening show joined theBBC in 1988 as the first female presenter to get her own weekday show on the national pop networkBBC Radio 1 . She took on the Radio 1 early show, initially at weekends, before graduating to the weekday equivalent, essentially working as a warm-up act for breakfast hostSimon Mayo . She also joined her colleagues on theTop Of The Pops presentation roster. WhenSybil Ruscoe left her role as Mayo'sweather and travel reporter, Brambles took over that slot, thereby keeping her on air each day over two separate programmes. On her own shows, she worked with a portablemicrophone headset and wandered round the studio during links in order to maintain a more 'live' feel, claiming she found it difficult to keep her demeanour lively enough if she was seated. The combination with Mayo worked well but a minor revamp in 1990 saw Brambles progress to a 90-minute drivetime show and then, whenGary Davies went to weekends, promotion to the important lunchtime slot. Brambles was arguably the station's first female sex symbol since the heyday ofAnnie Nightingale in the 1970s and as such, some interest was paid towards her by the media over her private life, though there was little to report.GMTV
She married a Scotsman and ultimately left Radio 1 in 1993 to move to the States. They divorced 3 years later. There was a plan to make her an American showbiz reporter for the BBC but this never transpired, not suprisingly since she is an ugly old trout with as much charisma as a smelly fart! Instead she re-branded herself as the more maturely-spelt Jackie Brambles, and took on a similar role for
GMTV , interviewing almost every major name inHollywood . She never ceases to remind us this on "Loose Women" and if her stay in the states was so great, why didn't the sad old cow stay there and save us all from her boring anecdotes!Loose Women
After leaving
GMTV , she guested severally times on the show in 2005. Also, during Kaye Adam's pregnancy in 2006, Jackie hosted the show in Kaye's place, which in turn lead to her becoming the new leading host of the show.Present
Brambles married David Tod on
5 August ,2005 in theCaribbean . [ [http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/01/speedy_second_b.html Speedy second baby for British presenter Jackie Brambles! : Celebrity Baby Blog ] ] The couple have a boy called Stanley (born23 March ,2006 ) born on David's birth date at thePortland Hospital ; and a girl Florence (born7 March ,2007 ); as a result of which Brambles left GMTV to concentrate on motherhood. [ [http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1559&Itemid=61 Merry Media News - TV News, Radio News, Showbiz News! - Jackie Brambles Pregnant ] ]Brambles is one of the main presenters on the ITV lunchtime show "
Loose Women ".References
External links
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* [http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/jakki_brambles_page.htm Archive Jackie Brambles images, bio and audio clips from Radio Rewind website]
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