Edith Bowman

Infobox Person
name = Edith Bowman


caption = Presenting at the 2006 Digital Music Awards
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|1|15|df=yes
birth_place = Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
known_for = Afternoon Radio 1 show,
Television presentation of music festivals
occupation = Radio and Television Presenter
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radio1/edithbowman.shtml BBC Press Office: Edith Bowman biography]

Edith Eleanor Bowman (born 15 January 1975) is a Scottish television and radio presenter. She is mostly known for hosting a weekday afternoon radio slot on BBC Radio 1 and for presenting a variety of music related television shows and music festivals cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/live/live.html?in_article_id=454151&in_page_id=1889|title=Festival Queen Edith Bowman gets down and dirty|publisher=Daily Mail|date=2007-05-12|accessdate=2008-01-27] .

Media career

Bowman's television debut was in 1997 as a news reader on MTV UK. She went on to host many shows for the station, including co-presenting chart show "Hitlist UK" with Cat Deeley, with whom she also presented "Hit Music Sunday" on Capital FM in 2001–2002 and travel show "Roadtripping" for BBC Choice in 2002.

She became a presenter on Channel 4's breakfast show "" when it launched on 29 April 2002, staying with the programme until teaming up with Colin Murray, who had also worked on RI:SE, on 29 March 2003 to cohost "Colin and Edith" on BBC Radio 1. In April 2004 this show moved from a weekend morning slot to weekday afternoons, after the departure of Mark and Lard from the station. Broadcasting between 13:00 and 16:00.

In 2004, she co-presented BBC Scotland series "Teen Commandments" with Cameron Stout and on 11 March 2005 she won the TV talent show "Comic Relief does Fame Academy", a charity music contest in which she sang Champagne Supernova with Jools Holland's band [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4338999.stm] . Earlier in the competition she sang a version of Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone". The show also featured Al Murray, Kim Medcalf, Adrian Edmondson, Jon Culshaw, Konnie Huq, Dawn Steele, and other celebrities.

After occasional appearances in 2003, Bowman co-presented "Top of the Pops" up until the end of the series, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was away. In total she appeared on the show ten times including the final weekly episode. She returned to Top of the Pops for the 2006 Christmas special.

Since 2005, she has been the voice of the television and radio adverts for the electrical store, Comet.

In August 2006, Bowman became the sole occupier of the BBC Radio 1 afternoon 13:00 to 16:00 slot, with Murray taking over the Late Night Specialist slot.

She has also presented various music programmes for Channel 4 such as "Channel 4 presents..." and "TBA".

Career milestones

In 2005, Bowman presented BBC Scotland's coverage of the Live 8 event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, and hosted the network's T in the Park programmes together with Dougie Anderson who had also worked on RI:SE. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/06_june/28/tpark.shtml|title=Edith and Dougie duet to present BBC Scotland's T In The Park 2005 coverage|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=2005-06-28|accessdate=2008-01-27] Also in 2005, she hosted the Q Awards with Colin Murray live on BBC Radio 1.

She also presented the BBC Three TV coverage of Glastonbury, T in the Park and The Reading Festival with Colin Murray. She also hosted the TV coverage of the first Electric Proms with Zane Lowe.

On 7 July 2007 she was a presenter of the BBC coverage of Live Earth.

2008 saw Bowman step up to support the [http://www.targetbreastcancer.org.uk "Fashion Targets Breast Cancer"] campaign in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, alongside fellow celebrities: comedian Alan Carr, actress Anna Friel, singer Natalie Imbruglia and supermodel Twiggy.

Personal life

Bowman was born in Anstruther in Fife, Scotland. She studied at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. She currently lives in London and is dating Editors frontman Tom Smith. In December 2007 it was announced they were expecting a baby in June 2008. [cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/12/19/dj-edith-s-little-one-89520-20259802|title=DJ Edith's little one|publisher=Daily Mirror|date=2007-12-19|accessdate=2008-01-27] She began her maternity leave on Friday 30 May 2008. On Tuesday 10 June 2008 it was announced on Radio 1 that Bowman had given birth at 12.32pm. She and her partner named the baby Rudy Brae Bowman Smith. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7446000/7446926.stm|title=DJ Edith Bowman has baby boy|date2008-06-10|accessdate+2--8-06-10]

Edith will return to Radio 1 in September 2008. Initially, as she is returning from Maternity Leave quite quickly, she will present a show on Sunday mornings, taking over from Dick and Dom who will leave the station in September. She will return to her regular weekday show in November when Chappers and Dave will front Sunday mornings.

Racism Controversy

On the 7th November 2006, Bowman courted controversy when she read out a listeners email, referring to Japanese people as Nips, and mocking the Pearl Harbour atrocities. [cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/radio-1s-girl-next-door-apologises-for-race-gaffe-423419.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.edithbowman.com Edith Bowman's Official Website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/edithbowman/ The Edith Bowman Show on BBC Radio 1]
* [http://www.myspace.com/edithbowmanofficial Edith Bowman's MySpace Profile]
* [http://www.edithbowmanonline.co.uk Edith Bowman Fan Site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radio1/edithbowman.shtml BBC Press Office: Edith Bowman biography]
* [http://www.targetbreastcancer.org.uk Official UK website for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer]
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