JoAnne Good

"This article is about the BBC London 94.9 presenter. She is not to be confused with Jo Good, the London, England area radio personality for stations XFM and Capitol 95.8"

JoAnne Good is a British radio presenter and actress who currently presents the breakfast show on BBC London 94.9. Her Monday to Friday co-presenter is Paul Ross [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/02/29/breakfastshow_ross_good_feature.shtml BBC - London - Radio - Breakfast with JoAnne Good and Paul Ross ] ] , and on Saturdays she presents with Rowland Rivron [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/24/weekend_breakfast_feature.shtml BBC - London - Radio - Saturday Breakfast - 07.00 - 10.00 ] ] . Previous co-presenters include Jono Coleman, Baylen Leonard, and Max Rushden.

As an actress, she is best known for her role as Carol Sands in the ITV soap Crossroads from 1982 to 1984 [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328698/ Joanne Good ] ] . She played a schoolgirl in the 1978 cult British horror film "Killer's Moon", and filmed an interview for the 2008 DVD release [ [http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/killers-moon-p-14132.html Killer'S Moon Dvd ] ] . On stage she has played the title role in Educating Rita, co-starring with Norman Bowler [ [http://www.joannegood.co.uk/appearances.htm Joanne Good- Appearances ] ] . In 2008, she had a part in "The Bill" [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1330894.ece Drama on Bill set as wanted teen is nicked | The Sun |Showbiz|TV ] ] and was an extra in [http://www.joannegood.co.uk/0802sexinthecitywedding.htm JoAnne's BBC London 94.9 outside broadcast 23rd November 2007 ] ] .

Personal life

Good was taken to Australia as a child when her parents emigrated there. She moved back to the UK in the late 1970s.

She was married for four years to a fellow actor [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/05/31/joanne_blog_ex_feature.shtml BBC - London - TV and Radio - Me, bitter? Never! ] ] , and is currently dating fellow BBC London presenter and musician George Webley. She lives in Brighton and Marylebone, London. Her friends include Julie Burchill [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,411928,00.html Thesps are sex workers | Weekend | guardian.co.uk ] ] and Julian Clary [ [http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/157/Julian-Clary-and-Jo-Good OK! Magazine: First For Celebrity News :: Food :: Julian Clary and Jo Good ] ] .

"The Sun" newspaper reported on 24 June 2008 that JoAnne Good is 42 years old.. However, her own comments on her radio show put her age at around ten years older than this. She has explained that she was already in her mid 20s when she played a teenager in "Crossroads" from 1982-1984. She also explained that she born in the Chinese year of the Monkey, which puts her birth year as 1956/7 (with 1944/5 or 1968/9 as unlikely alternatives).

References

External Links

* [http://www.joannegood.co.uk Personal homepage]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/02/29/breakfastshow_ross_good_feature.shtml BBC London Breakfast]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/24/weekend_breakfast_feature.shtml BBC London Saturday Breakfast]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/joannegood.shtml Biography from BBC Press Office]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328698/ IMDB credits]
* [http://www.crossroadsnetwork.co.uk/society/joannegood.htm Crossroads Appreciation Society: JoAnne Good interview]