Fi Glover

Fi Glover
Fi Glover in 2019
Born (1969-02-27) 27 February 1969 (age 55)
Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
EducationSt Swithun's School, Winchester
Alma materUniversity of Kent
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • presenter
  • broadcaster
Notable credit(s)Off Air[1]
Fortunately[2]
The Listening Project[3]
My Perfect Country[4]
Saturday Live[5]
Title
Spouses
Mark Sandell
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(divorced)​
Rick Jones
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(m. 2014; div. 2017)​
Children2

Fiona Susannah Grace "Fi" Glover (born 27 February 1969)[10] is a British journalist and presenter who currently hosts a two hour show for Times Radio and the Off Air podcast, for The Times.[11] Before joining The Times in October 2022,[12] Glover worked for the BBC for almost thirty years, most recently presenting the Fortunately podcast, with Jane Garvey,[2] The Listening Project for BBC Radio 4[3] and My Perfect Country for the BBC World Service.[4]

Fortunately, which by the end of 2019 had been downloaded 23 million times,[13] was the 2018 winner of the ARIAS (Audio and Radio Industry Awards) Funniest Show[14] and won Silver at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.[15] It is currently No. 5 in the BBC's most popular podcasts and has been No. 1 in the Apple podcast charts. From January 2021, it was broadcast on a regular slot on BBC Radio 4.[16] The show ended in November 2022 when Glover moved to Times Radio.[17]

Glover worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for seven years, presenting Sunday Service, with Charlie Whelan and Andrew Pierce, Late Night Live, the Afternoon Show and the mid-morning phone-in programme.[18] In 2004 she moved to BBC Radio 4 as the host of Broadcasting House, before launching Radio 4's Saturday Live, in March 2006.[5] Her television presenting roles include hosting BBC One's reality history show; 24 Hours in the Past, in 2014.[19] She has made films for Newsnight, and was the presenter of the BBC Two Travel Show from 1997 to 2000.[20][21]

In 2010, Radio Times readers voted Glover the 9th Most Powerful Voice on Radio[22] and in 2014 she was awarded a fellowship of the Radio Academy, "to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry and/or the Academy."[6]

  1. ^ "The Times Off Air". Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "BBC Progammes Fortunately". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Guardian2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference My Perfect Country was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Day, Julia (30 May 2003). "Glover quits BBC Radio 5 Live". The Guardian.
  6. ^ a b "Fellows". Radio Academy. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Kent celebrates 2016 graduates". News Centre - University of Kent. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Adfam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (6 November 2016). "Farewell, Sound Women, you made a difference". The Observer. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Glover, Fiona Susannah Grace". Who's Who 2021. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245254. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 4 August 2021. Oxford University Press.
  11. ^ "Times Radio". Times Radio. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  12. ^ Zeldin-O'Neill, Sophie. "Jane Garvey and Fi Glover to leave BBC to join Times Radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Record podcast listening reported by BBC Sounds in 2019". RadioToday. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  14. ^ "The Radio Academy". The Radio Academy. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference British Pod Cast 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Martin, Roy (4 September 2020). "Jane Garvey to leave BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour". RadioToday. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  17. ^ Jane Garvey and Fi Glover to leave BBC to join Times Radio
  18. ^ Jury, Louise (7 January 2003). "Fi Glover: The rise of velvet voice". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  19. ^ "24 Hours in the Past". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  20. ^ "BBC NEWSNIGHT: The rise of digital feminism". Youtube. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  21. ^ Jury, Louise (5 August 2006). "Fi Glover: Home to roost". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Fi Glover - RSA". www.thersa.org. Retrieved 19 September 2020.