Jeremy Vine | |
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Born | Jeremy Guy Vine |
Education | Epsom College |
Alma mater | Hatfield College, Durham |
Years active | 1987–present |
Employer(s) | BBC, Channel 5 |
Known for | Journalist, TV and radio presenter |
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Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Tim Vine (brother) |
Website | jeremyvine |
Jeremy Guy Vine is an English television and radio presenter and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music, taking over from long-serving host Jimmy Young in 2003.
Vine is also the host of the Channel 5 (formerly BBC Two) quiz programme Eggheads, taking over from former host Dermot Murnaghan full-time in 2014. In 2015, he was a contestant on the 13th series of Strictly Come Dancing. Since September 2018, he has presented a Channel 5 weekday current-affairs show, Jeremy Vine.