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22/12/2025
The broadcaster and guests discuss the issues of the day, with co-host Storm Huntley joining him for phone-ins and reading out viewers' correspondence
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Jeremy Vine
(Presenter)
Born:
May 17, 1965
in
Epsom, Surrey
Career:
During a varied career at the BBC, Vine has been a researcher on Heart of the Matter, a reporter on the Today programme, a political and African correspondent, and an anchor on Newsnight. Since 2006, he has analysed the results on BBC's election night coverage. In 2007, he became the presenter of Panorama and a year later started hosting Points of View. Since October 2008, Vine has shared the hosting role of BBC Two quiz Eggheads with Dermot Murnaghan. He has presented the lunchtime show on Radio 2 since 2003. In August 2015, it was announced that he would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
On playing in a punk band: "We wore enormous flared trousers and kipper ties and it started to take off and we were on Radio 1. But it was a catastrophic musical enterprise."
Trivia:
In July 2013, Vine's Radio 2 show became the most popular news programme on UK radio with 7.3 million listeners a week. He played in a punk band in the early 1980s with his brother and a friend.
Best Known For:
His work at the BBC.
Early-life:
Jeremy Guy Vine was born in Epsom, Surrey, on May 17, 1965. His younger brother is comedian Tim Vine. Jeremy was educated at Durham University. After a period working on Metro Radio, he took a journalism training course with the Coventry Evening Telegraph before joining the BBC in 1987.
Storm Huntley
(Presenter)
