Anne Diamond
Anne Diamond OBE | |
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Born | Anne Margaret Diamond 8 September 1954 |
Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, journalist |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse |
Mike Hollingsworth
(m. 1989; div. 1999) |
Children | Five |
Anne Margaret Diamond
In 1991, following the death of her third son Sebastian, Diamond successfully campaigned for research into
She has also worked for LBC, Radio Oxford, BBC London, BBC Berkshire, and is a regular columnist for the various UK newspapers.
Early life and career
Diamond was born on 8 September 1954 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.[6] Her parents were of Irish ancestry, although her father was brought up by his mother in Greenock, Scotland after his father went to Canada.[7] She was brought up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and she attended Worcester Grammar School for Girls.[8]
Diamond worked at a
Career
Television
Diamond began her television career with
On Monday 6 June 1983, Diamond joined TV-am.[14] Greg Dyke, the newly appointed programme director, spoke with Nick Owen about replacements for sacked presenters Anna Ford and Angela Rippon. Owen suggested Diamond, and later that evening they met in a pub. Six weeks later Diamond joined the station.[15]
Diamond left TV-am in 1990,[16] to work full-time on TV Weekly, first produced by TVS and later by Topical Television, which she had presented since 1989. The programme looked behind the scenes of various television programmes and interviewed various personalities from in front and behind the camera. Diamond was rejoined with Nick Owen to present the BBC daytime show Good Morning with Anne and Nick,[17][18][19] which ran four years against ITV's This Morning from 1992 till 1996.
In 2002, Diamond took part in the
In 2003 Diamond became a regular panellist and stand-in presenter on
During 2008, Diamond became involved in co-developing a
Diamond was a regular reviewer of the newspapers for Sky News on Sunday mornings.
In 2022, Diamond joined GB News to host the weekend breakfast show with Stephen Dixon.
Radio
In the late 1990s, she presented the breakfast show on the London radio station LBC, variously with Nicholas Lloyd and Tommy Boyd. After a few months presenting her own lunchtime show in 1999, she left the station.
In 2001, she spent a week on
Diamond presented the mid-morning programme on BBC Radio Berkshire and kept a regular blog on the BBC website until 2015.[23]
Pantomime
Diamond has appeared in pantomimes including playing the Wicked Queen in Snow White at Stoke-on-Trent in 2005, alongside Ken Morley and Sooty. She said that she thoroughly enjoyed the experience.[24]
Campaigning
Cot death
Diamond became involved in raising awareness of
Diamond spoke out over the cot death and baby-swap storyline in the
breakfast programme, calling the plot "tacky sensationalism". There were many complaints about the episode after it was broadcast on New Year's Eve.Video game violence
On 28 March 2008, in an article for the Daily Mail tabloid newspaper, Diamond contributed to an article concerning violence in video games where she is quoted as saying that the game Resident Evil 4 "shouldn't be allowed to be sold, even to adults".[26]
Leveson Inquiry
Diamond has been featured in numerous stories in the British
Honours
Diamond was appointed
She is the first non-medic to be awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Personal life
Diamond began an affair with Mike Hollingsworth in the mid-1980s while he was married to his first wife. They married in 1989 following the birth of their second child, and went on to have three more children together. Their third child, Sebastian, died of
Diamond is a railway modeller.[30]
In June 2023, Diamond announced that she had been diagnosed with
References
- ^ BBC News: Anne Diamond honoured for cot death campaign, Bbc.co.uk, 31 December 2022
- ^ Foundation for the Study of Infant Death Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 20 February 2007
- ^ The Lullaby Trust celebrates 25th anniversary of Back to Sleep campaign, Lullabytrust.org.uk, 25 Nov 2016
- ^ Metro Newspaper: Anne Diamond was convinced OBE in New Year Honours list was a scam, Metro.co.uk, 31 December 2022
- ^ a b c Peoplematter.tv Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 June 2010
- ^ "Anne Diamond". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Life's just got better since the divorce; SWITCHED ON: ANNE DIAMOND ON FAMILY LIFE, LOSING WEIGHT - AND A NEW CAREER". Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. 2000 – via The Free Library by Farlex.
- ^ "Party time for grammar girls". Worcester News. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Time for a change as Butlin's says bye-de-bye to the past. The Independent. 4 September 1997
- ^ Roddy Buxton (2 September 2007). A trip to Giltbrook. transdiffusion.org.
- ^ Osman, A., "TV launch delayed again", The Times, Thursday, 11 February 1982; p. 2.
- ^ "Television dispute 'may take months to resolve'". From Arthur Osman. The Times, Wednesday, 24 February 1982; pg. 3
- ^ "Search Results = Anne Diamond, 1982". BBC Programme Index.
- ^ TV-am's 'new look' attracts viewers. By Kenneth Gosling, The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 7 June 1983; pg. 2
- ^ "The Battle for Britain's Breakfast". BBC Two. 8 April 2014.
- ^ "TV-am Presenters". Tv-am.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Good Morning... with Anne and Nick". IMDb.com. 12 October 1992.
- ^ "Good Morning with Anne and Nick – What Was Pebble Mill?". Pebblemill.org. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Good Morning ... with Anne and Nick – BBC One London – 9 November 1992 – BBC Genome". 9 November 1992.
- ^ "Anne Diamond evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House". Hello Magazine. 28 November 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Beverley Turner (23 January 2014). "Beverley Turner: A white wedding wasn't my key to a happy ever after". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Celebrity Fitclub". BBC Oxford. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
- ^ Anne Diamond Blog. BBC Website.
- ^ Anne Diamond (6 December 2010). "Anne Diamond's Blog: I was a panto snob UNTIL ..." BBC.
- ^ "Cot death charity celebrates 40 years and welcomes Anne Diamond as anniversary patron". Fsid News/Press releases, 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Gavin Ogden (28 March 2008). What game is Anne Diamond talking about? ComputerAndVideoGames. Retrieved 18 June 2010
- ^ "Witness list- Week Commencing 28 November 2011" (PDF). Leveson Inquiry: culture practice and ethics of the press. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N12.
- ^ Quinn, Sue (5 May 1999). "Diamond granted divorce". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "BBC – Anne Diamond's Blog: My model railway has even changed my idea of a 'des res'..." Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Anne Diamond: TV presenter reveals breast cancer diagnosis". BBC News. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.