Jan Leeming

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Jan Leeming
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa
Born
Janet Dorothy Atkins

(1942-01-05) 5 January 1942 (age 82)
Barnehurst, Kent, England
Occupation(s)TV presenter and newsreader.
Spouse5 (previous marriages)
Children1
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Jan Leeming (born Janet Dorothy Atkins; 5 January 1942) is an English television presenter and newsreader.

Early life and education

Leeming was born in Barnehurst, Kent,[1][2] and educated at the Assumption Convent, Charlton and St Joseph's Convent Grammar School, Abbey Wood.

Career

Presenter and actress

She worked as an actress and presenter in Australia and New Zealand before becoming a well-known face on British television in regional and children's programmes. An early UK TV role came in the BBC sitcom

1982 Eurovision Song Contest
.

She has kept a relatively low profile since leaving the newsroom in 1987,

RAF concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
.

Since 2000, much of her time has been spent in corporate work and her longtime passion working with a cheetah conservation charity in South Africa. She appeared in Safari School, a reality television series, which was first broadcast on BBC Two during January and February 2007.

In February 2010, Leeming appeared in a special celebrity episode of the dining programme Come Dine with Me for Channel 4.

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

In November 2006, Leeming was a contestant on the

witchety grub smoothie
. However, she refused to eat a kangaroo's eye, tongue, anus and reproductive organs. Leeming was evicted on the 19th day of the series where she came 6th.

Searching for René

In 2013, Leeming researched, wrote and presented a documentary on WW2 Free French Pilot, René Mouchotte. BBC 1 South East Inside Out. Currently considering writing a book about her 6 year extensive Search. Through her research she met the Director of the Allied Air Forces Museum at Elvington near York.[10] Ian Reed was able to source historic material which added to Leeming's programme. She is now a Vice President of the Museum.[citation needed]

The Real Marigold Hotel

In January and February 2016, Leeming appeared in the three-part BBC series The Real Marigold Hotel, which followed a group of celebrity senior citizens including Miriam Margolyes and Wayne Sleep on a journey to India.[11] In December 2017, she also appeared in the second season of The Real Marigold on Tour to Havana.[12]

Celebrity First Dates

Broadcast on 2 November 2017, Leeming took part in a special celebrity edition of Channel 4's

Stand Up To Cancer.[13]

Money for Nothing

Celebrity edition. Leeming donated the money raised to Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys.[14]

The Real Marigold on Tour - Cuba

Leeming joined Miriam Margolyes, Wayne Sleep and Bobby George in BBC One programme 'The Real Marigold on Tour'[15] when they visited Cuba to look at how Cubans treat their elderly and the way the elderly spend their retirement. She also went on a date with a local.

The Real Marigold on Tour - Argentina

In February 2019, Leeming joined Sheila Ferguson, Wayne Sleep and Paul Nicholas in BBC One programme 'The Real Marigold on Tour'[16] when they visited Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Personal life

Leeming has been married and divorced five times. She also had a brief relationship in the 1960s with New Zealand writer Owen Leeming, between her first and second marriages. Although they never married, she took his name by deed poll and did not change it after their separation.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The story of a true hero". Kent Online. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Biography - Jan Leeming". www.jan-leeming.com.
  3. ^ "Hugh and I". 8 December 1966. p. 37 – via BBC Genome.
  4. ^ "Tom Tom". 20 November 1969. p. 43 – via BBC Genome.
  5. ^ "Knitting Fashion". 14 October 1976. p. 33 – via BBC Genome.
  6. ^ "Regional programmes". 24 November 1977. p. 66 – via BBC Genome.
  7. ^ "Regional programmes". 1 February 1979. p. 62 – via BBC Genome.
  8. ^ "Woman's Hour". 12 October 1978. p. 61 – via BBC Genome.
  9. ^ L is for ... Archived 3 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine but was invited to host 1992's Eurovision contest when it came to the UK, presumably for her experience with live television broadcasts. – tv.cream.org
  10. ^ "Museum role for Jan Leeming". York Press.
  11. ^ "Series 1, The Real Marigold Hotel - The female residents - BBC One". BBC.
  12. ^ "Cuba, Series 2, The Real Marigold on Tour - BBC Two". BBC.
  13. ^ "Celebrity First Dates with Roman Kemp, Sinitta and Michael Fabricant: Everything you need to know". London Evening Standard. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Money for Nothing". Jan Leeming.
  15. ^ "The Real Marigold on Tour - BBC Two". BBC.
  16. ^ "The Real Marigold on Tour - BBC Two". BBC.
  17. ^ "Leeming's life and loves". Chronicle Live. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest presenter
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