LAUREN LAVERNE
Radio & Television Presenter, Writer, Singer & Comedian
A Multi-talented TV Presenter who can adjust effortlessly to anything from pop music to high culture to comedy and current affairs.
A multi-award winning broadcaster with twenty years’ experience working in broadcasting and the music industry.
A guaranteed excellent host for celebrity awards evenings, and numerous Television presenting roles.
Lauren is considered one of the most popular and well respected radio DJ’s in the Country.
Much of BBC station 6 Music’s success was credited to Laverne’s likeable enthusiasm and easy going nature.
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Lauren began her career in the music business, as a teenager she was offered a record deal with her band Kenickie, which brought her to London. Since then she has become very well known in the television industry, where she has hosted on every major British television network and on BBC Radios 1,2,3,4,5 Live and 6Music. Currently she hosts the morning show on 6Music, where she has been instrumental in making the station the UK’s most listened to digital Radio station, with 2.4 million listeners.
Lauren has appeared on several guest shows such as, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. She has presented the BBC’s coverage for the renowned festival Glastonbury for many years in a row.
Laurens success has progressed exceptionally over the years and she has become well-known in many fields due to her varied specialism. She has hosted on many diverse Television shows, The British Fashion Awards, The mercury prize, The Arts and Culture show, World premieres in London’s Leicester Square, and the Turner prize.
Lauren regularly writes columns for The Observer and Red and Grazia Magazine. She also published her own book in 2010, Candy Pop: Candy and the Broken Biscuits.
CREDITS
Parenting for Idiots (TV Series) 2017 Host
2016 The Gift of Hearing (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)
2016 Glastonbury 2016 (TV Mini-Series) – Presenter
New Order & Philip Glass’s Heroes Symphony (2016) – Presenter
Muse & Underworld (2016) – Presenter
2015 20 Moments That Rocked the 00s (TV Movie documentary) – Narrator (voice)
2015 Whatever Happened to Rock ‘n’ Roll? (TV Movie) – Presenter
2015 Glastonbury 2015 (TV Series) – Presenter
2015 6 Music: In Concert (TV Series) – Presenter
Smashing Pumpkins (2015) Presenter
2014 Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion (TV Series documentary) Narrator
2014 The Joy of the Guitar Riff (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice)
2011-2013 10 O’Clock Live (TV Series)
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Premiere Special (TV Special documentary) Presenter
2006-2011 made appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats (TV Series)
2011 The British Comedy Awards: Live Lock In (TV Special) – Presenter
2010 I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band (TV Mini-Series documentary) – Broadcaster
2010 Alternative Election Night (TV Movie) Presenter
The 2010 British Academy Film Awards (2010) Awards Host
2009 GCSE Bitesize English Literature (TV Movie documentary) – Presenter
2006-2009 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) – Presenter
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