Alice Levine

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Alice Levine
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Levine in 2023
Born (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 (age 39)
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England [1]
Education University of Leeds (BA)
Occupation(s) Radio and television presenter
Years active2008–present
Employer(s) BBC, Channel 4, Wondery
Known for
Television

Alice Levine (born 8 July 1986 [2] [3] ) is an English radio and television presenter, writer and narrator.

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Early life and education

Levine was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. [4] She studied English at the University of Leeds, where she met Jamie Morton and James Cooper, her collaborators on My Dad Wrote a Porno . [1] She played an active part in Leeds Student Television, the university's TV station. [4]

Career

Levine's first television job was hosting Celebrity Bites for MTV, which led to other shows including coverage of their Europe Music Awards.[ citation needed ] She hosted Big Brother's Bit on the Side with Jamie East, from the reality show's revival in 2011 on Channel 5, until 2013. On 7 January 2013, Levine joined BBC Radio 1 to present a show with Phil Taggart in the John Peel slot. The show was broadcast from 10p.m. to midnight on Mondays to Thursdays. [5] In August 2014, she left her weeknight slot with Taggart to present a solo weekend afternoon show on the station (1–4) taking over from Huw Stephens. [6]

In 2014 Levine hosted Barclaycard Mercury Music Sessions for Channel 4, as well as the Mercury Music Prize itself. She has since presented music and arts coverage for a number of major events such as Glastonbury for the BBC, backstage at the BRIT Awards for ITV2 for three years.[ citation needed ] She was also the red carpet and backstage host for the BAFTA Craft Awards, followed by the BAFTA TV Awards in May the same year.[ citation needed ] She is one of the three co-creators of the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno . [7] She also co-hosted a series of Channel 4's reality show, The Circle , with Maya Jama.[ citation needed ]

In addition to her broadcast work, Levine co-founded a food and lifestyle brand, Jackson & Levine, with business partner Laura Jackson.[ citation needed ] As a pair, they are the food columnists for Company magazine, Elle and Marie Claire , [8] and have published a book, Round to Ours. This led to two ranges for Habitat.[ citation needed ]

On 15 July 2020, Levine announced that she was leaving Radio 1 after nine years at the station. She revealed the news via an Instagram post. [9] Her last show was on 9 August 2020 after a series of three farewell shows. In August 2020, it was announced that Levine would become curator of a BBC Radio 4 programme The Museum of Curiosity and co-host alongside John Lloyd, its chief host. Series 15 of the show aired from September to October 2020. [10]

Levine presented Levine on Love, a series for the BBC in which she explored the world of modern romance. Channel 4 commissioned Sleeping with the Far Right, a film in which Levine lived for a week with a British nationalist. In February 2021, Channel 4 announced a new series called Sex Odyssey, which would be presented by Levine. Among the producers was documentary maker Louis Theroux. [11] [12] Later retitled Sex Actually with Alice Levine, it began airing on 22 September 2021. [13] A second series began airing on 27 February 2023. [14]

Levine has appeared on many comedy shows, including Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC2, 8 Out of 10 Cats , Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled for Dave, Room 101 , Travel Man with Richard Ayoade, QI , and Would I Lie to You? . In 2018, Levine was one of five contestants in the sixth series of the comedy game show Taskmaster .[ citation needed ]

In April 2021, Levine began hosting Wondery true crime podcast British Scandal with Matt Forde. [15] The series was nominated for Best Entertainment Podcast and won The Spotlight Award at the British Podcast Awards in 2022. [16] In the same year Levine presented Very Modern Quests, a role-playing improv podcast released as an Audible Original. [17] The series featured participants such as Greg James, Joe Lycett and Phil Wang.

In 2024, Levine produced and presented The Price of Paradise, a true story based around 2002 TV show No Going Back .[ citation needed ] She co-founded and runs the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival. [18]

Awards and nominations

Levine won the Music Week Best Music Show Award for her solo weekend show on BBC Radio 1.[ citation needed ]

Levine has also received many awards and nominations as the co-creator and presenter of My Dad Wrote a Porno , dubbed the "most successful podcast in British history, " [19] including British Podcast Awards, and a Webby Award in 2019 in the comedy category. [20] [21]

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008B-box Main presenterWeb show
2010Celebrity BitesMain presenter
2011–2013 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Main weekend presenter
2012–2013 The Hot Desk Presenter
2013Crazy BeachesNarrator
Red Bull Soap BoxCo-presenterwith Ed Leigh
2013–2019 Radio 1's Big Weekend Co-presenterwith various
2014 Invasion of the Job Snatchers Narrator1 series
2015Girls Can CodePresenter2 episodes
My Dad Wrote a Porno HerselfSpecial; also executive producer
2015, 2017 Glastonbury Festival Presenter
2016 Debatable Panel member4 appearances
Books That Made BritainPresenter
Bargain Hunt Contestant Children in Need special
Celebrity Advice BureauHerself3 episodes
2016–2017 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Panellist
2017–2019 Brit Awards Backstage presenter
2018 Taskmaster ContestantSeries 6; Episodes 1–10

References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, Simon (1 June 2018). "Beeston's Alice Levine lands new role at Radio 1 as Nick Grimshaw quits". Nottingham Post . Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Doyle, Dave (18 July 2021). "5 centuries of cool people from Nottingham". Nottinghamshire Live . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ↑ DeFalco, Daniel (23 December 2024). "The 13 most famous celebrities who come from Nottingham". NottinghamWorld . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "How Alice Levine became an internet TV star with Bebo". The Mirror. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Newsbeat – New shows announced for Radio 1 late evening slots". BBC. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Radio 1 announces new Rock Show". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    - "Radio 1 and 1Xtra announce schedule changes". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Ling, Thomas. "13 secrets of My Dad Wrote a Porno". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Laura & Alice #Food Column". Company. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  9. ↑ @thisisalicelevine; (15 July 2020). "End of an era 🎙📻🎙📻🎙📻🎙 I've decided it's the right time for me to hang up the headphones (not a thing) and say goodbye to Radio 1" . Retrieved 30 December 2020– via Instagram.
  10. ↑ "Alice Levine to curate Radio 4's The Museum Of Curiosity". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Channel 4 to embark on Sex Odyssey (w/t) with Alice Levine | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Alice Levine to present new Channel 4 series Sex Odyssey". Royal Television Society. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Channel 4's Sex Actually: Alice Levine's new doc starts this week". 21 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Geall, Lauren (23 February 2023). "Channel 4's Sex Actually: Alice Levine documentary returns for S2". Stylist. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  15. ↑ PodcastingToday (9 April 2021). "Wondery to release its first UK originated podcast - PodcastingToday" . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Winners 2022". British Podcast Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "Taskmaster's Alice Levine and Joe Lycett in hilarious new podcast". Digital Spy. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Crossed Wires: Podcast festival to be held in Sheffield". BBC. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "My Dad Wrote a Porno enters podcasting Hall of Fame". 28 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  20. ↑ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "My Dad Wrote a Porno (Podcast Series 2015–2023) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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