Anna Raeburn

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Anna Raeburn
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Anna Raeburn appearing on Channel 4 programme After Dark in 1989
Born (1944-04-03) 3 April 1944 (age 80)
Middlesbrough, England
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, journalist and author
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Website annaraeburn.com

Anna Raeburn (born 3 April 1944) is a British broadcaster, author and journalist who is best known for her role as a radio agony aunt, giving advice on relationships and more general life problems. As a broadcaster, she has worked for Capital Radio, LBC and the original Talk Radio. She has authored two books and currently writes her own weekly blog called "Annalog". [1]

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Early life

Raeburn went to the all-girls Kirby Grammar School in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, north Yorkshire. She moved to London aged 17 and at 19 was working in New York. [2] She worked for Penthouse , Forum and Cosmopolitan . [2] [3]

Radio

Raeburn built her reputation in the 1970s and 1980s on a popular late night problem phone-in show on Capital Radio, called Anna And The Doc. The journalist Vincent Graff said of the show: “If you were a baffled teenager trying to find your way in the world, Anna and the Doc gave you the roadmap.” [4] Her celebrity status was such that in 1978 she was invited onto BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs choosing as her favourite track, "Amazing Grace" by Aretha Franklin. [5] She also had an afternoon advice show on Talk Radio in the late 1990s. [6]

In the early 1990s, Raeburn presented an afternoon show on LBC Crown FM. In 2006, she returned to the station's current incarnation – LBC 97.3 – in the same slot. [6] The show primarily featured listeners ringing in with everyday problems to which Raeburn, often with the assistance of a professional guest, applied her life philosophy in an effort to guide them to a solution.

Her show was usually in two parts; the first would be guest interviews on psychosocial issues and/or associated book reviewing, followed by a phone-in to advise and guide listeners as a "professional friend". Raeburn often took time after shows to further engage with those who e-mailed or called in, to ensure they had support information and were clear on what options were available to them.

From January 2007, as part of new year changes, Raeburn's show moved an hour later to 2–4pm as a new lifestyle, health and well-being show, presented by Jim Davis preceding her.

Raeburn presented her last show on LBC 97.3 on 3 August 2007. She had been expected to return in September, but the station announced that her afternoon slot would be rested. Her slot was reallocated, to Jeni Barnett [7] who was later replaced herself.[ citation needed ]

In February 2021, Raeburn returned to radio, with a Sunday evening programme on Boom Radio. She left the station shortly after. [8] [9]

Television

She co-wrote the television series Agony , starring Maureen Lipman. Raeburn was a critic on the ITV1 daytime show Mum's on Strike in 2005. Other TV appearances included spots as an agony aunt in the early days of GMTV from 1993, a guest on late-night discussion programme After Dark , and as a panellist on comedy game show Blankety Blank .

Personal life

Raeburn's book published in 1984, Talking To Myself, was largely based on her broadcasting career. Her mother died in 1988, her parents were married for 48 years. [10] [11]

Her first marriage was to Michael Raeburn in 1977 [2] After her divorce, she married Nigel Lilley in 1981, with whom she had a son, Taylor who was born in 1980. [2] She divorced Lilley after 20 years. She is a grandmother to her son's daughter. [12]

In October 2020, Raeburn said that she had the eye condition macular degeneration, and was receiving treatment at Moorfields Eye Hospital. [13]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Graham, Natalie (22 June 2003). "Fame & Fortune: Agony aunt has fallen on hard times". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 20 March 2018.(subscription required)
  3. ↑ Barber, Lynn (24 October 2010). "How Penthouse was built on a wing and a prayer". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 August 2021.(subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Anna Raeburn". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 Graff, Vincent (2 January 2006). "The fall and rise of Anna Raeburn". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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  8. ↑ "Boom Radio Launch Announced". Boom Radio. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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  10. ↑ "sweet nothings". Annalog. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "AGONY AUNT ANNA'S FURY AS HUSBAND NO2 WALKS OUT ON HER; EXCLUSIVE New love is nurse he met at golf club. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "'cos we're 'ere". Annalog. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Raeburn, Anna (13 October 2020). "Annablog (weekly)". annaraeburn.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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