Georgie Bingham

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Georgie Bingham (born 30 September 1976) is a British radio and television presenter, formerly a host of the Weekend Sports Breakfast on talkSPORT.

Career

She started her career as a runner for ESPN Star Asia and Sky Sports. She did local radio stints with SGR Colchester and Ipswich (now Heart FM) and BBC Radio Suffolk. She worked for ITV Anglia from 2001 to 2004 where she anchored news, sports and local football league highlights show 'Over The Bar' with Kevin Piper.

Bingham worked for Sky from 2004–2007 as a newsreader for Sky Sports News and Sky News. During this time, Bingham anchored a newspaper review for Fox Soccer Channel in the USA.

Bingham moved to the USA to work for ESPN in 2007. She worked predominantly for ESPN International, hosting their flagship show 'SportsCenter'. During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon, The Open, the US open golf and tennis, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pelé, David Beckham, Tracy McGrady, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant among others. She became the first British woman on ESPN in America when she hosted ESPN's first coverage of the Premier League to American audiences in 2009.

Bingham came back to the UK in 2010. In August 2013, she was named host of the Weekend Sports Breakfast on talkSPORT [1] alongside the former Newcastle and Coventry striker Micky Quinn. Having joined the station in 2011 as their only female presenter, she previously hosted Sunday Exclusive, and Saturday and Sunday Scoreboards. She is also a presenter for Premier League Productions, and was a sports host for Daybreak on ITV. Since her return from the USA, she's also presented IMG's 'At the Open Live' for the R&A and 'Golfing World' a weekly Sky Sports show. She is also a regular on 5 News . In August 2012, Bingham was a key part of Channel 4's historic Paralympics coverage - anchoring the 1-6pm slot with TV newcomer Arthur Williams. [2]

Bingham is based in London and Suffolk. She is an Ipswich Town fan. [3]

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References

  1. "Georgie Bingham". Talksport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. "Unprecedented rolling coverage for London 2012 Paralympic Games". Channel4.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. "Bingham Inspires Budding Journalists". Shiplake College. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2021.