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Jane Moore
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Moore in 2024
Born (1962-05-17) 17 May 1962 (age 62)
Oxford, England
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • television personality
Years active1981–present
Television Loose Women
Spouse
Garry Farrow
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(m. 2002;sep. 2022)​
Children2

Jane Moore (born 17 May 1962) is an English journalist, writer, and television personality. She is a columnist for the tabloid The Sun and writes regular articles for the newspaper The Sunday Times . She was a panellist and anchor on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 1999 and 2002, returning as a regular panellist from 2013 onwards. [1] Since 2018, Moore has been regularly relief-anchoring Loose Women. In 2024, Moore appeared as a contestant on the twenty-fourth series of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! .

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Early life

Moore was born on 17 May 1962 in Oxford. [2] [3] Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and her mother was a teacher. [4] She went to primary school in Oxford, then attended the Worcester Grammar School for Girls on Spetchley Road in Worcester, when her parents divorced. Following the divorce, never heard from her father again. [3] At school, Moore always wanted to be a journalist, but was told by her teachers that "it was no job for a lady". [5] She studied journalism at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education in Cardiff, then trained at the Solihull News in 1981, moving to work full-time at the Birmingham Mail and the Birmingham Post . [6]

Career

Moore was a news editor for the Sunday Sport . [7] She has since worked as a columnist for The Sun and has written regular articles for The Sunday Times . [8] She has also written for Hello . In 2006, she was nominated for a British Press Award in the category of Columnist of the Year, but lost out to Lucy Kellaway. [9]

Moore was a panellist on the ITV chat show Loose Women between 1999 and 2002. She returned to the programme on 15 October 2013, having appeared on the panel ever since as well as regularly anchoring the show since 2018. [10] [11]

In April 2002, Moore was a guest presenter on This Morning . She subsequently moved to the BBC and regularly contributed to Question Time (2002–2012), The Andrew Marr Show (2005–21), This Week (2003–2015) and BBC Breakfast . Moore guest presented The Wright Stuff in 2003 and 2004, and was a panellist in 2008. She guest presented the show again in February 2011. [12]

Moore set up the consumer website Youthejury.com in 2006, however the website was later registered defunct. [13] From 2006 to 2007, Moore was a team captain on the BBC Three programme Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive , a comedy take on celebrity panel shows. [14] In July 2011, she presented the six-part BBC Two series Wonderstuff. Moore has also contributed to the Channel 4 programme Dispatches and has presented a number of online videos for the broadcaster. [15] She also revealed in October 2021 on an episode of Loose Women that she was briefly an estate agent. [16]

In November 2024, Moore appeared as a contestant on the twenty-fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . [17] She became the first celebrity to be eliminated from camp after receiving the fewest votes. [18]

Personal life

Moore married Gary Farrow, the former vice-president of communications at Sony Music Entertainment, in 2002. Elton John was the best man at their wedding. [19] Her husband owns a PR agency called The Corporation Group. They resided in Richmond, [20] with daughters [21] Ellie, Grace and Lauren, and their Tibetan terrier dog named Jasper. [9]

On 7 December 2022, while on-air on ITV's Loose Women, Moore revealed that she and her husband were to separate, but that their amicable marital split had suffered a delay, due to Farrow's broken leg after a fall, and she was acting as a carer. [20]

Filmography

YearTitleChannelRoleRef.
1999–2002, 2013–present Loose Women ITV Regular panellist (1999–2002, 2013–present), regular relief anchor (2018–present) [22]
2000–2001 Crimewatch Daily BBC One Co-presenter [23]
2001–2004 Breakfast with Frost Guest [24]
2002 This Morning ITV Guest presenter [25]
2003–2005, 2007–2008, 2011 The Wright Stuff Channel 5 Guest presenter/panellist [26]
2004–2007 Grumpy Old Women BBC Two Contributor [27]
2005–2007 Richard & Judy Channel 4 Regular contributor [28]
2005–2021 The Andrew Marr Show BBC One Newspaper reviewer [29]
2005–2015 This Week Newspaper reviewer and reporter [30]
2006Grumpy Old Holidays BBC Two Contributor [30]
2006–2007 Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive BBC Three Team captain [31]
2008 Dispatches Channel 4 Regular reporter [7]
2011Wonderstuff BBC Two Presenter [32]
2012–2016 The Agenda ITV Regular panellist [33]
2022 Dispatches: Airport Chaos Undercover Channel 4 Reporter [34]
2023Who Killed Jill Dando? Netflix Contributor [35]
2024 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! ITV1 Contestant; series 24 [36]
Guest appearances

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