Jenni Falconer

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Jenni Falconer
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Falconer at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards
Born (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 48)
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Broadcaster
Employer(s) ITV, Smooth Radio
Television Entertainment Today
The National Lottery Draws
This Morning
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
SpouseJames Midgley (m. 2010)
ChildrenElla Rose Midgley (2011)

Jenni Falconer (born 12 February 1976) is a Scottish radio and television presenter. She appears on the ITV daytime show This Morning as a regular travel reporter and was a regular presenter of the National Lottery Draws on BBC One. Falconer was also a radio presenter on Heart FM until December 2019, and since 2020 has been host for Smooth London breakfast and Saturday mid-mornings.

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Early life

Falconer spent her early years in Bishopbriggs and Milngavie, two towns on the northern outskirts of Glasgow. [1] After her family relocated to the South of England when she was seven, she was educated at the independent Abbey School in Reading and attended the University of Leeds in 1994 to study Spanish and Italian with minors in Latin, Geography and Management Studies. Whilst studying at university, she also launched her television career. She was offered a contract by ITV to make a documentary and a consumer show on the proviso that she left her studies.[ citation needed ]

Career

Television

Falconer made her television debut in 1994 as a contestant on Blind Date , and later presented BBC Scotland's Big Country, ITV's documentary series 3D and consumer show We Can Work It Out alongside Judy Finnigan and Jane Harvey. She hosted travel shows, Holiday and How to Holiday.[ citation needed ] She was the main co-host of Entertainment Today from its launch in 2000 until its end in July 2008 on GMTV .[ citation needed ]

Falconer's other work includes reporting on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in Australia for GMTV in 2003, 2004 and 2006, hosting The National Lottery Draws in September 2006 and hosting Cirque de Celebrité in October 2007. She also worked on a show about 24 for Sky1 24 in 24[ citation needed ].

In 2006, Falconer won the Sport Relief showjumping competition Only Fools on Horses riding an 8-year old 16 hands mare called J-Lo.[ citation needed ]

She hosted three series of Fantasy Homes By the Sea.[ citation needed ]

In 2009, Falconer was the host of the daytime quiz show Wordplay on Channel 5 (previously called Brainteaser).[ citation needed ]

Between 17 and 21 August 2009, Falconer was a guest presenter on STV's The Hour , with main anchor Stephen Jardine.[ citation needed ]

Falconer works as a travel reporter for This Morning . She also guest presented the show during Holly Willoughby's maternity leave from May to July 2011, sharing duties with Ruth Langsford and returned in 2013.[ citation needed ]

In January 2013, Falconer participated in the first series of the ITV's diving show Splash! , but was voted off by the judges. In August 2015, Falconer guest presented five episodes of Lorraine , standing in for regular host Lorraine Kelly.[ citation needed ]

Radio

On 14 March 2013, Global Radio announced that Falconer would join Heart to host the Sunday morning show from 6 am to 8 am, replacing Jason Donovan who took a break from the network to tour in the musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert . [2]

In June 2019, her early breakfast show was extended 4–6:30am due to Heart Breakfast (usually 6am-10am) becoming national with the new Scheduled of 6.30am-10am. As a result, she decided to step down from her Sunday show.[ citation needed ]

In December 2019, It was announced that Falconer had decided to leave Heart and would be replaced on her Early Breakfast slot by James Stewart.[ citation needed ] In January 2020, it was announced that Falconer would be the new host for Smooth London breakfast & hosting on Saturday mid-mornings, the latter being broadcast across the UK.[ citation needed ]

Other work

In June 2009, Falconer was unveiled as the face and body of Adore Moi underwear range by Ultimo.[ citation needed ]

Falconer has also posed for photographs in Arena Magazine and FHM .[ citation needed ] In 2016, she starred in the Very television advertisements.[ citation needed ]

In March 2019 Falconer, a dedicated runner, announced the launch of her new podcast, RunPod, in which she meets celebrities and former sports stars who also love running for pleasure. [3]

In July 2020 Falconer became the new running coach in the Start 2 Run app.[ citation needed ]

Her book, Runner's High, is scheduled to be published by Orion Spring on 14 March 2024. [4]

Personal life

Falconer married James Midgley at Babington House in June 2010. [5] She gave birth to a daughter, Ella, in September 2011. [6]

Since 2002, Falconer has been a celebrity patron of the charity Breast Cancer 2000. [7] In 2012, Falconer took part in the London Marathon, raising money for CLIC Sargent. She finished with a time of 3 hours and 53 minutes. [8] In the following two years, Falconer took part in the London Marathon, where she raised money for The Children's Trust a charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. In 2014, she completed the marathon in 3 hours and 57 minutes. [9] [10] [11] Falconer took part in the 2015 London Marathon, raising money for Cancer Research UK. [12] In January 2019 Falconer became an Ambassador of The Children's Trust, having been a supporter since 2009. [13] She has run three marathons for the charity in 2009, 2014 and 2019 and hosted gala fundraising events in London.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
1995The Big CountryPresenter BBC Scotland
1998–1999We Can Work It OutCo-presenter
2000–2008 Entertainment Today Co-presenter ITV Part of GMTV
2004How to Holiday [14] Co-presenter
2006–2015 The National Lottery Draws Presenter BBC One In-rotation
2006 Only Fools on Horses Competitor Comic Relief show
2009 Wordplay Presenter Channel 5 1 series
The Hour Guest presenter STV 5 episodes
2009–2010 Something for the Weekend Guest presenter BBC Two
2011–2018 This Morning Various roles ITV
2013 Splash! Contestant Series 1
2013–?Fantasy Homes by the SeaPresenter Really
2015 Lorraine Guest presenter ITV 5 episodes
Guest appearances

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