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Lauren Layfield | |
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Born | Warwick, Warwickshire, England [1] | 1 December 1987
Education | University of Salford National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Years active | 2014–present |
Spouse | Luke Beddows |
Lauren Layfield (born 1 December 1987) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist who has worked for CBBC, Capital FM and Radio 1. [2] [3]
Layfield studied and graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in English and creative writing. She joined CBBC continuity in September 2015, at the end of the one-off TV special Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC, going on to co-host design series, The Dengineers with Mark Wright. In April 2017, Wright left and was replaced with Joe Tracini. [4]
Layfield continued her children's television career. In January 2016, she joined All Over the Place and became a co-host with Ed Petrie. Layfield has appearanced in game show Ultimate Brain and four appearances in the panel show The Dog Ate My Homework . A 2016 clip in which Layfield appeared on a CBBC children's show with Hacker T. Dog, during which Hacker deadpanned to Layfield "We're just normal men... We're just innocent men", prompting Layfield to break character and laugh, resurfaced in 2022 and went viral. [5] [6] [7] While some assumed the clip had context before the exchange, puppeteer Phil Fletcher later explained that there was none, and he just ad-libbed the line to make Layfield laugh. [6]
Layfield works in television and has presented for Match of the Day spin-off show, Match of the Day Kickabout and Morning Live and as reporter on the The One Show.
She also does radio work. In July 2018, she began covering weekend shows on Capital FM and started presenting Capital FM's Capital Early Breakfast show from 7 January 2019 until 29 September 2023. In November 2023, it was announced that Layfield would be joining BBC Radio 1 in January 2024, presenting the Friday morning Early Breakfast show throughout the month. [8]
As an author, Layfield has written for the Top of the Pops magazine. Her novel, Indi Raye is Totally Faking It was published in 2023. [9]
Layfield has the distinction of competing as a contender on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind twice. Firstly in 2016, [10] and most recently in February 2024, when her specialist subject was the Arctic Monkeys and she finished runner-up to the winner. [11] [12]
Layfield is married to Luke Beddows, the writer and co-creator of Class Dismissed . [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014–15 | Whoops I Missed the Bus | Presenter | |
2015 | Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC | Herself | One-off special |
2015–19 | The Dengineers | Co-presenter | With Mark Wright (2015–17) and Joe Tracini (2017–2019) |
2015–2020 | CBBC | Presenter | Continuity |
2016 | Ultimate Brain | Contestant | 1 episode |
2016, 2024 | Celebrity Mastermind | Contestant | 2 episodes [10] [12] |
2016–19 | The Dog Ate My Homework | Panelist | 4 episodes |
2016–present | All Over the Place | Herself | Co-presenter |
2017–present | The Playlist | Presenter | |
2018–2023 | Capital FM | Presenter | Cover presenter & Early Breakfast presenter |
2019–present | The Dog Ate My Homework | Presenter | 3 episodes |
2022–present | Junior Eurovision Song Contest | Co-commentator | With Hrvy (2022, 2023) |
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