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'Adrian Chiles' (born 21 March 1967 in Birmingham, England) is a British television and radio presenter.
His journalistic training and love of football has resulted in a career in two streams of broadcasting, fronting general and notably business programmes such as ''Working Lunch''; and sports programs like ''Match of the Day 2''. His radio programme ''Chiles on Saturday'' for Radio 5 Live was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the ''Sony Radio Academy Awards'' in 2002.
Born in Birmingham to an English father and Croatian mother, a feature of his presentation is his heavy Black Country accent — and also speaks Croatian, though having a self-confessed imperfect understanding of the language's verb declensions and cases. Chiles started his education at Haybridge High School, and then worked in his father's scaffolding business, before graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of London (studying at Westfield College, now part of Queen Mary, University of London). Before going to university he was a keen amateur actor, appearing in the Crescent Theatre's (Birmingham) production of Mary O'Malley's ''Once A Catholic'' and Sandy Powell's musical ''The Boyfriend''. After university while waiting for his broken leg to heal from an amateur football incident, he applied for and failed both Civil Service exams, before being asked to apply for MI5 — he failed the second interview.[1]
Chiles studied journalism at Cardiff and then worked, at one time, as a sports reporter for the News of the World, before joining the BBC (originally for work experience on ''Business Breakfast''). He then became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting Radio 4's ''Financial World Tonight''.
This led to him fronting the BBC Two business show ''Working Lunch'', where he came to popular notice. He also began presenting and producing his own show ''Chiles on Saturday'' for BBC Radio Five Live, which was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the ''Sony Radio Academy Awards'' in 2002. He has since created, scripted and fronted a variety of other programmes for the BBC, including for BBC Two ''So What Do You Do All Day'', a look at the lives of the rich and famous; and in 2003 ''Asian Millionaires''. For BBC One he has created and fronted ''Royal Millions'', an investigation of the Queen’s finances, as well as reports for ''Panorama'' and various documentaries.
Chiles had a cameo in ''Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' with Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook in 2004 appearing as the host of a sex party.
Chiles presents a spin-off series of the popular UK television show ''The Apprentice'' called '', in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired from the main series.[2]
He co-presented a pilot during August 2006 of a new early-evening magazine programme, ''The One Show''. The show has now been re-commissioned and Chiles has left ''Working Lunch'' to host it.
When the BBC won back the rights to Premiership football, Chiles became the host of Match of the Day 2 on Sundays. In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, he was an integral part in BBC Three's African Cup of Nations coverage. Resultantly he was also seen presenting the BBC's highlights package from the 2006 FIFA World Cup highlights package. He was the subject of some amusement for apparently not knowing the difference between England and Britain on a BBC comedy sketch he featured in, screened during one of the matches.
In April 2007, Chiles was a guest host of BBC One's popular satirical news quiz, ''Have I Got News for You''. He revealed that he is frequently mistaken for the author and presenter Ray Mears.[3]
Chiles regularly describes himself as "the odd-looking bloke from West Brom"[4]. Due to his unassuming and self-effacing manner, Chiles possesses neither celebrity status nor is completely unrecognised or unknown. As a result he occupies the unique role of representing the interests "average" UK man in regard to contemporary issues, football appreciation and popular culture.
Chiles is married to a fellow Five Live presenter, Jane Garvey. They have two children. He is a Roman Catholic.[5].
He is well known for his support of the West Bromwich Albion football club,[6] where he is a season-ticket holder and presenter on some of the club's official DVDs. Both of his cars have WBA in their registration and he has a stained glass West Bromwich Albion crest above his door. He also supports the Croatian national team, due to his Croatian mother.
Chiles is a keen fan of Bear Grylls, especially his most recent programme: ''Born Survivor''. His favourite pudding is junket.
Chiles was one of several BBC personalities sent soiled toilet paper by post in February 2007. He said of the incident, "The smell is not something you want first thing in the morning." [7]
1. The Sun Online: Day MI5 asked me to be Bond
2. BBC One Winter/Spring Press Release
3. ''Have I Got News for You'', broadcast 20 April 2007.
4. ''The Steve Wright Radio Show, BBC Radio 2'', broadcast 10 August 2007.
5. ''Open Book Radio Show, BBC Radio 4'', broadcast 26 August 2007.
6. Adrian Chiles profile
7. BBC News: Used loo paper sent to BBC host
★ Match of the Day 2 profile.
His journalistic training and love of football has resulted in a career in two streams of broadcasting, fronting general and notably business programmes such as ''Working Lunch''; and sports programs like ''Match of the Day 2''. His radio programme ''Chiles on Saturday'' for Radio 5 Live was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the ''Sony Radio Academy Awards'' in 2002.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Media role |
| Personal life |
| References |
| External links |
Biography
Born in Birmingham to an English father and Croatian mother, a feature of his presentation is his heavy Black Country accent — and also speaks Croatian, though having a self-confessed imperfect understanding of the language's verb declensions and cases. Chiles started his education at Haybridge High School, and then worked in his father's scaffolding business, before graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of London (studying at Westfield College, now part of Queen Mary, University of London). Before going to university he was a keen amateur actor, appearing in the Crescent Theatre's (Birmingham) production of Mary O'Malley's ''Once A Catholic'' and Sandy Powell's musical ''The Boyfriend''. After university while waiting for his broken leg to heal from an amateur football incident, he applied for and failed both Civil Service exams, before being asked to apply for MI5 — he failed the second interview.[1]
Chiles studied journalism at Cardiff and then worked, at one time, as a sports reporter for the News of the World, before joining the BBC (originally for work experience on ''Business Breakfast''). He then became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting Radio 4's ''Financial World Tonight''.
This led to him fronting the BBC Two business show ''Working Lunch'', where he came to popular notice. He also began presenting and producing his own show ''Chiles on Saturday'' for BBC Radio Five Live, which was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the ''Sony Radio Academy Awards'' in 2002. He has since created, scripted and fronted a variety of other programmes for the BBC, including for BBC Two ''So What Do You Do All Day'', a look at the lives of the rich and famous; and in 2003 ''Asian Millionaires''. For BBC One he has created and fronted ''Royal Millions'', an investigation of the Queen’s finances, as well as reports for ''Panorama'' and various documentaries.
Chiles had a cameo in ''Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' with Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook in 2004 appearing as the host of a sex party.
Chiles presents a spin-off series of the popular UK television show ''The Apprentice'' called '', in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired from the main series.[2]
He co-presented a pilot during August 2006 of a new early-evening magazine programme, ''The One Show''. The show has now been re-commissioned and Chiles has left ''Working Lunch'' to host it.
When the BBC won back the rights to Premiership football, Chiles became the host of Match of the Day 2 on Sundays. In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, he was an integral part in BBC Three's African Cup of Nations coverage. Resultantly he was also seen presenting the BBC's highlights package from the 2006 FIFA World Cup highlights package. He was the subject of some amusement for apparently not knowing the difference between England and Britain on a BBC comedy sketch he featured in, screened during one of the matches.
In April 2007, Chiles was a guest host of BBC One's popular satirical news quiz, ''Have I Got News for You''. He revealed that he is frequently mistaken for the author and presenter Ray Mears.[3]
Media role
Chiles regularly describes himself as "the odd-looking bloke from West Brom"[4]. Due to his unassuming and self-effacing manner, Chiles possesses neither celebrity status nor is completely unrecognised or unknown. As a result he occupies the unique role of representing the interests "average" UK man in regard to contemporary issues, football appreciation and popular culture.
Personal life
Chiles is married to a fellow Five Live presenter, Jane Garvey. They have two children. He is a Roman Catholic.[5].
He is well known for his support of the West Bromwich Albion football club,[6] where he is a season-ticket holder and presenter on some of the club's official DVDs. Both of his cars have WBA in their registration and he has a stained glass West Bromwich Albion crest above his door. He also supports the Croatian national team, due to his Croatian mother.
Chiles is a keen fan of Bear Grylls, especially his most recent programme: ''Born Survivor''. His favourite pudding is junket.
Chiles was one of several BBC personalities sent soiled toilet paper by post in February 2007. He said of the incident, "The smell is not something you want first thing in the morning." [7]
References
1. The Sun Online: Day MI5 asked me to be Bond
2. BBC One Winter/Spring Press Release
3. ''Have I Got News for You'', broadcast 20 April 2007.
4. ''The Steve Wright Radio Show, BBC Radio 2'', broadcast 10 August 2007.
5. ''Open Book Radio Show, BBC Radio 4'', broadcast 26 August 2007.
6. Adrian Chiles profile
7. BBC News: Used loo paper sent to BBC host
External links
★ Match of the Day 2 profile.
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