Carrie Nicole Prideaux (née Davis; born 24 June 1976) in Barnstaple, England) is a sportsreader who previously worked for the

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, best known for reading the sports news on ''

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'' on

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Biography

Prideaux attended school at

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where she obtained 3 A-levels. She began sports reporting for BBC Radio 5 live and BBC News 24 before making her way to Radio One working within the Newsbeat team. Prideaux joined ''

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in October 2004, replacing Juliette Ferrington who moved on to work for BBC Radio 5 live. Prideaux reports regularly for BBC London sports news and occasionally for

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. She can sometimes be heard match reporting on the BBC's football results programme ''

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''. She also narrates for the National Geographic show ''What Would Happen If''. She left the BBC on Thursday 1 March 2012 after taking redundancy, Her last appearance was on the BBC News Channel at just after 11.30pm.

Personal life

Davis married Tom Prideaux, a Major with the

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, on 3 May 2008. whilst he held the rank of Captain), and later as Major following his promotion to the rank of Major.Carrie Davis profile at chrismoyles.net
Prideaux is a patron for the Veteran Horse Welfare charity, a charity dedicated to the welfare of older horses and ponies. She is a

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supporter. Prideaux's final show was on 12 February 2010 when she left the station to go on maternity leave, and to start a new chapter. On 29 March 2010 it was reported live on the Chris Moyles show that Prideaux had given birth to a baby girl named Poppy. She announced in March 2012 that she and her husband were expecting their second child.

References

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