Ian Payne (born 16 December 1962) is a British broadcaster. He is currently a sports correspondent at ITV News and the host of a late-night current affairs phone-in show on

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radio between 10pm and 1am. He previously worked as a presenter for

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and

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Early life and education

Payne was born in

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on 16 December 1962. His father, Peter Payne, is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist.The BBC Team - Ian Payne
BBC Sport, 15 May 2000 He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, an independent school, and then at

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and

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.BBC Team - Ian Payne
BBC Sport, 9 August 2000 Before embarking on his broadcasting career, he worked as a teacher, a dustman and a hospital laundry assistant. While travelling through New Zealand, he was briefly employed by a farmer to bury goats.

Career

Early BBC career

Payne began his career in 1986 working as a trainee journalist on

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, a position in which he won an award as Northwest Young Journalist of the Year. In 1988 he was promoted to a national role in the BBC Radio network's sport division, initially as a producer on Radio 2 and then in a variety of programmes including Radio 4's ''

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''. His profile became even higher when he moved to BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presented coverage of major events such as the FA Cup Final and the finals of Rugby League and Rugby Union championships and fronted ''Sport on 5'', the channel's flagship offering. In 2000 he became the presenter of 5 Live's weekday afternoon show. His work for the BBC won him two

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Sky Sports

Payne joined

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in 20035 Live's Payne jumps ship for Sky
MediaGuardian, 14 May 2003 initially presenting ''

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''. He was replaced by

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from the start of the 2005–06 season. He presented

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coverage during 2005–06, and the

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from 2003 to 2006. Following

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's departure from Sky, Payne hosted '' Gillette Soccer Special'' on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, before taking over as anchor of ''

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''.

Return to BBC

Payne returned to Radio 5 Live in June 2010, again mainly presenting ''5 Live Sport'', as well as standing in on ''Up All Night'',

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's programme, and ''Weekend Breakfast''. In addition, Payne presented ''Scores'', a Saturday sports programme on

, and also contributed to LBC's

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. Payne also presented the London and South East edition of the BBC Football League programme ''

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'' in March 2011. As a freelance, on 5 November 2010 Payne crossed

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s to present a BBC Breakfast radio programme that was broadcast on 5 Live,

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and Radio Scotland. He also crossed NUJ picket lines to present ''5 Live Breakfast'' with

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on 15 July 2011.

ITV News

On 2 September 2013, Payne became the new ITV News Sports Correspondent, replacing BBC-bound Natalie Pirks.

Other TV work

In June 2012, Payne started presenting on Sports Tonight Live, a new sports television channel that broadcasts on Primetime Channel 498 on Sky. Payne continued to work for the station from the start of the 2012–13 football season, presenting every Tuesday and Wednesday night from 7-10pm alongside his regular guest, former Arsenal midfielder Perry Groves.

LBC

Payne presented Scores on Global Radio's LBC, a sports based talk show which aired from 3pm to 6:30pm on Saturday afternoons. In 2015, Payne's show was changed from being sports based to being a news phone-in discussion programme, with the new airtime of 3pm to 6pm on Saturdays. In April 2018, Payne's show moved to the 'Early Breakfast' timeslot of 4am to 7am on Saturdays. From 2018, Payne presents a Saturday & Sunday afternoon show 3-6pm, plus a cover presenter for Saturday Breakfast and other weekday shows across

network. From 2020, Payne presents drive on

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between 4-7pm Monday - Wednesday, plus from September 2020 presents Saturday morning show 4-7am & Sunday afternoon show 4-7pm, plus cover presenter on

network. In August 2022, Payne began a new Monday to Thursday late-night phone-in programme, between 10pm and 1am, replacing Tom Swarbrick who moved to the Drivetime programme.

Personal life

Payne is a fan of

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, and an FA qualified referee.O'Leary brought to book
BBC Sport, 7 January 2002 He resides in Brentford, West London.

References

External links

Ian Payne on LBC
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