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Jackie Todd Brambles (previously Sherry-Brambles) (born 1 March 1967), formerly known as Jakki Brambles, is a British journalist,
radio DJ and television presenter.
Early life and early career
Brambles was born in
Harlow,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
, England and grew up in
Ayrshire, Scotland, where she went to secondary school at
Ayr Academy
Ayr Academy (Scottish Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Inbhir Àir'') is a non-denominational secondary school situated within the Craigie Estate area at University Avenue in Ayr, South Ayrshire. It is a comprehensive school for children of ages 11–18 from ...
in Fort Street, Ayr. She also began her radio career on local radio station
West Sound in Ayr when she was 19.
Career
She joined
Capital London
Capital London is a radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. ...
in 1987 as its youngest DJ, and after a year on the evening show joined the
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in 1988 as the first female presenter (same as
Annie Nightingale & the late
Janice Long
Janice Berry ( Chegwin; 5 April 1955 – 25 December 2021), known professionally by her first married name Janice Long, was an English broadcaster who was best known for her work in British music radio. In a career that spanned five decades, ...
) to get her own prime time show on the national pop network
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
. She took on the Radio 1's early morning show, first at weekends, before moving to weekdays. She also joined her colleagues on the ''
Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most o ...
'' presentation roster. When
Sybil Ruscoe
Sybil Ruscoe (born 8th August 1960, Shropshire, England) is a English people, British radio and television presenter.
Ruscoe was born in Wem, Shropshire, and began her career on the ''Express & Star'' newspaper in Wolverhampton. She then moved ...
left her role as
Simon Mayo
Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022.
Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio ...
's weather and travel reporter on the breakfast show, Brambles took over that slot, thereby keeping her on air every day over two separate programmes.
In 1993 she married a Scotsman named Jim Sherry and left
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
in 1994 to move to the United States, where she lived for 11 years. The marriage ended in 1998. There was a plan to make her an American showbiz reporter for the BBC but this never transpired. Instead, she re-branded herself as the more maturely-spelt Jackie Brambles, and entered American broadcasting in San Francisco as a news radio morning anchor and occasional television news anchor for the CBS network. She also worked as a media consultant to several high-profile companies in
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo Coun ...
, including Intel, Oracle and Sony. Following a move to Los Angeles in 1999, she took on the role of foreign correspondent for GMTV, interviewing almost every major star in Hollywood as well as covering major news events including two presidential elections and the events of
9/11.
Six months after returning to the UK in 2005, Brambles married David Todd, who works in financial services and had her first child. After leaving
GMTV, she made several guest appearances on ''
Loose Women'' in 2005. During
Kaye Adams
Kaye Adams (born 28 December 1962) is a United Kingdom, Scottish television presenter and journalist. She was an anchor on ITV (TV network), ITV topical discussion show ''Loose Women'' from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2013 and was a regular pa ...
's maternity leave in 2006, Brambles hosted the show in Adams' place, which led to her becoming the new leading host of the show. On 7 August 2009, she closed her final show, after presenting 316 episodes between 2005 and 2009.
Brambles owns her own digital media business called Broadstance Digital Media Production.
In June 2009 to 2010, Brambles was a commentator on the political show ''
This Week'', where her topic was girl power. Brambles was a presenter of various shows on
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scotland, Scottish radio station, radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same na ...
. From 2010 until 2012, she guest presented 16 episodes of the
ITV Breakfast
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited (previously known as GMTV Limited) is the national ITV breakfast television licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. The breakfast license ...
programme ''
Lorraine
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''.
Since 2015 she has hosted the
STV series ''Stopping Scotland's Scammers''.
In December 2021, she was hired by Bauer Radio to replace Darren Proctor on
Greatest Hits Radio
Greatest Hits Radio is a classic hits radio network in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer.
Overview
The network launched on 5 January 2015 as the "Bauer City 2 Network", and rebranded on 7 January 2019 due to the success of Rad ...
.
On 16 December 2021, Brambles was interviewed by
Simon Mayo
Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022.
Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio ...
on ''
Simon Mayo Drivetime
''Simon Mayo Drivetime'', is the incarnation of the drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 between 11 January 2010 and 4 May 2018, being revived briefly for Mayo's final show with the station on 21 December that year, and then fully from 15 March 2021 o ...
.''
Jackie herself returned to radio broadcasting after 27 years away.
Her show, which started on 4 January 2022.
, follows Mayo's in the schedules from 19:00 to 22:00 every Monday–Thursday.
Personal life
Brambles married David Todd (born 23 March 1975) on 4 August 2005. The couple have two children a son Stanley (born 2006) and a daughter Florence (born 2007), as a result of which Brambles left GMTV to concentrate on motherhood.
In December 2008,
''Nuts'' magazine held their annual 'Woman I Secretly Adore' poll, in which Brambles came second with 18% of the vote. She was beaten by
GMTV presenter
Kate Garraway
Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Cu ...
, who received 21%.
References
External links
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Archive Jackie Brambles images, bio and audio clips from Radio RewindMost Wanted with Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits RadioGreat Conversations with Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits RadioJackie Brambles on Greatest Hits Radio
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GMTV presenters and reporters
British reporters and correspondents
British radio DJs
BBC Radio 1 presenters
BBC Radio Scotland presenters
British television presenters
People from Ayr
People from Harlow
1967 births
Living people
Capital (radio network)
British women radio presenters
Top of the Pops presenters