Jasmine Birtles is a financial and business journalist, author and presenter. She has made appearances on several British television programmes, principally addressing financial and property matters from the point of view of the consumer.

Financial journalism

Broadcast media

Birtles presented debt documentary '' The Insider'' for

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. She is a financial commentator for '' This Morning'', Good Morning Britain,

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, Channel 5 News and ''

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''. She is also a regular guest on radio programmes including the BBC's ''

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'', Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Radio 2,

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and BBC local radio and commercial stations.

Writing

Birtles has monthly money columns in ''

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'', ''Closer'' magazine, and Prima Baby. She has written for a number of other newspapers and magazines in the past. In addition, she has written several e-books, and almost forty physical books, including the best seller ''A Little Book of Abuse'' (2000, Boxtree) and her latest publication ''Beat the Banks!'' (2010, Vermilion). Other titles include: *''A Woman's Little Instruction Book'' (1995, Boxtree) *''Do You Still Miss Your Ex-Husband? Yes But My Aim Is Improving.'' (1996, O'Mara) *''A Parent's Little Instruction Book'' (1996, Boxtree) *''1001 Knock Knock Jokes'' (1998, Robinson) *''The Little Book of Excuses'' (2001, Boxtree) *''A Girl's Best Friend Is Her Money'' (2002, Boxtree) *''A Little Book of More Abuse'' (2002, Boxtree) *''A Bit on the Side, 500 Ways to Boost your Income'' (2005, Piatkus) *''Money Book: Control Your Money, Control Your Life'' (2006, Piatkus) *''The Money Magpie'' (2009, Vermilion)

Public speaking

As a public speaker Birtles has spoken at conferences for a wide variety of companies and organisations. She performed a one-woman show – a humorous take on money management – at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005,How To Be Rich Without Really Trying
Chortle, 2005 called "How to be Rich Without Really Trying".

Travel writing

Birtles is on the expert panel for The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, a columnist for Family Traveler and regularly writes about travel on Moneymagpie.com.

Background

Birtles attended Brighton and Hove High School. She won a scholarship to read English at Christ's College, Cambridge, where she was a member of

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and performed with the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society. After university performed briefly as an actress and toured with a production of ''

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''. She occasionally performs stand-up comedy. She once compered her own comedy club, ''The Giggling Elk''.