Judith Marilyn Spiers (born 15 March 1953) is a British radio and television presenter.

Career

Initially training to be an actress at the

Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a drama school in the south London suburb of Sidcup. The college has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various discipli ...

, Spiers began her broadcasting career at

Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a popular, distinctive and highly regar ...

in 1977, then the

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

station for south-west England. She impressed in the birthday slot with Gus Honeybun with cheeky humour. In short order, she moved to the ''What's Ahead'' entertainment guide. She hosted local beauty contests ''Mr TSW'' and ''Miss TSW'', reflecting the new south-west station TSW TSW produced a nationally networked daytime chat show ''Judi!'', which ran for six editions. Eventually, Spiers moved to national television, as a presenter on BBC One's daily magazine programme ''

Pebble Mill Pebble Mill Studios was the BBC's television studio complex located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, which served as the headquarters for BBC Birmingham from 1971 until 2004. The nine-acre site was opened by Princess Anne on ...

'' from October 1991 until August 1994. In 1995 she co-hosted ''

The Alternative DJ ''The Alternative DJ'' was a radio programme that aired from July 1995 to August 1995. There were 4 half-hour episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. It starred Peter Jeffrey, Judi Spiers Judith Marilyn Spiers (born 15 March 1953) i ...

'' with

Peter Jeffrey Peter Jeffrey (18 April 1929 – 25 December 1999) was an English character actor. Starting his performing career on stage, he would later have many roles in television and film. Early life Jeffrey was born in Bristol, the son of Florence ...

and Oliver Senton. She also hosted a Saturday show on

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

between 1994 and 1998. Spiers continued to work for TVS, presenting the networked show ''Scavenger Hunt''. Spiers presented the morning show on

BBC Radio Devon BBC Radio Devon is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Devon. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Mannamead area of Plymouth. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 1 ...

from 2005 until 2015.

References

External links

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Judi Spiers on Boom Radio
1953 births English radio personalities English television personalities Living people Alumni of Rose Bruford College Mass media people from Plymouth, Devon BBC Radio 2 presenters {{BBC-stub