Lauren Layfield (born on 1 December 1987) is an English television and radio presenter and

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who works mainly for

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and Capital FM.

Career

Layfield joined CBBC continuity in September 2015, at the end of the one-off TV special ''Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC,'' going on to co-host design series, ''

The Dengineers ''The Dengineers'' is a British children's television series which airs on CBBC and sees the production team (styled as 'dengineers') design themed dens or play houses for children. There have been seven series aired to date, with the most rec ...

'' with Mark Wright. In April 2017, Wright left and was replaced with

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. In January 2016, Layfield joined '' All Over the Place'' and became a co-host with

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. Layfield has made one-off appearances in game shows ''

Ultimate Brain ''Ultimate Brain'' is a British game show on CBBC (TV channel), CBBC about science. It is hosted by Duncan Wisbey as Dr. Brain, a monkey scientist and stars Imran Yusuf as Guinea Pig (also known as GP). Series 1 began on 26 June 2014, series 2 b ...

'' and '' Celebrity Mastermind'' and four appearances in the panel show ''

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''. A 2016 clip in which Layfield appeared on a CBBC children's show with

Hacker T. Dog Hacker The Dog (born 27 October), more commonly known as Hacker T. Dog, is a Border Terrier dog puppet who appears on the CBBC television channel in the United Kingdom. He is described as being born and living in Wigan, Lancashire. He is the hal ...

, during which Hacker

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ned to Layfield "We're just normal men... We're just innocent men.", prompting Layfield to break character and laugh has resurfaced in 2022 and went viral. While some assumed the clip had context before the exchange, puppeteer Phil Fletcher later explained that there was none, and he just ad-libbed the line to make Layfield laugh. In 2017 Layfield become the new host of music show ''The Playlist''. She presented for ''

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'' spin-off show, ''

Match of the Day Kickabout ''Match of the Day Kickabout'' is a British children's television football programme broadcast on CBBC. It was previously presented by Ore Oduba and Radzi Chinyanganya. but in its later seasons it was hosted by Ben Shires, Kenzie Benali, John F ...

''. In July 2018, she began covering weekend shows on Capital FM. Layfield has also written for the ''

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'' magazine. From 7 January 2019, she started to present the ''Capital Early Breakfast'' show. She and Rob Howard are the main relief presenters for ''

Capital Breakfast ''Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp'' is a British national breakfast radio show on Capital. The show is broadcast from 6am to 10am each weekday.

'' with Roman Kemp on Capital FM.

Filmography

References

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(Capital FM) {{DEFAULTSORT:Layfield, Lauren Living people 1987 births Capital (radio network) English journalists English people of Indo-Guyanese descent English television presenters People from Sale, Greater Manchester