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Anthony Livesey (born 11 January 1964,
After resigning in August 2006 from the Sport newspapers, he joined the
, presenting a Saturday morning show on Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
, Lancashire
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) is a British journalist and broadcaster who presents 'Drive' for BBC Radio 5 Live
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.
Early life
Livesey was born inBurnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
, Lancashire, and lived in nearby Nelson
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Arts and entertainment
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* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
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during the early part of his life. He attended St George's Junior School, Vaughan Street. His mother died aged 44, when he was 13 years old.
Career
Newspapers
Livesey began his career with the ''Nelson Leader
The ''Nelson Leader'' is a weekly newspaper published every Friday for readers in the town of Nelson in Pendle, east Lancashire. England. It is edited from the 'Leader-Times' series of newspapers' offices in Nelson.
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'' and then worked in the Middle East
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with Sam Sloan
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at the ''Gulf News
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'' in Dubai
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. Returning to his native Lancashire, he worked at the ''Lancashire Evening Telegraph
The ''Lancashire Telegraph'', formerly the ''Lancashire Evening Telegraph'', is a local tabloid newspaper distributed in East Lancashire, England. It is edited by Karl Holbrook. There are around twenty towns in the area, including Blackburn, ...
'' before spending 18 years with Sport Newspapers
Sport Newspapers was the British publishing firm responsible for the ''Daily Sport'', ''Sunday Sport'' newspapers and a number of mid shelf and top shelf magazine titles, such as ''Adult Sport'', ''Sport Babes'', ''Sport Reader's Wives'' and ''La ...
where he was editor-in-chief and managing director of the ''Daily Sport
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'' and ''Sunday Sport
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'' newspapers. Livesey's 1998 book ''Babes, Booze, Orgies and Aliens: The Inside Story of Sport Newspapers'' recounts some of his experiences working at the organization.
Radio and television
After resigning in August 2006 from the Sport newspapers, he joined the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...BBC Radio Lancashire
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It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Darwen Street in Blackburn.
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. He then moved on to host the Breakfast show on the station.
Livesey presented the one-off documentary '' Crumpet: A Very British Sex Symbol'', which was transmitted on BBC Two on 28 December 2005 and a year later he presented another programme related to this called ''Beefcake
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: A Very British Sex Symbol'', which was also transmitted on BBC Two on 27 December 2006.
Livesey also had a brief stint as a quiz show host in 2004 for the BBC. The show was called Traitor and ran on BBC Two, from 9 to 13 February 2004 (5 episodes in 1 series).
On 11 January 2010, Livesey started to present the late night show on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...
. Livesey's late night show on 26 September 2011 was the very first to be presented from MediaCity. He was also a stand-in presenter for Shelagh Fogarty
Shelagh Fogarty (born 13 January 1966) is a radio and television presenter and journalist. She currently presents the afternoon programme on LBC, having previously co-hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell.
Early life
Fo ...
and Victoria Derbyshire
Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has also presented ''News ...
on their mid-morning shows and occasionally hosted the Breakfast programme. Livesey left the late night show in April 2013 to host the Weekend Breakfast programme and then the weekday Drive programme.
Alongside seven years presenting on BBC North West Tonight
''BBC North West Tonight'' is the BBC's regional television news programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 1.30pm (as ''North West Today''), 6.30pm and 10.30pm, with shorter bu ...
, as well as deputising for regular host Roger Johnson, Livesey also presented the North West edition of the BBC's regional football show ''Late Kick Off
''Late Kick Off'' is a BBC One regional television football programme which was broadcast between 2010 and 2015. Launched on 18 January 2010, it covered Football League teams on a regional or pan-regional basis in a magazine-style format. The sh ...
'' and the North West edition of the regional programme '' Inside Out''. Livesey has appeared on '' Have I Got News for You'', ''What The Papers Say
''What The Papers Say'' is a British radio and television series. It consists of quotations from headlines and comment pages in the previous week's newspapers, read in a variety of voices and accents by actors. The quotes are linked by a scri ...
'' and ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks
''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' is a British comedy panel game show with a pop music theme. It has aired on Sky Max since September 2021, having originally aired between November 1996 and January 2015 on BBC Two. The original series was first hoste ...
'', all on the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' for a year.
References
External links
''5 Live Drive''
(BBC Radio 5 Live)
Press Gazette: Sport editor Livesey resigns
BBC profile
Breakfast show gallery
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Editor gets complaints
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Tony Livesey Experience Podcast
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