Georgie Bingham (born 30 September 1976) is a British radio and television presenter, formerly a host of the Weekend Sports Breakfast on talkSPORT.

Career

She started her career as a runner for

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Star Asia and

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. She did local radio stints with

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and Ipswich (now

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) and

BBC Radio Suffolk BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Suffolk. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on St Matthews Street in Ipswich. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience ...

. She worked for ITV Anglia from 2001 to 2004 where she anchored news, sports and local football league highlights show 'Over The Bar' with Kevin Piper. Bingham worked for

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from 2004–2007 as a newsreader for

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and Sky News. During this time, Bingham anchored a newspaper review for

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Channel in the USA. Bingham moved to the USA to work for ESPN in 2007. She worked predominantly for

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, hosting their flagship show ' SportsCenter'. During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon,

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, the US open golf and

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, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pelé, David Beckham,

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, Kobe Bryant among others. She became the first British woman on ESPN in America when she hosted ESPN's first coverage of the

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to American audiences in 2009. Bingham came back to the UK in 2010. In August 2013, she was named host of the Weekend Sports Breakfast on talkSPORT alongside the former Newcastle and Coventry striker Micky Quinn. Having joined the station in 2011 as their only female presenter, she previously hosted Sunday Exclusive, and Saturday and Sunday Scoreboards. She is also a presenter for Premier League Productions, and was a sports host for '' Daybreak'' on

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. Since her return from the USA, she's also presented IMG's 'At the Open Live' for the R&A and 'Golfing World' a weekly Sky Sports show. She is also a regular on ''

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''. In August 2012, Bingham was a key part of

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's historic Paralympics coverage - anchoring the 1-6pm slot with TV newcomer Arthur Williams. Bingham is based in London and Suffolk. She is an

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

fan.

References

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