Jane Moore (born 17 May 1962) is an English journalist, author and television presenter, best known as a columnist for '' The Sun'' newspaper and as a panellist and anchor on the ITV lunchtime chat show ''

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'' between 1999 and 2002, returning as a regular panellist on 15 October 2013. Since 2018, Moore has been regularly relief anchoring the show. On 7th December 2022, Moore revealed she and her husband are separating while on-air on ''

''.

Early life

Moore was born in

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. Her father was a professor of mathematics at the

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, and her mother was a teacher. She went to primary school in Oxford, then went to the Worcester Grammar School for Girls on Spetchley Road in

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, when her parents divorced. Since the divorce, she has not heard from her father. At school, Moore always wanted to be a journalist, but was told by her teachers that 'it was no job for a lady'. She studied journalism at the

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in Cardiff, then trained at the '' Solihull News'' in 1981, moving to work full-time at the ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Moore is a columnist for '' The Sun'' and writes regular articles for ''

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''. She has also written for '' Hello''. In 2006, she was nominated for a British Press Award in the category of 'Columnist of the Year', but lost out to

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. She also revealed in October 2021 on ''Loose Women'' that she was briefly an estate agent.

Television

On 19 April 2002, Moore guest presented '' This Morning''. Moore moved to the BBC and regularly contributed on '' Question Time'' (2002–12), '' The Andrew Marr Show'' (2005–21), '' This Week'' (2003–15) and ''

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''. Moore guest presented '' The Wright Stuff'' in 2003 and 2004, and was a panellist in 2008. On 4 February 2011, she guest hosted '' The Wright Stuff''. From 2006 to 2007, Moore was a team captain on the

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programme ''

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'', a comedy take on celebrity panel shows. On 25 July 2011, she presented the six-part

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series ''Wonderstuff''. Moore has also done some work with the

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programme '' Dispatches'' and has presented a number of online videos for the broadcaster. Moore was a panellist on the ITV chat show ''

'' between 1999 and 2002. She returned to the programme on 15 October 2013.

Books

*''Fourplay'' (Jane Moore's first book, published in 2001) *''The Ex Files'' (published in 2003) *''dot.homme'' (published in 2004) *''The Second Wives Club'' (published in 2005) *''Love @ First Site'' (published in 2005)

Other work

She started the consumer website, Youthejury.com in 2006, however the website is no longer running.

Personal life

Moore married Gary Farrow, the former vice-president of communications at Sony Music Entertainment, in 2002.

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was the best man at their wedding. Her husband owns a PR agency called ''The Corporation Group''. They live in

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with their daughters Ellie, Grace and Lauren and their Tibetan terrier dog named Jasper.

Filmography

;Guest appearances *'' Have I Got News for You'' (4 May 2001) *'' The Weakest Link: Presenters Special'' (24 December 2001) *'' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (12 January 2004) *'' The Apprentice: You're Fired!'' (26 April 2006, 2 May 2007, 14 May 2008, 3 June 2009) *'' The Sharon Osbourne Show'' (16 October 2006) *''News 24 Sunday'' (5 August 2007) *''

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'' (26–30 October 2009) *''

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'' (4 October 2010) *'' Pointless Celebrities'' (5 November 2016) *''After the News'' (24 October 2017) *'' The Chase: Celebrity Special'' (2017/2018)

References

External links

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