1. Jenni Murray has a degree in French and Drama from the University of Hull.
21 Facts About Jenni Murray
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Jenni Murray joined BBC Radio Bristol in 1973 before becoming a reporter and presenter for regional TV news programme South Today.
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Jenni Murray was a newsreader and later one of the presenters of the BBC's Newsnight television show for two years from 1983, before moving to BBC Radio 4 to present Today.
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Jenni Murray took over from Sue MacGregor as presenter of Woman's Hour in 1987.
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Jenni Murray has presented BBC Radio 4's The Message and written for magazines and newspapers including The Guardian, Daily Express and the Daily Mail.
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Jenni Murray hosted her final Woman's Hour on 1 October 2020.
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Jenni Murray was brought up a Christian in the Church of England.
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Jenni Murray married her first husband Brian Jenni Murray aged 21; their marriage ended after six years.
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Jenni Murray later married David Forgham and the couple have two grown-up sons.
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Jenni Murray has been criticised for her statements on transgender people.
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In December 2006 Jenni Murray announced, at the end of Woman's Hour, she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Jenni Murray informed her audience that her prognosis was good; she did indeed return early in 2007.
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Jenni Murray reported that the most emotionally upsetting moment was losing her hair, and used this as an item on the centrality of hair to definitions of femininity.
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In 2020 Jenni Murray announced that she would demonstrate proper self-breast examination techniques on The Real Full Monty on Ice television program, alongside Linda Lusardi and Hayley Tamaddon.
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Jenni Murray has been vocal and visible in the media with regard to her own experience of menopause, HRT and the importance of raising awareness of this aspect of women's health in the workplace and more generally.
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Jenni Murray had a sleeve gastrectomy in June 2015, and had lost over 4 stone by October that year.
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Jenni Murray was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to broadcasting in 1999 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birthday Honours.
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In March 2012 Jenni Murray was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Salford for contributions to the media industry and to the growing links between the University and its neighbours at Salford Quays.
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On 5 November 2019 Jenni Murray was awarded a Doctor of Letters from the University of Chester, for outstanding contribution to journalism and broadcasting.
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In November 2007 it was announced Jenni Murray had been named patron of British medical research charity Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Jenni Murray is patron of the Family Planning Association, vice-president of Parkinson's UK and a supporter of Humanists UK.