39 Facts About Jeremy Vine

Jeremy Guy Vine was born on 17 May 1965 and is a British television and radio personality, presenter, broadcaster and journalist.

Jeremy Vine is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music, taking over from long time host Sir Jimmy Young in 2003.

Jeremy Vine is the elder son of Guy Vine, lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology, and Diana, who was a housewife and later a doctor's receptionist.

Jeremy Vine has two siblings; a sister called Sonya and a brother, Tim.

Jeremy Vine was educated at Lynton Preparatory School in Ewell, then Aberdour School in Burgh Heath, and then Epsom College.

Jeremy Vine played the drums in a band called The Flared Generation, of which his brother Tim was a member; Smash Hits magazine described them as "the most unfashionable punk band in the country".

Jeremy Vine was a member of the sketch comedy group, The Durham Revue, and was an editor of the student newspaper, Palatinate.

Jeremy Vine cut his radio-teeth on Durham Hospitals Radio, as a volunteer.

Jeremy Vine later made his mark offering irreverent reports on the 1997 General Election.

Jeremy Vine travelled to Algiers and Kenya, to report during political elections.

Jeremy Vine was successful in gaining interviews with key leaders in various African nations, including Robert Mugabe, the then President of Zimbabwe, and the leader of the Islamist regime in Khartoum, Sudan.

Jeremy Vine was one of the original presenters of Broadcasting House on BBC Radio 4 and presented The Politics Show on BBC One from its launch in 2003 until Jon Sopel took over in 2005.

In May 2006, Jeremy Vine was announced as Peter Snow's replacement for presenting the BBC election graphics, including the famous Swingometer.

From 2007 until 2009, Jeremy Vine co-presented the Teaching Awards with Kate Thornton, Myleene Klass and Christine Lampard.

Between 2007 and 2010, Jeremy Vine was the presenter of the BBC's flagship and the world's oldest current affairs programme, Panorama, which coincided with the show's move back to a Monday peak-time slot.

From 2008 to 2018, Jeremy Vine presented Points of View, taking over from Sir Terry Wogan.

Once the spin-off show had finished, Jeremy Vine continued to host the second half of each series, with Murnaghan hosting the first half.

In Series 16, it was announced that Jeremy Vine had become the sole presenter.

On 12 March 2021, it was announced that after 18 years at the BBC, the programme would be moving to Channel 5, and Jeremy Vine was to continue as host of the show.

In September 2018, Jeremy Vine replaced Matthew Wright as the presenter of Channel 5's weekday morning current affairs show, formerly called The Wright Stuff.

Jeremy Vine said he would continue to present his Radio 2 weekday lunchtime programme.

On 6 January 2003, after several stints as a stand-in for Sir Jimmy Young on BBC Radio 2, Jeremy Vine took over the weekday lunchtime show on a regular basis.

On 10 August 2015, Jeremy Vine was the first celebrity to be announced as taking part in the thirteenth series of the popular BBC One competition Strictly Come Dancing.

Jeremy Vine took part in the 2017 Christmas special with the same partner.

In January 2018, Jeremy Vine was one of six male BBC presenters who voluntarily took a pay cut when the gap between men's and women's pay at the BBC was revealed.

In December 2018, Jeremy Vine apologised after a tweet suggested people in Wales should speak English.

The tweet was deleted after Jeremy Vine said that the tweet had been taken out of context and that he was talking about a caller to his show who had complained about Welsh people not talking in English in the pubs.

The differential was defended in part by a BBC executive referring to Jeremy Vine having had a "glint in his eye" and a "cheeky" and lighthearted presentation style.

Jeremy Vine was married to an American banker, Janelle, for seven years, which ended in 2000.

Jeremy Vine stated that it was very sad, but their jobs and travel meant they had seen very little of each other in three years.

Jeremy Vine married Rachel Schofield, a journalist and news presenter, in 2002.

Jeremy Vine has deplored what he sees as the marginalisation of Christians in British society, saying that "You can't express views that were common currency 30 or 40 years ago".

Jeremy Vine captured the encounter on his helmet camera, later broadcasting it on YouTube where it was viewed several million times.

In October 2021, anti-vaccine campaigners protested outside Jeremy Vine's home, objecting to the BBC's coverage of COVID-19 vaccines.

Jeremy Vine has said he contracted COVID-19 and commented on receiving the vaccine.

Jeremy Vine was taken to Charing Cross Hospital where doctors told him he was "lucky to have just a black eye and some aches from the fall".

Jeremy Vine told the court that he feared Belfield or one of his followers would go to his home, which led him to putting a picture up of Belfield so that his family could recognise him.

The 'simple stalking' element relating to the case involving Jeremy Vine attracted a sentence of 13-weeks; this was added to the other sentences to provide an overall sentence of five-and-a-half years in prison.

Jeremy Vine was named Speech Broadcaster of the Year at the 2005 and 2011 Sony Awards.