31 Facts About Jo Whiley

Jo Whiley was the host of the long-running weekday later weekend Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1.

Jo Whiley attended Campion School at Bugbrooke, near Northampton and then studied applied languages at Brighton Polytechnic.

Jo Whiley then moved into television, firstly at British Satellite Broadcasting where she produced and presented the indie show, and then at Channel 4 where she worked as a researcher on The Word, with her friend Zoe Ball.

Jo Whiley moved on to BBC Radio 1 from September 1993 until March 2011, during the heyday of Britpop with bands such as Blur and Oasis.

Jo Whiley hosted a weekday evening show called The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, which was oriented towards less-mainstream, non-dance music.

Jo Whiley presented her own show on Saturday afternoon in late 1995.

From 1995 to 1998, Jo Whiley was a regular guest presenter on Top of the Pops, initially co-presenting with fellow DJ Steve Lamacq before flying solo and alternating with Zoe Ball and Jayne Middlemiss.

Jo Whiley returned to the show twice between 2005 and 2006 to co-present with lead presenter Fearne Cotton.

In July 2009, Jo Whiley published her autobiography, My World in Motion, on CD through Random House Audiobooks.

From February 1997, Whiley had a weekday lunchtime show, called The Jo Whiley Show and later The Lunchtime Social.

When Simon Mayo left BBC Radio 1 for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 2 in February 2001, Jo Whiley's show was moved to a mid-morning slot.

The BBC claim Jo Whiley herself was unaware of the deception at the time of its broadcast.

Jo Whiley's weekday show ended broadcasting in September 2009 as part of a major shake-up of Radio 1's weekday schedule.

Jo Whiley's last show on BBC Radio 1 was on 27 March 2011.

Since August 2009, Jo Whiley has been an occasional stand in presenter for Claudia Winkleman on BBC Radio 2.

Jo Whiley was first heard on the network on Friday 21 August and made subsequent appearances on 2 October, 6 November, 27 November and 18 December 2009.

On 1 February 2011, it was announced that Jo Whiley would be leaving BBC Radio 1 after 17 years of broadcasting to join BBC Radio 2, where she would present an evening show from Mondays to Thursdays starting on 4 April 2011, replacing The Radcliffe and Maconie Show.

In January 2018 it was announced that Jo Whiley would join daytime on a drivetime show with Simon Mayo.

Jo Whiley presents televised coverage of major music festivals, such as the Glastonbury Festival.

Jo Whiley hosted a music TV show on music channel TMF.

From late 1998, Whiley hosted her own music discussion show on Channel 4, called The Jo Whiley Show, which ran for four series until late 2001.

In 2014, Jo Whiley was a contestant on the Children in Need special of Swashbuckle with her daughter Coco.

In July 2021 Jo Whiley was a co-presenter for the BBC's coverage of the Hampton Court Garden Festival.

Jo Whiley married music executive Steve Morton in July 1991 in Northampton.

Frances, who is two years younger than Jo Whiley, has Cri du chat genetic syndrome.

Jo Whiley has publicly campaigned for those in her sister's category to receive priority in the COVID-19 vaccination programme roll-out.

Jo Whiley repeated the plea during an interview on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, on 21 February 2021.

Jo Whiley is a celebrity ambassador for Mencap, a UK charity that works to support people with learning disabilities.

Jo Whiley is the patron of the cri du chat syndrome support group.

On 19 March 2014, Jo Whiley undertook a challenge for Sport Relief, in which she walked, jogged and ran on a treadmill for 26 hours, with a five-minute rest break each hour.

Jo Whiley did this to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal that same week.