Miquita Billie Alexandra Oliver was born on 25 April 1984 and is a British television presenter and radio personality.
17 Facts About Miquita Oliver
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Miquita Oliver went on to present on T4 from 2006 to 2010, as well as having her own show, The Month With Miquita, on 4Music.
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Miquita Oliver was born in Paddington, London and grew up in Ladbroke Grove.
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Miquita Oliver's mother is the former Rip Rig + Panic singer and television presenter Andi Oliver, of Antiguan descent; her father Robin Baillie is a Scottish art history teacher.
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Miquita Oliver has since participated in disaster relief charity events.
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Miquita Oliver sang on The Slits' 2006 EP Revenge of the Killer Slits.
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Miquita Oliver has hosted shows on both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, notably covering for Sara Cox and Spoony.
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Miquita Oliver left her early morning show Oneclick to focus on TV projects.
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In March 2010, Oliver made a programme for Channel 4's T4 called Miquita's Oliver.
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Miquita Oliver had to cast it, script it and then direct it.
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Miquita Oliver then went on to have her own television show, called The Month With Miquita, which she hosted on the 4Music channel.
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Miquita Oliver continued to present programmes for T4, such as T4 Movie Special in August 2011.
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In November 2011, Miquita Oliver filed for bankruptcy after non-payment of a tax bill.
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Miquita Oliver said that her own experiences of bankruptcy made her passionate about making the show.
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Miquita Oliver was a part of the four-part BBC TV series 24 Hours in the Past, along with Colin Jackson, Alistair McGowan, Ann Widdecombe, Tyger Drew-Honey and Zoe Lucker which went out between 28 April and 19 May 2015 on BBC One.
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On 25 September 2008, to promote Fashion Favours, Miquita Oliver modelled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's shirt.
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On 25 June 2009, Miquita Oliver appeared on the political talk show This Week to discuss issues relating to fashion and Speaker John Bercow's decision not to wear the traditional robes, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to ban the burqa in France.