14 Facts About Phil Gayle

Phil Gayle was born on 6 April 1964 and is an English newsreader, broadcaster and journalist who has worked for networks including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, broadcasting the news on both television and radio.

Phil Gayle can be heard as the voice of the in-flight announcements for easyJet.

Phil Gayle was born on 6 April 1964 in Birmingham to parents from Jamaica and is the older brother of journalist and novelist Mike Phil Gayle.

Phil Gayle co-presented the Saturday afternoon sports programme which included live interviews and music.

In 1997, Phil Gayle joined Channel 4 where he was employed as a newsreader on The Big Breakfast.

Phil Gayle took over from Peter Smith and presented for three years before being succeeded by Jasmine Lowson, but returned to the show for its final broadcast in 2002.

Phil Gayle would go on to present other programmes for Channel 4 such as First Edition, a 30-minute current affairs programme aimed at school age children and was the second presenter on the Channel 4 News.

In 2001, Phil Gayle moved to rival broadcaster ITV and had a major role in the show That's Esther, where he was the on-the-road reporter for the half-hour consumer affairs and human-interest series.

Phil Gayle would act as the main reporter on anti-scalding campaign and interviews with people overcoming the odds during the show's run between 2001 and 2002.

Phil Gayle was the newsreader and reporter on the regional London news programmes London Today and London Tonight between 2002 and 2005, and hosted the monthly current affairs documentary series The London Programme.

Phil Gayle fronted another LWT current affairs programme, The Week.

In 2007, Phil Gayle was a contestant on the second series of Dancing on Ice.

Since May 2015, Phil Gayle has been one of the presenters of DW News on Deutsche Welle in Germany.

In 2021, as part of Channel 4's Black to Front campaign, Phil Gayle returned to The Big Breakfast to read the news during a one-off special of the programme.