18 Facts About Tim Lovejoy

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Timothy Paul Lovejoy was born on 28 March 1968 and is an English television presenter best known for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM with Helen Chamberlain for over a decade and BT Sports Panel on Saturday mornings.

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Tim Lovejoy then joined Planet 24, working as a researcher for The Big Breakfast before going on to produce the show.

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Richard Marson's book celebrating fifty years of Blue Peter comments that Tim Lovejoy auditioned as a presenter in the 1990s.

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Tim Lovejoy began hosting and producing football show Soccer AM on Sky Television in 1996, with Helen Chamberlain.

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Tim Lovejoy hosted Tim Lovejoy and the Allstars, a show similar to TFI Friday, on Sky 1, where he chatted with celebrities, between performances from a variety of bands.

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In 2006, Tim Lovejoy was appointed as the co-host of the car show Fifth Gear on Five for one series.

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Tim Lovejoy announced on 5 June 2007 that he would be leaving Soccer AM after eleven years.

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Tim Lovejoy presented the UK edition of Five's Major League Soccer magazine show David Beckham's Soccer USA.

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In 2008, Tim Lovejoy launched an internet TV channel called Channel Bee.

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In February 2010, Tim Lovejoy guest presented an episode of Blue Peter 12 years after auditioning for the show.

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In 2010, Tim Lovejoy made a cameo appearance as a news reporter in the comedy feature Being Sold.

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From 2006 until 2012, Tim Lovejoy co-presented the Sunday morning TV programme Something for the Weekend on BBC2, opposite chef Simon Rimmer and various female co-hosts including Louise Redknapp.

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In 2017 Tim Lovejoy launched Dear Tim Lovejoy, originally an agony uncle podcast, but later evolving into a series of interviews.

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Tim Lovejoy married Jade in 2002 and has twin girls from the marriage, born in 2002.

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Tim Lovejoy was in a relationship with English netball player Tamsin Greenway.

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Tim Lovejoy gave birth to the couple's first child together, a daughter, on 22 May 2013.

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In May 2016, Tim Lovejoy announced that this relationship had ended.

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In 2009, Tim Lovejoy was named by The Daily Telegraph as the 49th most eligible bachelor in Britain.