Everything about Becky Jago totally explained
Becky Jago (born
Rebecca Gunton on
20 April,
1976 in
Bury St. Edmunds) is a
British television news presenter.
Jago attended
Stowmarket High School from
1989 to
1994, where she was sports captain for 2 years
(External Link
) She graduated from the University of Luton (now the
University of Bedfordshire) in 1997 with a
BA Hons in Media Performance, and then spent some time in
Japan, where she worked in a public bar
Jago started her media career at Vibe FM, working her way up from researcher to become the co-presenter on the breakfast show. After appearing in a television documentary about Vibe FM, she was spotted by producers of
Anglia News who hired her as their
weathergirl, and also appeared on
Five TV's
The Wright Stuff where she'd introduce
phone in contributors.
In November
2001 she joined the
BBC's children's news programme
Newsround, becoming one of the two main presenters. During this period she'd an unsuccessful performance on a celebrity version of
The Weakest Link. Becky was first to be eliminated after incorrectly answering the 50/50 question:
"What is the safest way to read a firework instruction manual, An electric torch or a match?"
Jago joined
Capital Radio on
28 February,
2003 to partner
Chris Tarrant on the breakfast show. She stayed with new host
Johnny Vaughan after Tarrant left in
2004, but left the show when her contract ended in December
2004. She then had stints as a reporter on
GMTV's Entertainment Today programme and
Sky Sports News, before returning to Anglia News in May
2005 as a feature reporter and presenter
Personal life
An
Ipswich Town F.C. supporter, Jago played football from school level, through University and in various works teams
(External Link) Her mother died of
Breast Cancer, and Jago supports charities in this area
(External Link)
Jago married in December
2004, and lives in
Norwich,
Norfolk with her husband and twin children
Becky is an official patron of disabled children's charity Out & About (http://www.out-and-about.org.uk), which supports disabled children in leisure activities in Norfolk and Suffolk (Becky's home county).
Tributes
The band Hardly Mozart were formerly known as Becky Jago, and then Jago, in tribute to Becky
(External Link).
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