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Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''
The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' (2007–2010) and ''
Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
. He was also the chief presenter for football coverage on
ITV Sport
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'' and ''
The Money Programme'' as well as sports programmes like ''
Match of the Day 2
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''. He currently works for
BBC Radio 5 Live.
Early life and career
Chiles was born in
Quinton,
Birmingham
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, to an English father and Croatian mother, and moved a few miles away to
Hagley
Hagley is a large village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is on the boundary of the West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster. Its estimated population was 7,162 in 2 ...
,
Worcestershire
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at the age of four.
[Soccer's biggest transfer target](_blank)
''The Observer'' (London), 16 March 2008 His Birmingham accent is a feature of his presentations. He also speaks Croatian, despite having a self-confessed imperfect understanding of the language's verbs,
declension
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s, and cases. Chiles started his education at
Haybridge High School
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, and then worked in his father's scaffolding business, before graduating with a degree in English literature from the
University of London
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(studying at
Westfield College
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, now part of
Queen Mary, University of London
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
).
Before going to university he was a keen amateur actor, appearing in the
Crescent Theatre
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's musical production of
Mary O'Malley's ''Once A Catholic'' and Sandy Wilson's ''The Cheese''. After university, while waiting for his broken leg to heal from an amateur football incident he applied for and failed both
Civil Service exams, before being asked to apply for
MI5
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— he failed the second interview. He studied journalism at
Cardiff
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and then worked as a sports reporter for the ''
News of the World''.
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Television
BBC
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, originally for work experience on ''
Business Breakfast''.
Chiles' experience from ''Financial World Tonight'' led to him fronting the
BBC Two business show ''
Working Lunch
''Working Lunch'' is a television programme which was broadcast on BBC Two covering business, personal finance and consumer news; it was broadcast between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed ...
'', where he came to popular notice.
He has since created, scripted and fronted a variety of other programmes for the BBC including, for BBC Two, the 2003 series ''So What Do You Do All Day?'' – a look at the lives of the rich and famous – and ''Asian Millionaires''. For
BBC One
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he created and fronted ''Royal Millions'', an investigation of
the Queen's finances, as well as reports for ''
Panorama'' and various documentaries.
From 2006 until 2009, Chiles presented the spin-off series of the popular UK television show ''
The Apprentice'' called ''
The Apprentice: You're Fired!'' in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired. He left the BBC in 2009, and was replaced by
Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain ( , ; born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom. He is noted for performing stand-up comedy shows all over the world and for hosting topical panel shows such as ''Mock the W ...
.
During August 2006 Chiles co-presented a pilot of a new BBC One early-evening magazine programme, ''
The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
''. The programme was re-commissioned for 2007 with Chiles returning as host, leaving ''
Working Lunch
''Working Lunch'' is a television programme which was broadcast on BBC Two covering business, personal finance and consumer news; it was broadcast between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed ...
''. Chiles' last appearance on ''The One Show'' was on 30 April 2010 and his favourite guest from the programme, rock singer
Robert Plant, appeared again. His final show also saw video tributes to an emotional Chiles from
Prime Minister
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Gordon Brown
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and political leaders
David Cameron and
Nick Clegg
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.
In April 2007, Chiles was a guest host of BBC One's satirical news quiz, ''
Have I Got News for You''.
In January 2016, Chiles returned to BBC television, where he fronted a 2-part religion/travel series ''My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles'' for
BBC Two. In July 2016, he presented a special edition of ''
Panorama'' called "Why We Voted to Leave: Britain Speaks" for
BBC One
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. On 1 January 2019, he hosted a follow-up programme on
BBC Radio 4
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called "Brexit: bewitched, bothered or bewildered?" in which he spoke again to the same people – more than two years on – on how they now felt about Brexit. In November 2016, he fronted one-off documentary ''Whites v Blacks: How Football Changed a Nation'' for
BBC Two.
Chiles co-presented ''Christine and Adrian's Friendship Test'', a three-part documentary series with
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
. The series was broadcast on
BBC Northern Ireland in November 2017.
In August 2018, Chiles presented a
BBC Two documentary entitled ''Drinkers Like Me'' in which he admitted to regularly drinking in excess of 100 units of alcohol per week and investigated why alcohol had become such a big part of his life. As part of the programme, a doctor carried out a
ibroscanliver test on him, which produced a score of 8.9, indicating mild/moderate
fibrosis of the liver and significant
hepatic steatosis.
BBC Sport
When the BBC won back the rights to
Premier League football
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
, Chiles became the host of ''
Match of the Day 2
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'' on Sundays. In the run-up to the
2006 World Cup
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, he was an integral part in
BBC Three
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's
African Cup of Nations coverage. He was also a member of the BBC's
World Cup
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team often bringing viewers late night highlights. He was a main presenter of the BBC's
Euro 2008
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coverage and was one of the anchors of the morning
2008 Olympics coverage from
Beijing
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.
ITV
After news media speculation suggesting that the BBC wished to increase the popularity of ''
The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' on Fridays by introducing
Chris Evans alongside
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
in an extended one-hour format, Chiles was said to be discussing a contract with ITV. After Evans was confirmed as the new Friday presenter in a revamped one-hour format, Chiles left the BBC for ITV in a four-year contract, speculated to be worth
£1million per year. Chiles left the BBC on 30 April 2010.
From May 2010, Chiles fronted ITV's football coverage. He made his ITV debut on 24 May 2010, presenting the
England
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v
Mexico
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friendly at
Wembley
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(England won the match 3–1).
On 6 September 2010, he made his first appearance on ''
Daybreak'', ITV's new
breakfast television
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programme. The show failed to capture a larger market share than its competitor ''
Breakfast'', and on 18 November 2011 it was announced that Chiles would be axed from the show. He was replaced by
Dan Lobb
Daniel Jonathon Lobb (born 7 January 1972) is a British retired tennis player and television presenter, best known for co-presenting the ITV Breakfast programme '' Daybreak'' from 2010 until 2012. Since 2015, he co-presents ''Cowboy Builders'' ...
.
In January 2011, Chiles began presenting ''
That Sunday Night Show
''That Sunday Night Show'' is a British television chat show presented by Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both '' The One Show'' (2007–2010) and ...
'' on
ITV, which returned for a second series in September 2011 and a third in January 2012.
His contract with ITV came an end on 20 April 2014. However, he signed a new contract to purely host ITV's football coverage. The new contract included a wage cut of £1 million per year.
On 23 January 2015, it was announced that Chiles had left his role as ITV's football host with immediate effect. He has not returned to the channel since.
Radio
In his early career at the BBC, Chiles became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting
Radio 4's ''Financial World Tonight''.
He began presenting and producing his own show ''Chiles on Saturday'' for
Radio 5 Live, which was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the ''
Sony Radio Academy Awards
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'' in 2002.
In November 2013, Chiles returned to
Radio 5 Live, co-presenting ''Drive on Fridays'' with
Anna Foster.
In October 2014, he became the Monday and Tuesday host of new programme ''5 Live Daily'' from 10am – 1pm; with
Peter Allen, and subsequently
Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett (born 5 February 1985) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She has been the main presenter of ''Woman's Hour'' on BBC Radio 4 since January 2021.
Barnett worked for BBC Radio 5 Live for six years, beginning in 2014, after th ...
, hosting Wednesday to Friday.
In January 2018, he was moved to Fridays only and the title was changed to ''Chiles on Friday'', with
Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett (born 5 February 1985) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She has been the main presenter of ''Woman's Hour'' on BBC Radio 4 since January 2021.
Barnett worked for BBC Radio 5 Live for six years, beginning in 2014, after th ...
hosting from Monday to Thursday under the title ''The Emma Barnett Show'', although the content remains essentially the same.
Other activities
Chiles was the World Record holder for highest number of kisses received in 60 seconds from 2007 until 2009, with 78.
In 2004, Chiles appeared with
Johnny Vegas
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and
Mackenzie Crook
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in the film ''
Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' in a cameo role as the host of a sex party.
He appeared on the second series of ''
Al Murray's Happy Hour
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'' as himself, and also had a cameo as himself in Series Two of ''
That Mitchell and Webb Look
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''.
On 23 November 2009, Chiles released a ''2 Good 2 Bad: The World Cup DVD'' based on the popular segment from ''
Match of the Day 2
''Match of the Day 2'' is a Premier League football highlights programme. It is a companion show to Match of the Day, usually broadcast on BBC One on Sunday evenings, thus facilitating coverage of the respective week's PL matches that were playe ...
''.
In 2020, he participated in ('Language Road Trip'), a show for
S4C where he and several other celebrities learned
Welsh, broadcast in April 2020. An extra episode, ('Language Road Trip: Christmas') was broadcast at the end of 2020, interviewing each of the celebrities about whether they were still making use of their Welsh and the opportunities they had had to use Welsh
during lockdown.
Chiles wrote the non-fiction book ''The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less'', published in October 2022.
Personal life
Chiles married
Jane Garvey, a former regular presenter of ''
Woman's Hour
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History
Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by ...
'' on
Radio 4, in September 1998 in
Swansea. Chiles and Garvey have two daughters. In June 2008, the couple separated; they divorced in October 2009. Chiles married ''Guardian'' editor
Kath Viner in 2022.
Chiles
converted to
Catholicism
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in 2007.
During
Lent
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2015, he attended
Mass
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daily and at a different church each time; a total of 46 different churches in 46 days.
He is a supporter of
West Bromwich Albion Football Club
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,
where he is a season-ticket holder and presenter on some of the club's official DVDs. Both of his cars have WBA in their registration and he has a stained glass West Bromwich Albion crest above his door.
Chiles plays the
double bass
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, as revealed when he dueted with violinist
Nigel Kennedy
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His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres.
Early life and background
Kenn ...
playing "Fever" on ''The One Show.'' On 7 May 2008, his co-presenter on ''The One Show'',
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
, sang part of a song with Chiles accompanying on piano.
Chiles claims that his "
Brummie
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" accent worked in his favour at the BBC.
Chiles began writing a regular column for ''
The Guardian
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'' in February 2019. He confirmed his relationship with the newspaper's editor,
Katharine Viner, in an interview with ''The Daily Telegraph'' in April 2020, saying "I’ve got a horror of talking about relationships. I don’t mind saying I’m with Kath."
Chiles has said that the relationship began as a result of him writing the column and not the other way around.
In 2019, Chiles wrote an opinion piece detailing his experience after several publications such as the ''
Mail on Sunday
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'' republished false information about his alleged marriage to a woman named Maria Walsh in his
Wikipedia
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article, presumably from erroneous information within a ''
Daily Mail'' article. The ''Daily Mail'' article has since been corrected.
In 2020, Chiles revealed in his ''Guardian'' column that he had been diagnosed with
ADD. He wrote that his condition is being successfully treated with prescription drugs, after he had initially disregarded his symptoms.
Chiles describes himself as "almost
vegan
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". He has a
urinal
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in his flat and has written about the mixed reactions it receives.
Charity work
In March 2008, Chiles embarked on a charity cycling trip with footballer
Alan Shearer from
Newcastle upon Tyne
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to
London
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via
West Bromwich
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for
Sport Relief
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It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educat ...
. The duo raised
£371,065 for their feat.
In 2010, Chiles grew a beard, which was later shaved off by his ''
One Show'' co-host
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while w ...
for
Sport Relief
''Sport Relief'' was a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002.
It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educat ...
, raising £60,000 in the process.
Highlights from Sport Relief
BBC News, 19 March 2010
Publications
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The stories of a varied cast of avid West Bromwich Albion
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supporters whom Chiles met over the course of the 2005–06 season, at the end of which the team was relegated from the Premier League
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. The book also documents Chiles' own obsession with his beloved "Baggies".
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Filmography
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References
Sources
Celebrity guests gallery
BBC – ''The One Show
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''
Celebrity Fan Adrian Chiles Talks Everything West Brom Exclusively to TF90M
TF90M – The First 90 Minutes
Adrian Chiles profile
BBC Sport ''Match of the Day
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'', 11 August 2004
External links
''Adrian Chiles''
(BBC Radio 5 Live)
''Chiles on Friday''
(BBC Radio 5 Live)
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1967 births
Living people
Alumni of Cardiff University
Alumni of Westfield College
BBC Radio 5 Live presenters
BBC sports presenters and reporters
British Roman Catholics
British male journalists
English people of Croatian descent
British radio personalities
British sports broadcasters
British television presenters
Converts to Roman Catholicism
ITV Breakfast presenters and reporters
Mass media people from Worcestershire
People from Wyre Forest District