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Suzi Perry (born 3 May 1970) is a British television presenter, currently covering MotoGP for

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. She is best known for covering MotoGP for the

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for 13 years, ''

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'' on Channel 5 for 8 years and the BBC's

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coverage from 2013 to 2015.

Early life

Perry was born in an RAF hospital in

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, the daughter of a

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, and her godfather was guitarist

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. Brought up in Finchfield, she attended

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, and had a school job as a lighting technician at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Perry went on to study business studies and finance at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, now the

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. After graduation, Perry spent 12 months in Japan working as a model, then as an advertising model following her return to

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Broadcasting career

BBC Sport

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Perry is mainly known as a motor sports correspondent, reporting on motorbike racing for

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as well as presenting other sports-related programmes, including Wimbledon,

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, the

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, Royal Ascot and the

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. She helped to present the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. From 1997, Perry presented coverage of

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's MotoGP for 13 years. In February 2010, following a year in which she suffered a number of health issues including

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and an ectopic pregnancy, it was announced that she was stepping down from presenting MotoGP coverage. She stated that the extensive travelling involved combined with her other TV commitments was having a detrimental effect on her work-life balance. Following her departure from MotoGP, Perry was part of the BBC presenting team at the

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and Royal Ascot. She was due to be part of the

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coverage but was replaced at the last moment—without any explanation—by Dan Walker, who happened to be at

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presenting ''

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'' on the same day. On 21 December 2012, the BBC announced that Perry would replace

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as presenter of the

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coverage from the 2013 season, covering 10 live races and 10 highlight shows. She also wrote regular blogs for BBC Sport to give a behind-the-scenes look at F1. This was the first time a woman had taken on the full-time main anchor role in Formula One on British TV. In 2015, it was announced Perry would present a new F1 show for BBC Two with

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. The show, called ''Formula 1 Rewind'', involves Walker looking back at some of the BBC's archives.

BT Sport

In March 2016 it was announced that Perry would join BT Sport, presenting the channel's motorsport content, including the MotoGP World Championship, FIM Speedway and the World Rally Championship. The announcement coincided with the news that UK terrestrial TV coverage of Formula 1 was moving from the BBC to Channel 4. The BT Sport MotoGP team currently includes, Perry hosting the coverage alongside former bike racers and pundits

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, and Natalie Quirk. Commentary and reporting is provided by

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and Gavin Emmett.

Other television work

Perry was the original presenter of ''Live Elite League Speedway'' on

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. She appeared on the 2002–03 revival of '' Treasure Hunt'', where she took the "skyrunner" role made famous by

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. Since 2004, Perry had been a co-presenter for Channel 5's ''

'', a hi-tech weekly programme, alongside

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, Jon Bentley,

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and Pollyanna Woodward. She was temporarily replaced by

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while recovering from an ectopic pregnancy, and returned in August 2009. Perry created the current theme music for the ''Gadget Show'' in 2011, as part of one of the show's challenges. In February 2012, it was announced that the show's format was going to change and be renamed '' The Gadget Show: World Tour'', featuring only two of the previous team of presenters:

and Pollyanna Woodward. On 15 May 2008, Perry appeared on ''

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'' on BBC Two, allowing

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to look around her property before being identified by the panel. In 2010 Perry appeared on ITV's ''

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'' with husband Bastien.All Star Mr and Mrs – Barry McGuigan, Suzi Perry, Simon Gregson Reviews
tv.com; accessed 27 March 2016. Her other shows include ''Housecall'', ''Superstars'', ''City Hospital'', ''How to take Stunning Pictures'' and '' Holiday''. On 10 March 2012, Perry danced to "Livin' the Vida Loca" with ex-''Gadget Show'' fellow presenter Ortis Deley for the BBC's ''

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''. Perry was a guest panellist on the Channel 5 magazine show ''

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'', alongside comedian

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, for the week of 19–23 March 2012. Her appearance as a guest in the third series of BBC Two's '' The Sarah Millican Television Programme'' was shown on 2 November 2013. On 14 June 2014, she co-presented the BBC's coverage of

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with

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. In 2017, she presented ''Suzi Perry's Queens of the Road'' and ''Invented in London'' for

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Radio work

Perry presented ''Suzi Perry's Formula 1 Anthems'' on BBC Radio 2 during her time with BBC's Formula 1 commentary team.

Online broadcasts

During the coronavirus lockdown of spring 2020, Suzi began a series of live Instagram broadcasts, called 'Suzi’s Breakfast Club', that incorporated interviews with people from the worlds of sport, music and entertainment. These included motorsport stars

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James Toseland James Michael Toseland (born 5 October 1980) is an English former motorcycle racer and vocalist of his own rock band named Toseland. For 2020, he is team-manager of Wepol Racing with riders in World Supersport and Supersport 300.Colin Edwards Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season, but continues in the sport as a factory test rider. He is a two-time W ...

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, and

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. Also Jack Savoretti,

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, and Mark King of

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. The majority of broadcasts were also uploaded to

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Honours

In September 2016, Perry was made an honorary Doctor of Engineering by the University of Wolverhampton for services to science, technology, and work encouraging young entrepreneurs.

Personal life

In 1997 Perry married Steve Bullock; their marriage lasted four years. In September 2008, she was engaged to her Dutch boyfriend, Bastien Boosten, whom she met while filming ''The Gadget Show'' She suffered a ruptured ectopic pregnancy on 17 February 2009, and was taken to West Middlesex Hospital from her home in Chiswick, where she underwent surgery after losing four pints of blood. They married on 6 August 2009, with an

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impersonator conducting the 30-minute ceremony. She was the first celebrity bride to post her wedding pictures on Twitter. From April 2010, Perry lived in London, but shared a house in the south of France with Boosten. Perry gained a stepdaughter through her second marriage. In 2019, Perry contracted Dengue fever virus followed by post viral fatigue. Perry is a supporter of

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football club. She has a motorsport jewellery collaboration with Alyssa Smith Jewellery.

Charity

In 2006, Perry appeared as a celebrity

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in the BBC's

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event ''

Only Fools on Horses ''Only Fools on Horses'' is a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed eques ...

''. On 12 July, after being voted off the show, she revealed that she had fallen off her horse 12 times. Perry is a patron of Promise Dreams, a charity launched in 2001 and based in her home town of

. Promise Dreams raise money for seriously or terminally ill children, to provide treatment, help and support for them and their families.Promise Dreams
– Wolverhampton's Children Charity

References

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