Alice Levine (born 8 July 1986) is an English radio and television presenter, writer, narrator and comedian.

Early life and education

Levine was born in

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. Levine studied English at the

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, where she met Jamie Morton and James Cooper, her collaborators on '' My Dad Wrote a Porno''. She played an active part in Leeds Student Television, the university's TV station.

Career

Her first television job was hosting ''Celebrity Bites'' for MTV, which led to other shows including coverage of their Europe Music Awards. Levine hosted ''

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'' with Jamie East, from the reality show's revival in 2011 on Channel 5, until 2013. On 7 January 2013, Levine joined BBC Radio 1 to present a show with Phil Taggart in the much coveted

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slot. The show was broadcast from 10p.m. to midnight on Mondays to Thursdays. In August 2014, she left her weeknight slot with Taggart to present a solo weekend afternoon show on the station (1–4) taking over from

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. In 2014 she hosted ''Barclaycard Mercury Music Sessions'' for Channel 4, as well as the Mercury Music Prize itself. She has since presented music and arts coverage for a number of major events such as Glastonbury for the BBC, backstage at the BRIT Awards for

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for three years. She was also the red carpet and backstage host for the BAFTA Craft Awards, followed by the BAFTA TV Awards in May the same year. She is one of the three co-creators of the podcast '' My Dad Wrote a Porno''. Levine also co-hosted a series of Channel 4's reality show,'' The Circle'', with

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. In addition to her broadcast work, Levine co-founded a food and lifestyle brand, Jackson & Levine, with business partner Laura Jackson. As a pair, they are the food columnists for Company magazine, Elle and ''

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'', and have published a book, Round to Ours. This led to two ranges for Habitat, one of which sold out within three hours. On 15 July 2020, Levine announced that she was leaving Radio 1 after nine years at the station. She revealed the news via an

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post. Her last show was on 9 August 2020 after a series of three farewell shows. In August 2020, it was announced that Levine would become curator of a

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'' and co-host alongside John Lloyd, its chief host. Series 15 of the show aired from September to October 2020. In the documentary space, Levine presented Levine on Love, a series for the BBC in which she explored the world of modern romance. Channel 4 commissioned Sleeping with the Far Right, a film in which Levine lived for a week with a British Nationalist. In February 2021, Channel 4 announced a new series called ''Sex Odyssey'', which would be presented by Levine. Among the producers was documentary maker Louis Theroux. Later retitled ''Sex Actually with Alice Levine'', it began airing on 22 September 2021. A second series began airing on 27 February 2023. Across her career, Alice has appeared on many comedy shows;

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, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled for Dave, Room 101, Travel Man with Richard Ayoade, Qi,

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. In 2018, Levine was one of five contestants in the sixth series of the comedy game show Taskmaster. In April 2021, Levine began hosting

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true crime podcast ''British Scandal'' with

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. The series was nominated for Best Entertainment Podcast and won The Spotlight Award at the British Podcast Awards in 2022. In the same year Levine presented ''Very Modern Quests'', a

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improv podcast released as an Audible Original. The series featured participants such as Greg James, Joe Lycett and Phil Wang. In 2024, Levine produced and presented ''The Price of Paradise'', a true story based around 2002 TV show No Going Back. It was

’s most successful limited run podcast in the UK ever. Alice co-founded and runs the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival.

Awards and nominations

Levine won the prestigious Music Week Best Music Show Award for her solo weekend show on BBC Radio 1. Levine has also received many awards and nominations as the co-creator and presenter of '' My Dad Wrote a Porno'', dubbed the "most successful podcast in British history, " including British Podcast Awards, and a

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in 2019 in the comedy category.

Filmography

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References

External links

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