Arielle Free-Pritchard (Arielle Free) (born 29 March 1988) is a Scottish DJ and broadcaster. She is known for presenting on

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. Free also hosts the official podcast '' Love Island: The Morning After''.

Early life

Free was born in Paisley but lived in

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until moving to

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when she was ten years old. She considers herself to be a Glaswegian. Free began dancing when she was eight years old, and attended the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School.

Career

Film and television

Free acted in the Beauxbatons scenes in ''

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'' (2005). Free presented the children's TV show ''

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'' on ITV. While presenting the show on 3 October 2017, Free took part in a world record attempt for the most limbos achieved by a team of 25 people in three minutes. The team set a record of 142 limbos, verified by the

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Radio and podcasts

Free and

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have co-presented the official '' Love Island'' podcast ''Love Island: The Morning After'' since 2018. On 6 September 2019, Free began presenting the weekend early breakfast show on

, which included Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. In January 2021, she moved to the weekday early breakfast show from Monday to Thursday. Free is also the voice of Radio 1's Dance live stream and can be heard on the stage 35 hours a week. As a DJ, Free can often be found playing on Club and Festival bills as well as touring her own club night ''Free Your Mind''. She also has a record label under the same name. On 21 August 2021, Free and

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, winner of the second series of '' RuPaul's Drag Race UK'', co-hosted a show on BBC Radio 1 in honour of the station's Drag Day. In August 2023, Free was suspended from BBC Radio 1 for a week, following an on-air incident that occurred during Charlie Hedges' Dance Anthems DJ set, which was broadcast live from Radio 1's Dance Weekend in Ibiza. Free had been asked by Hedges to leave the studio after expressing her dislike of the current song.

Music

In January 2022, Free released the single "Soul Full" that she produced with Bristol music duo Mortimer. The song features vocals by Joe Killington.

Singles

Comic Relief Challenge

On 5 March 2023, Free began the Tour De Dance challenge to raise money for the charity

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. This was a five-day event where she completed 50 hours of simultaneous cycling and DJing, touring five UK cities. The challenge was completed on a vehicle powered by ten cyclists, with volunteers joining for sections of the journey in York, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, and Liverpool. Over £500,000 was raised for Comic Relief in Free's name by the end of the challenge.Radio 1's Tour de Dance for Red Nose Day, BBC Radio 1 Broadcast, 9 March 2023,

References

External links

''Radio 1's Rave-Up with Arielle Free''
(BBC Radio 1)
''Radio 1 Dance Morning''
(BBC Radio 1 Dance) {{DEFAULTSORT:Free, Arielle Living people 1988 births BBC Radio 1 presenters Scottish DJs People from Paisley, Renfrewshire People from Stirling