Rebecca Elizabeth Want (born 13 June 1961, Hyde, Cheshire) is a radio and television broadcaster, based in

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Radio career

Want has worked for the Manchester radio stations Piccadilly Radio and Key 103, where she co-presented the launch show with Tim Grundy in September 1988. She has been a presenter for BBC Radio Manchester for over 5 years hosting the station's weekday afternoon show.

TV career

Want was a features presenter on the North West regional news magazine programme Granada Tonight in the early 1990s on Manchester based ITV station Granada Television. Want was also a face on 'What's New' alongside Tony Wilson, 'Traveller's Check' with

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, 'Livetime', 'Psychic Livetime' and 'Predictions' for satellite station Granada Breeze. She has worked for ITV's 'Livetalk' and 'Which Way'. On the

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she has presented ''Inside Out North West'' for BBC North West and featured on Channel M's 'Moving Manchester'. She also starred in a Beryl Bainbridge production on

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Charity work

She is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust She ran the

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in 2010 for

's Christie Hospital and in 2011 she ran the Great Manchester Run for the same charity. She took part in Comic Relief 2011 and was challenged to perform as a stand-up comedian at the 'Frog and Bucket' comedy club in Manchester. She is listed as a key supporter of the Moore Foundation.

Personal life

Born in Hyde, she studied drama at university. Her career began as a secretary at a radio station where she was given the opportunity to go on air. She has a son.

References

External links

''Late Night Becky''
(BBC Local Radio) 1964 births Living people People from Hyde, Greater Manchester English radio DJs English television presenters {{UK-radio-bio-stub