Jayne Irving (born 30 August 1956,

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) is a British

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best known for appearing on the

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show '' Good Morning Britain'', plus the

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weekday morning phone-in show ''

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'', which discussed some of the programmes that had been broadcast the night before.

Career

Irving began her broadcasting career reading the news bulletins on the Sheffield-based independent radio station

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in the late 1970s. Irving worked as a reporter in

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before joining

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. Initially, she presented the news bulletins on "Good Morning Britain". Early in 1984, she got the opportunity to cover for

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and then established herself as a regular on TV-am, alongside either

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. In 1986, Irving became the regular host of the new '' After Nine'' slot and appeared every weekday. She was a driving force behind the station's successful life-saving

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Campaign. Between 1986 and 1990, Irving was a regular co-presenter of the

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morning phone-in programme ''

'' with

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and

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. It consisted of phone comments about the previous night's television in the United Kingdom. Irving went on to present for various regional TV companies, including Central Weekend for ITV Central, ''Westcountry Focus'' for

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, and also the Living satellite channel. In 1999, she presented the ''Cheating Hearts'' strand on

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(now called talkSPORT).The TV Room+
(accessed 14 March 2007) More recently, she has presented programmes on satellite channels, including the

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References and notes

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* 1956 births Living people British reporters and correspondents English television presenters British television presenters People educated at High Storrs School Television personalities from South Yorkshire {{UK-tv-bio-stub