Lisa Rogers (born 7 September 1971)
[ is a Welsh ]television presenter
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. She has appeared in films, television programmes, theatre and radio.
Early life
While at school, she took jobs in a chocolate
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factory, as a farrier, and, while studying drama
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at Loughborough University
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,[ she was a ]nanny
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and manager of Santa's grotto.
Television
Rogers started her television career behind the scenes working as a researcher on shows including Johnny Vaughan
Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of '' Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011.
Vaughan currently ...
's ''The Fall Guy'', '' The Girlie Show'', ''Absolutely Animals'' and ''Light Lunch
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'' with fellow researcher Dermot O'Leary
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.
While Rogers was working as an assistant producer and not wishing to miss the World Cup
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, a friend suggested she audition for the football show '' Under the Moon'' on Channel 4
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.The Big Breakfast
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'' in June 2000, when she hosted the "Find Me a Weather Presenter" segment. This resulted in an irregular role, which led to later co-presenting, before the show ended in March 2002. She was also the presenter of the reality television show '' The Block''. She played the character Tanya in the 2000 TV mini series '' Lock, Stock...'', a spin-off from the film ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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''.
From 2002 to 2008, Rogers co-presented the Channel 4 engineering game show '' Scrapheap Challenge'' alongside Robert Llewellyn
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. To date, Rogers is the show's second-longest standing presenter, after Llewellyn. The duo also presented the spin-off series ''The Scrappy Races'' from 2003 to 2005. In 2003, Rogers also presented the ITV documentary series ''Mistresses'',Loose Women
''Loose Women'' (known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about aspects of ...
''.
As of 2008, Rogers has most recently been seen as the presenter of ''Sunshine'' for Channel 4, which previewed the new Danny Boyle
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film of the same name, and as a regular presenter of Sky One
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's motoring programme '' Vroom Vroom''.
In August 2008, Rogers presented a documentary that ended up becoming a polemic about genital plastic surgery, ''The Perfect Vagina''. In 2009, she reunited with Llewellyn for an episode of his web-based interview series ''Carpool
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''.
Personal life
Rogers' family originates from Trellech
Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; ) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Located south of Monmouth and north-north-west of Tintern, Trellech lies on a plateau above the Wye Valley on the souther ...
near Monmouth
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.["An evening with Lisa Rogers"]
- Mutterings for the Minority, 25 April 2012
In the summer of 2000, she started a relationship with actor Ralf Little. In 2003, she entered into a two-year relationship with former Stereophonics
Stereophonics are a Welsh pop and rock music, Welsh rock band formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley. The band consists of Kelly Jones (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Richard Jones (Stereophonics), Richard Jones (n ...
drummer Stuart Cable; Stuart was married at the time.Monmouthshire
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with her two daughters, Florence and Mimi.["The world according to former lads’ mag favourite and party girl Lisa Rogers"]
- WalesOnline, 26 May 2012
Rogers married in August 2015.["Lisa Rogers wears spectacular headpiece as she walks down the aisle for her beautiful wedding"]
- WalesOnline, 10 October 2015
Television appearances
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
People from Monmouth, Wales
People from Lydney
Mass media people from Cardiff
Alumni of Loughborough University
British television presenters
People educated at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls