Tracey MacLeod (born 30 October 1960 in

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) is an English journalist and broadcaster. She has presented arts and music programming, including '' The Late Show'' (1989–95) and its musical offshoots ''New West'' and ''Words and Music'', ''Edinburgh Nights'' (1989, 1990), the

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(1990–95) and the

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(1994–98). She hosted a Sunday night radio show on GLR from 1990 for several years and was one of the launch DJs on

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Biography

MacLeod attended Ipswich High School and

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. MacLeod worked as a researcher for the

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before making her on-screen debut in 1987 on

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’s youth show '' Network 7''. Other screen credits include channel 4’s '' A Stab in the Dark'' with David Baddiel and

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, ''All I Want – A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright'', '' Kitchen Criminals'', ''

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'', and voicing over many music documentaries and the long-running

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show '' Rapido'', presented by Antoine de Caunes. She appeared as a guest interviewer in Sean Hughes' 1992 comedy series '' Sean's Show''. Her friend Helen Fielding partly based the Jude character in '' Bridget Jones's Diary'' on her, and she appeared as an extra in the literary party scene of the film, directed by Sharon Maguire. She was a team captain on the Radio 4 music quiz '' All the Way from Memphis'', with Andrew Collins, and a regular contestant on the Radio 4 books quiz, '' The Write Stuff''. She was the restaurant critic of ''

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'' from 1997 until the paper ended its print edition in 2016, winning the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for "Restaurant Writer of the Year" in 2003, and being awarded "Restaurant Writer of the Year" by the Guild of Food Writers in 2008 and 2010. She has also been literary editor of ''

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'', and radio critic of ''

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''. She is a director of the talent agency KBJ Management, where she manages TV presenters including Simon Amstell and Kevin McCloud. She is a regular guest critic on ''

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macleod, Tracey 1960 births Living people British music journalists The Independent people Radio critics English women journalists 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers British food writers British restaurant critics English women food writers Mass media people from Ipswich Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham