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Jayne Middlemiss (born 5 January, 1971 in Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and radio presenter, and model.

e Middlemiss grew up in the town of Bedlington
Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in the Wansbeck district of Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle upon Tyne and northeast of the county town of Morpeth, Northumberland....
 in Northumberland, England. She attended Meadowdale Middle School and later Bedlingtonshire Community High School.
991, Middlemiss started out as a glamour model, within a year, she left that behind to pursue a career in the media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
.

first worked as a researcher
Researcher

A researcher is someone who is professionally engaged in research. This is often scientific research, technological research or engineering research....
 on GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
, and then by presenting music programmes, such as The O-Zone
The O-Zone

The O-Zone was a weekly music magazine show broadcast on BBC Two from 1989-2000. Originally presented by Andy Crane until 1990 and originally only shown during school holidays and Sunday mornings during the winter months on CBBC....
, the Smash Hits
Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at children and young teenagers, and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time....
 Awards, The phone zone and Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
 and its spin-off radio show on BBC Radio One.






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Jayne Middlemiss (born 5 January, 1971 in Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and radio presenter, and model.

Biography

Jayne Middlemiss grew up in the town of Bedlington
Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in the Wansbeck district of Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle upon Tyne and northeast of the county town of Morpeth, Northumberland....
 in Northumberland, England. She attended Meadowdale Middle School and later Bedlingtonshire Community High School.

Modelling

In 1991, Middlemiss started out as a glamour model, within a year, she left that behind to pursue a career in the media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
.

Television

She first worked as a researcher
Researcher

A researcher is someone who is professionally engaged in research. This is often scientific research, technological research or engineering research....
 on GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
, and then by presenting music programmes, such as The O-Zone
The O-Zone

The O-Zone was a weekly music magazine show broadcast on BBC Two from 1989-2000. Originally presented by Andy Crane until 1990 and originally only shown during school holidays and Sunday mornings during the winter months on CBBC....
, the Smash Hits
Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at children and young teenagers, and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time....
 Awards, The phone zone and Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
 and its spin-off radio show on BBC Radio One. She also regularly covered Jo Whiley
Jo Whiley

Johanne "Jo" Whiley is an England radio disc jockey on BBC Radio 1, and a television presenter. She is married to Steve Morton and has four children....
's show and various other programmes on the same station.

After hosting live coverage of Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is one of the largest music and performing arts festivals in the world....
 and the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous Arts festival festivals that take place during August each year in Edinburgh, Scotland....
, Middlemiss presented Rough Cut and Dog’s Balearics. She was one of the original presenters on the new digital station BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's Digital radio in the United Kingdom radio stations, launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y....
 in 2002, presenting the Music Week, where she remained until she left in April 2004.

Middlemiss began to move into more mainstream programming with three series of the fashion show She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 in film comedy-drama film screenwriter and film director by Spike Lee. It was also Lee's first feature-length film....
. She went on to present some of the BBC's Holiday
Holiday (TV series)

Holiday was a long-running UK television programme on BBC One, and was the oldest travel review show on UK television.The programme began in 1969 as Holiday 69, and for the first several years the year was incorporated in the programme's title, but this was discontinued in the 1990s....
 programmes, to destinations across the globe before co-hosting the LA Pool Party series with Lisa Snowdon
Lisa Snowdon

Lisa Snowdon is an England Model and television personality, who has recently started work as a radio host with Johnny Vaughan, presenting the breakfast show, on London's Capital 95.8, replacing Denise Van Outen....
, which won a TRIC Award
Television and Radio Industries Club

The Television and Radio Industries Club is a United Kingdom institution chartered in 1931 to "promote goodwill in the television and radio industries"....
.

In 2004, for Five TV, Middlemiss presented the dating show What Women Want
What Women Want

What Women Want is a 2000 in film United States film, film director by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The movie achieved enormous success with a domestic gross of $182,811,707 and a worldwide gross of $374,111,707, against a budget of $40 million....
, before co-presenting the seventh series of Robot Wars, alongside Craig Charles
Craig Charles

Craig Charles is an England actor, stand up comedian, author, poet, and radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf....
 and The Games
The Games (TV series)

The Games was a Channel 4 reality TV show that ran for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic Games style events, such as weight lifting, gymnastics and diving....
 with Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston

Jamie Theakston is a popular England television and radio presenter and producer. He was educated at the prep school of Hurstpierpoint College, then at Lancing College and the University of North London, which has now amalgamated into the London Metropolitan University....
.

In 2005 she appeared on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
's Celebrity Love Island
Love Island

Love Island was a United Kingdom television programme. It was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne Cotton taking over as female host in the second series....
 and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe
Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe is a retired England football player. Predominantly a winger , Sharpe once played for Manchester United F.C. and was a promising young player in English football, but his career went into rapid decline while he was still in his twenties....
. The pair did not become a couple, however, despite the producers of the show sending them on a trip in a 'make or break' boat. She eventually went on to win the show, alongside Fran Cosgrave
Fran Cosgrave

Fran Cosgrave is an Ireland nightclub owner, famous for appearing on reality television programmes and being the former Westlife bodyguard....
. In 2006 she returned to Fiji
Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
 to host Love Island's sister show Aftersun on ITV2
ITV2

ITV2 is a 24 hour a day free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc....
.

In 2006, Middlemiss presented Family Forensics UK
Family Forensics UK

Family Forensics UK is a UK television series airing on LivingTV produced by Twofour. Hosted by Jayne Middlemiss, the programme is a UK version of a hit US show where a forensics team treat a house as they would a crime scene, profiling the lives and psychological make-up of the family who live there over the course of a weekend....
, a Twofour
Twofour

Twofour was founded 1988 and has grown to become one of the largest independent media groups in the UK employing over 330 people.It is currently the largest UK independent supplier of content to Sky One, predominately due to its production of Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? , Sky's peak time quiz show....
 production for Living. The show sees a team of forensic investigators rifling through ordinary homes to uncover the psychological make-up of family members. Only one member of the family will know about the show - for the rest of the family it will be a surprise.

Other recent credits include coverage of Live 8
Live 8

Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
 for commercial radio, ITV2's coverage of the British Comedy Awards
British Comedy Awards

The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year....
 and Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar

Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television for series 1 and ITV Productions for series 2 which first aired on United Kingdom television station ITV in 2006....
, work as a reporter for GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
 and Richard and Judy
Richard and Judy

Richard Madeley and Judith 'Judy' Finnigan are married television presenters. Since their marriage, their television appearances have been largely made as a couple, though each has had the occasional solo project....
 and appearances as a 'talking head
Talking head

Talking head may refer to:*Talking Heads, a rock band*Talking Heads , a BBC television series*Talking Head , a 1992 film by Mamoru Oshii*"Talking Head", a song by Mot?rhead from the 1979 album Bomber ...
' in a number of celebrity-based documentaries.

Middlemiss can currently be seen presenting the third series of the Orange Playlist
Orange Playlist

Orange Playlist is a British music chat show TV series, produced by INITIAL, a subsidiary of Endemol UK for the ITV Network. Currently in its third series, it is presented by Jayne Middlemiss....
 for ITV on Thursday nights. She co-owns a television production company
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 and has a number of projects in development.

Personal life


A committed follower of yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
 for over ten years, in 2005 Middlemiss released the hit DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 Jayne Middlemiss - Love Yoga and is currently working on a second fitness release. In 2006, Middlemiss narrated a documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 about a yoga retreat for the BBC. She was also seen in A Beginners Guide to ... Yoga for Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 (2007).

She is a supporter of A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth

A.F.C. Bournemouth is an England association football club currently playing in Football League Two. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....


She is claustrophobic.

Credits


  • The White Room (1995)
  • The O-Zone
  • Top of the Pops
    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
     (1998)
  • She's Gotta Have It
  • Techno Games (2001)
  • The Games
  • Robot Wars (2003)
  • Orange Playlist
    Orange Playlist

    Orange Playlist is a British music chat show TV series, produced by INITIAL, a subsidiary of Endemol UK for the ITV Network. Currently in its third series, it is presented by Jayne Middlemiss....
     (2004-)
  • Love Island: Aftersun
    Love Island

    Love Island was a United Kingdom television programme. It was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne Cotton taking over as female host in the second series....
     (2005-)
  • Soapstar Superstar
    Soapstar Superstar

    Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television for series 1 and ITV Productions for series 2 which first aired on United Kingdom television station ITV in 2006....
    : Extra Tracks
    (2006)
  • The Beginner's Guide To Yoga
    Yoga

    Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
     (2007)


FHM ranking


Middlemiss has attracted the attention of those who vote in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. Here are her placings on given years:

  • 77 (1998)
  • 75 (1999)
  • 74 (2000)


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