Joanne Malin
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Joanne Malin is a British radio and television presenter. She was an anchor on Central News
in the West Midlands alongside Bob Warman
for many years. She currently presents a show on BBC WM
.
area of Birmingham
, Malin trained to be a dancer at the Italia Conti Academy in London and worked in local theatre productions. Her first professional show was Jack and the Beanstalk
with Russ Abbott at the Birmingham Hippodrome, performing as Little Miss Muffet
in the chorus. She then did a provincial tour with the show 42nd Street
, before taking her next role as Frenchie in a six month sell-out tour of Grease
. After more panto in Birmingham, she took a nine month contract dancing on the QE2
. At the age of 25, she then switched career and retrained by taking a National Council for the Training of Broadcasting Journalists course at Portsmouth, where she graduated with a distinction and won a prize for Best Documentary. Joanne started out working in the news departments of local radio stations before being hired by Reuters
to work on breakfast news bulletins for Virgin Radio
.
From here, she switched from radio to television, despite having no previous experience, and joined the infamous cable channel, L!VE TV
in London as a newsreader and a stand-in presenter. During her time at the station, she presented coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
. In 1998, Malin joined Central Television (where she had already made a few guest appearances in her previous career as a dancer) and became anchorwoman for the West Midlands edition of Central News (later Central Tonight
). She has also made appearances in regional programmes broadcast across the whole Central region.
In August 2006, Malin made the headlines after accidentally swearing during an outside broadcast on Central Tonight
.
She was in Stoke-on-Trent
in Staffordshire with the Central Tonight tour bus, in overcast weather conditions, when she ad-libbed "...it would be lovely here in the sun, but it's pissing it down". Malin apologised shortly after this on-air mistake.
On 10 October 2008, she announced her decision to leave ITV Central, shortly after the announcement of 60 job losses at the station and a major restructuring of Central News. Malin presented her final programme for the station on 31 October 2008. A week beforehand, Malin announced live during an interview on BBC WM
that she would be joining the BBC on a two-year contract. She has presented a mid-morning show on BBC WM
since February 2009, with a view to contributing to Midlands Today
and the West Midlands edition of Inside Out.
She currently lives in Alvechurch, Worcestershire with her husband Andrew (an orthopaedic surgeon) and her dog called Maisy.
. She had previously won the award in October 2003 and has also won the Harold Wincott Award for a series of business reports on Central News at Six.
Three days prior to leaving ITV Central, she won the RTS
Midlands' Best Female Personality award for 2008.
Central Tonight
Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...
in the West Midlands alongside Bob Warman
Bob Warman
Bob Warman is a British television presenter, born in Walsall, West Midlands .Between the ages of 13 and 18, Warman attended Wrekin College in Wellington, Shropshire. He has spent most of his television career at ATV and Central, presenting regional news programmes.He was also a regional presenter...
for many years. She currently presents a show on BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
.
Biography
Originally from the MoseleyMoseley
Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants...
area of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, Malin trained to be a dancer at the Italia Conti Academy in London and worked in local theatre productions. Her first professional show was Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...
with Russ Abbott at the Birmingham Hippodrome, performing as Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
"Little Miss Muffet" is a nursery rhyme, one of the most commonly printed in the mid-twentieth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605.-Lyrics:-Alternative Lyrics:...
in the chorus. She then did a provincial tour with the show 42nd Street
42nd Street (musical)
42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...
, before taking her next role as Frenchie in a six month sell-out tour of Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
. After more panto in Birmingham, she took a nine month contract dancing on the QE2
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the QE2, is an ocean liner that was operated by Cunard from 1969 to 2008. Following her retirement from cruising, she is now owned by Istithmar...
. At the age of 25, she then switched career and retrained by taking a National Council for the Training of Broadcasting Journalists course at Portsmouth, where she graduated with a distinction and won a prize for Best Documentary. Joanne started out working in the news departments of local radio stations before being hired by Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
to work on breakfast news bulletins for Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
.
From here, she switched from radio to television, despite having no previous experience, and joined the infamous cable channel, L!VE TV
L!VE TV
L!VE TV was a British television station that was operated by MGN on cable television from 15 August 1995 - 31 October 1999. It was later revived for Sky Digital from 2003...
in London as a newsreader and a stand-in presenter. During her time at the station, she presented coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
. In 1998, Malin joined Central Television (where she had already made a few guest appearances in her previous career as a dancer) and became anchorwoman for the West Midlands edition of Central News (later Central Tonight
Central Tonight
Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...
). She has also made appearances in regional programmes broadcast across the whole Central region.
In August 2006, Malin made the headlines after accidentally swearing during an outside broadcast on Central Tonight
Central Tonight
Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...
.
She was in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
in Staffordshire with the Central Tonight tour bus, in overcast weather conditions, when she ad-libbed "...it would be lovely here in the sun, but it's pissing it down". Malin apologised shortly after this on-air mistake.
On 10 October 2008, she announced her decision to leave ITV Central, shortly after the announcement of 60 job losses at the station and a major restructuring of Central News. Malin presented her final programme for the station on 31 October 2008. A week beforehand, Malin announced live during an interview on BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
that she would be joining the BBC on a two-year contract. She has presented a mid-morning show on BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
since February 2009, with a view to contributing to Midlands Today
Midlands Today
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which covers the north of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands county...
and the West Midlands edition of Inside Out.
She currently lives in Alvechurch, Worcestershire with her husband Andrew (an orthopaedic surgeon) and her dog called Maisy.
Awards
In October 2006 she won the Royal Television Society Midlands Centre's Best On Screen Personality award, for her work on Central TonightCentral Tonight
Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...
. She had previously won the award in October 2003 and has also won the Harold Wincott Award for a series of business reports on Central News at Six.
Three days prior to leaving ITV Central, she won the RTS
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Midlands' Best Female Personality award for 2008.