Jane Moore
Jane Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1962 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Television | Loose Women |
| Spouse |
Gary Farrow (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
Jane Moore (born 17 May 1962)[1] is an English journalist, author and television presenter, best known as a columnist for The Sun newspaper and as a panellist and anchor on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 1999 and 2002, returning as a regular panellist on 15 October 2013.[2] Since 2018, Moore has been regularly relief anchoring the show.
Early life
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Moore was born in Oxford. Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and her mother was a teacher. She went to primary school in Oxford, then went to the Worcester Grammar School for Girls on Spetchley Road in Worcester, when her parents divorced. Since the divorce, she has not heard from her father. At school, Moore always wanted to be a journalist, but was told by her teachers that 'it was no job for a lady'. She studied journalism at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education in Cardiff, then trained at the Solihull News in 1981, moving to work full-time at the Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Post.
Career
Moore is a columnist for The Sun and writes regular articles for The Sunday Times. She has also written for Hello. In 2006, she was nominated for a British Press Award in the category of 'Columnist of the Year', but lost out to Lucy Kellaway.[3]
She also revealed in October 2021 on Loose Women that she was briefly an estate agent.
Television
On 19 April 2002, Moore guest presented This Morning.
Moore moved to the BBC and regularly contributed on Question Time (2002–12), The Andrew Marr Show (2005–21), This Week (2003–15) and BBC Breakfast.
Moore guest presented The Wright Stuff in 2003 and 2004, and was a panellist in 2008. On 4 February 2011, she guest hosted The Wright Stuff.
From 2006 to 2007, Moore was a team captain on the BBC Three programme Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, a comedy take on celebrity panel shows.
On 25 July 2011, she presented the six-part BBC Two series Wonderstuff.
Moore has also done some work with the Channel 4 programme Dispatches and has presented a number of online videos for the broadcaster.
Moore was a panellist on the ITV chat show Loose Women between 1999 and 2002. She returned to the programme on 15 October 2013.[4][5]
Books
- Fourplay (Jane Moore's first book, published in 2001)
- The Ex Files (published in 2003)
- dot.homme (published in 2004)
- The Second Wives Club (published in 2005)
- Love @ First Site (published in 2005)
Other work
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She started the consumer website, Youthejury.com in 2006, however the website is no longer running.
Personal life
Moore married Gary Farrow, the former vice-president of communications at Sony Music Entertainment, in 2002. Elton John was the best man at their wedding.[6] Her husband owns a PR agency called The Corporation Group. They live in Richmond with their daughters Ellie, Grace and Lauren and their Tibetan terrier dog named Jasper.[3]
On 7th December 2022, Moore revealed she and her husband are separating while on-air on Loose Women.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Channel | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2002, 2013— | Loose Women | ITV | Regular panellist (1999—2002, 2013—), Regular relief anchor (2018—) |
| 2000–2001 | Crimewatch Daily | BBC One | Co-presenter |
| 2001–2004 | Breakfast with Frost | ||
| 2002 | This Morning | ITV | Guest presenter |
| 2003–2005, 2007–2008, 2011 | The Wright Stuff | Channel 5 | Guest presenter/panellist |
| 2004–2007 | Grumpy Old Women | BBC Two | Contributor |
| 2005–2007 | Richard & Judy | Channel 4 | Regular contributor |
| 2005–2021 | The Andrew Marr Show | BBC One | Newspaper reviewer |
| 2005–2015 | This Week | Newspaper reviewer and Reporter | |
| 2006 | Grumpy Old Holidays | Contributor | |
| 2006–2007 | Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | BBC Three | Team captain |
| 2008 | Dispatches | Channel 4 | Regular reporter |
| 2011 | Wonderstuff | BBC Two | Presenter |
| 2012–2016 | The Agenda | ITV | Regular panellist |
| 2022 | Dispatches: Airport Chaos Undercover | Channel 4 | Reporter[7] |
- Guest appearances
- Have I Got News for You (4 May 2001)
- The Weakest Link: Presenters Special (24 December 2001)
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (12 January 2004)
- The Apprentice: You're Fired! (26 April 2006, 2 May 2007, 14 May 2008, 3 June 2009)
- The Sharon Osbourne Show (16 October 2006)
- News 24 Sunday (5 August 2007)
- Countdown (26–30 October 2009)
- Genius (4 October 2010)
- Pointless Celebrities (5 November 2016)
- After the News (24 October 2017)
- The Chase: Celebrity Special (2017/2018)
References
- ^ Loose Women Jane Moore: Husband, age and children revealed. Heart. Published 22 October 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Alex Fletcher (9 October 2013). "Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore added to 'Loose Women' lineup". Digital Spy.
- ^ a b Webber, Emily (9 March 2021). "Loose Women's Jane Moore's life away from TV after rare snap of daughter". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Jane Moore". itv.com.
- ^ Rob Leigh (9 October 2013). "Loose Women: Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore set to join Loose Women panel following Denise Welch departure from ITV show - Mirror Online". mirror.
- ^ "Redirect Notice". www.google.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dispatches: Airport Chaos Undercover". tv24.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
External links
- Jane Moore at IMDb
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