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Edith Eleanor Bowman (born January 15, 1975) is a Scottish television presenter. She currently presents a radio show on BBC Radio 1, from 1pm-4pm. She began hosting the show as a solo venture on the August 14, 2006.
Bowman's television debut was in 1997 as a news reader on MTV UK. . She went on to host many shows for the station, including co-presenting chart show Hitlist UK with Cat Deeley, with whom she also presented Hit Music Sunday on Capital FM in 2001–2002 and travel show Roadtripping for BBC Choice in 2002.
She became a presenter on Channel 4's breakfast show RI:SE when it launched on April 29, 2002, staying with the programme until teaming up with Colin Murray, who had also worked on RI:SE, on March 29, 2003 to cohost Colin and Edith on BBC Radio 1. In April 2004 this show moved from a weekend morning slot to weekday afternoons, after the departure of Mark and Lard from the station. Broadcasting between 13:00 and 16:00.Edith sitting next to Zane Lowe at Glastonbury 2007.
In 2004, she co-presented BBC Scotland series Teen Commandments with Cameron Stout and on March 11, 2005 she won the TV talent show Comic Relief does Fame Academy, a charity music contest which also featured Al Murray, Kim Medcalf, Adrian Edmondson, Jon Culshaw, Konnie Huq, Dawn Steele, and other celebrities.
After occasional appearances in 2003, Bowman co-presented Top of the Pops up until the end of the series, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was away. In total she appeared on the show ten times including the final weekly episode.
In August 2006, Bowman became the sole occupier of the BBC Radio 1 afternoon 13:00 to 16:00 slot, with Murray taking over the Late Night Specialist slot.
In November 2006, she was forced to make an on-air apology after reading out an email in which Japanese people were referred to as "Nips". She claimed that she had not been aware of the meaning of the slang term.
In 2005 Bowman presented BBC Scotland's coverage of the Live 8 event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, and hosted the network's T in the Park programmes together with Dougie Anderson who had also worked on RI:SE. Also in 2005 she hosted the Q Awards with Colin Murray live on BBC Radio 1.
She also presented the BBC Three TV coverage of Glastonbury, T in the Park and The Reading Festival with Colin Murray for the last few years. She also hosted the TV coverage of the first Electric Proms with Zane Lowe.
Bowman was born in Anstruther in Fife, Scotland. She suffered from epilepsy as a child. She studied at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She is at present dating Editors frontman Tom Smith. In June 2007, post the Glastonbury Festival, Bowman was diagnosed with a bicuspid heart valve, which may later require surgery to replace the valve, or a complete heart transplant. |
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