Who is BBC Breakfast presenter Tina Daheley?
TINA Daheley has been involved in several popular shows throughout her career.
While she is widely recognised as the main newsreader on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball, we take a look at what else there is to know about the star.
Who is Tina Daheley?
Born on April 16, 1979, Tina Daheley is a television presenter from London.
Growing up in Perivale, West London, She was educated at The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in Ealing.
Tina initially studied computer science at Brunel University before she pursued a Master’s degree in journalism in Leeds, setting the stage for her successful career in news reporting.
In July 2018, the BBC released an updated list of its highest-paid presenters, and Tina made her debut on the list.
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The disclosure included on-air presenters earning more than £150,000 in 2017–18.
Daheley’s earnings were specified within the range of £150,000–£159,999 for that period.
What TV shows has Tina Daheley presented?
It was announced during the summer of 2016 that Tina would be one of the new Crimewatch presenters, along with Jeremy Vine.
The duo took over from Kirsty Young in September of the same year, in the “new-look” weekly show.
Tina said she grew up watching Crimewatch and felt privileged to join a show that gave ordinary viewers the chance to help bring criminals to justice.
The presenter is a huge sports fan, particularly of football and is said to support Arsenal.
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This passion has translated to her career, and she has presented coverage of women’s football in the past such as E24’s News Channel, BBC Two’s Revealed and BBC Three’s 60 Second News.
Since July 2016, Daheley has been a relief presenter on BBC Breakfast and Victoria Derbyshire.
Tina has also helped to co-present BBC Three’s political discussion show Free Speech with Rich Edwards.
Her role for this was interactive presenter and she helped to stir up live debates via social media.
As of May 2018, Tina can regularly be seen as the face of BBC News at 6pm and 10pm.
Is Tina Daheley on Radio 2?
Tina currently presents news, sports and the weather during the Radio 2 Breakfast show with Zoe Ball.
She hosts bulletins during half-hourly slots throughout the show, which runs from 6.30am to 9.30am.
Prior to this, she read the sports news on The Chris Moyles Show from 2010-12 and then went on to read the news during the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw from 2012 until 2018.
Is Tina Daheley married and does she have children?
Tina has a two-year-old daughter, Athena, with her fiancé of five years, Kane William-Smith.
The couple, who got engaged in January 2018, are very private.
Tina uses her social media pages for work and to share infrequent family updates.
Speaking about her work-life balance since becoming a parent, Tina told the Mirror: “This sounds corny and clichéd, but becoming a mum has empowered me to say no, because for a decade I just said yes to everything.
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“I’d do Breakfast in the morning, then record a podcast, then do both the 6pm and 10pm news, then head to Manchester the next day for more filming. I have a much better work-life balance now.
“Anything I say no to means I can say yes to something else. We don’t talk enough about how much becoming a parent impacts you, but I wear being a mum very openly.”