Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967 in Birmingham, England) is a British television and radio presenter. is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Birmingham (pron. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

His journalistic training and love of football has resulted in a career in two streams of broadcasting, fronting general and notably business programmes such as Working Lunch; and sports programs like Match of the Day 2. His radio programme Chiles on Saturday for Radio 5 Live was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2002. Working Lunch is a television programme shown on BBC Two which covers business news, personal finance and consumer news. ... Match of the Day 2 (otherwise known as MotD2) is a football highlights programme shown on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. ... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Biography

Born in Birmingham to an English father and Croatian mother, a feature of his presentation is his heavy Black Country accent — and also speaks Croatian, though having a self-confessed imperfect understanding of the language's verb declensions and cases. Chiles started his education at Haybridge High School, and then worked in his father's scaffolding business, before graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of London (studying at Westfield College, now part of Queen Mary, University of London). Before going to university he was a keen amateur actor, appearing in the Crescent Theatre's (Birmingham) production of Mary O'Malley's Once A Catholic and Sandy Powell's musical The Boyfriend. After university while waiting for his broken leg to heal from an amateur football incident, he applied for and failed both Civil Service exams, before being asked to apply for MI5 — he failed the second interview.^[1] The Black Country is a loosely-defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton, around the South Staffordshire coalfield. ... Building Project Haybridge is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1,100 students (300 in the sixth form) in Hagley, serving North West Worcestershire. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Westfield College was a small college, based in Hampstead in North London, that was founded by Kathleen Chesney in 1882. ... Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) (until 2000 Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and still called that in its charter [1] and occasionally still abbreviated to QMW) is the fourth largest College of the University of London. ... The Byzantine civil service in action. ... MI5 Logo. ...

Chiles studied journalism at Cardiff and then worked, at one time, as a sports reporter for the News of the World, before joining the BBC (originally for work experience on Business Breakfast). He then became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting Radio 4's Financial World Tonight. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The main building of Cardiff University Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

This led to him fronting the BBC Two business show Working Lunch, where he came to popular notice. He also began presenting and producing his own show Chiles on Saturday for BBC Radio Five Live, which was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2002. He has since created, scripted and fronted a variety of other programmes for the BBC, including for BBC Two So What Do You Do All Day, a look at the lives of the rich and famous; and in 2003 Asian Millionaires. For BBC One he has created and fronted Royal Millions, an investigation of the Queen’s finances, as well as reports for Panorama and various documentaries. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Working Lunch is a television programme shown on BBC Two which covers business news, personal finance and consumer news. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ...

Chiles had a cameo in Sex Lives of the Potato Men with Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook in 2004 appearing as the host of a sex party. Sex Lives of the Potato Men is a controversial British feature film released in 2004. ... Johnny Vegas (born Michael Joseph Pennington on September 11, 1971 in St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Chiles presents a spin-off series of the popular UK television show The Apprentice called The Apprentice: You're Fired!, in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired from the main series.^[2] The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to become an apprentice to British business magnate Sir Alan Sugar, with the winner given a £100,000-a-year job working for his electronics manufacturing company Amstrad. ...

He co-presented a pilot during August 2006 of a new early-evening magazine programme, The One Show. The show has now been re-commissioned and Chiles has left Working Lunch to host it. The One Show was a television show on BBC One, broadcast on weekdays at 6. ...

When the BBC won back the rights to Premiership football, Chiles became the host of Match of the Day 2 on Sundays. In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, he was an integral part in BBC Three's African Cup of Nations coverage. Resultantly he was also seen presenting the BBC's highlights package from the 2006 FIFA World Cup highlights package. He was the subject of some amusement for apparently not knowing the difference between England and Britain on a BBC comedy sketch he featured in, screened during one of the matches. Match of the Day 2 (otherwise known as MotD2) is a football highlights programme shown on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. ... “2006 World Cup” redirects here. ... BBC Three, the successor to the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... The African Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Nations Cup (ANC) is the main international football competition in Africa. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... “2006 World Cup” redirects here. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ...

In April 2007, Chiles was a guest host of BBC One's popular satirical news quiz, Have I Got News for You. He revealed that he is frequently mistaken for the author and presenter Ray Mears.^[3] He is the author of We Don't Know What We're Doing. Published in 2007, the book recounts the stories of a varied cast of avid West Bromwich Albion supporters whom Chiles met over the course of the 2006 season, at the end of which the team was relegated from the Premier League. The book also documents Chiles' own obsession with his beloved "Baggies." Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show; produced by Hat Trick Productions and a flagship programme for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. ... West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salters Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878. ... The original FA Premier League logo, used until 2007 The Premier League (officially known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons, colloquially known as The Premiership), is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the English football league system (above The Football League). ...

Media role

Chiles regularly describes himself as "the odd-looking bloke from West Brom"^[4]. Due to his unassuming and self-effacing manner, Chiles possesses neither celebrity status nor is completely unrecognised or unknown. As a result he occupies the unique role of representing the interests "average" UK man in regard to contemporary issues, football appreciation and popular culture.

Personal life

Chiles is married to a fellow Five Live presenter, Jane Garvey. They have two children. He is a Roman Catholic.^[5]. BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... Jane Garvey is a presenter of Radio 5s Drive programme. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

He is well known for his support of the West Bromwich Albion football club,^[6] where he is a season-ticket holder and presenter on some of the club's official DVDs. Both of his cars have WBA in their registration and he has a stained glass West Bromwich Albion crest above his door. He also supports the Croatian national team, due to his Croatian mother. First international Croatia 4-0 Switzerland (Zagreb, Croatia(Yugoslavia); 2 April 1940) ///Republika Hrvatska///: Croatia 2–1 U.S.A. (Zagreb, Croatia; 17 October 1990) Biggest win Croatia 7–0 Australia (Zagreb, Croatia; 6 June 1998) Croatia 7–0 Andorra (Zagreb, Croatia; 7 October 2006) Biggest defeat Slovakia 4–1...

Chiles is a keen fan of Bear Grylls, especially his most recent programme: Born Survivor. His favourite pudding is junket. Edward Michael Bear Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker. ... Junket is a milk-based dessert, made with sweetened milk and rennet, the digestive enzyme which curdles milk. ...

Chiles was one of several BBC personalities sent soiled toilet paper by post in February 2007. He said of the incident, "The smell is not something you want first thing in the morning." ^[7]

References

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External links

• Match of the Day 2 profile.