Anne Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is an English television presenter September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

She is known for hosting Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the (deliberately) similarly-titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter Good Morning Britain was TV-ams flagship breakfast television show, which broadcast from 7am until 9am five days per week between 1983 and 1992. ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... Nick Owen jointly presenting BBC Midlands Today Nick Owen is a British television presenter. ...

Anne makes regular appearences airing her views as a pannelist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show hosted by Matthew Wright. ...

Biography

Diamond began her media career starting with ATV Today and Central News, before joining the BBC in 1983 Associated TeleVision Limited, later ATV Network and best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981. ... Central TV logo, 1985-1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After TV-am's chief executive Peter Jay quit, new producer Greg Dyke sacked presenters Anna Ford and Angela Rippon, to be replaced by new team Nick Owen, Diamond - and puppet, Roland Rat. The shows figures slowly picked up. The Honourable Peter Jay (born 7 February 1937) is a British economist, broadcaster and diplomat. ... Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a journalist and broadcaster. ... Anna Ford presented her last bulletin on 27 April 2006. ... Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist and lesbian. ... Nick Owen jointly presenting BBC Midlands Today Nick Owen is a British television presenter. ... Roland Rat (also Roland Rat Superstar) is a British television puppet character. ...

Diamond attracted criticism in 1989, when she commented that a major advantage to East Germans of the fall of the Berlin Wall was the extended range of shops that they would now be able to visit, a comment that appeared to suggest that she had largely missed the event's political significance 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ...

Diamond became involved in raising awareness of cot death after her son, Sebastian, died from the syndrome in 1991. She fronted a campaign telling parents to ensure that babies slept on their backs. Since then, there has a significant fall in the incidence of cot death in the UK, from more than 2000 per year to less than 200, which has been attributed to the campaign. Even to this day the "back to sleep" campaign remains the UK's most successful health campaign in the UK ever. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death and crib death, is the term for the sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After TV-am lost its license in 1992, Diamond was rejoined by Nick Owen to present daytime show "Good Morning with Anne & Nick". The program ran for 4 years against ITV's "Richard and Judy", before going off air. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... Richard and Judy Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are married co-stars of British daytime television programmes. ...

In the late 1990s she presented the breakfast show on London's LBC, variously with Sir Nicholas Lloyd and Tommy Boyd. After a few months presenting her own lunchtime show in 1999, she left the station. In 2002 she remained in the spotlight by appearing in Celebrity Big Brother. LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... Timothy Leslie Boyd (born December 15, 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a radio presenter and former childrens television presenter who now lives in Chichester, West Sussex. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Celebrity Big Brother is a British TV reality show shown on Channel Four in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winners nominated charity...

In October 2004 she joined BBC Radio Oxford, presenting the weekday breakfast programme 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ...

Reality TV

In 2002 she remained in the spotlight by appearing in Celebrity Big Brother, in aid of a number of charities. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Celebrity Big Brother is a British TV reality show shown on Channel Four in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winners nominated charity...

2004 saw Anne do panto, to rave reviews, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Stoke on Trent! In 2006, she appeared in Celebrity Fit Club. She was initially made team captain but was later demoted for walking off on her team. It was then revealed that she received Gastric bypass surgery before appearing on the show, which provoked much press outrage. It subsequently emerged that Diamond had been unfairly pilloried since her operation had been botched and was completely ineffectual. She later quit the show on week 7. Shortly afterwards she left BBC Radio Oxford, presenting her last breakfast programme on 17 March 2006, her replacement being Sybil Ruscoe. Much had been made on the breakfast programme of "Diamond's Dieting Buddies", a scheme whereby Diamond and listeners to the station who wanted to lose weight would give one another moral support [1]. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Gastric Bypass (GBP) refers to a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue, and the resultant health problems (co-morbidities) which occur. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Broadcaster & journalist Sybil Ruscoe, began her career on BBC Local Radio, before teaming up with Simon Mayo on the Radio 1 Breakfast show in 1989. ...

Personal life

She married Mike Hollingsworth in 1989, and the couple have four children: Oliver, James, Jake and Conor. But after he had an affair with radio presenter Harriet Scott, they separated. Hollingsworth tried to get back together with Diamond after rows with Scott [2], but the couple have since divorced 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Fathappens.co.uk Anne Diamond's project
• Anne Diamond at the Internet Movie Database