Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English author, journalist and news presenter for the BBC. He is known for his direct interview style and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. He is the current host of his self-titled BBC Radio 2 programme, which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music.
Hatfield College, Durham, Durham University, Epsom College
Nationality
British
Spouse
Rachel Schofield, previously Janelle
Children
Anna Vine, Martha Vine
Parents
Guy Vine, Diana Tillett
Siblings
Tim Vine, Sonya Vine
TV Shows
Politics Show, Make Me an Egghead, Eggheads, Crimewatch, Newsnight, Panorama, Points of View, The Andrew Marr Show, Scientology and Me
Star Sign
Taurus
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[on Bowie] 13 great albums on the trot.
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[on Bowie] If you're somebody who's listening to the tributes today and you're thinking, well, there's four or five songs and they're OK but I don't understand why all the grief, you've got to go into the albums.
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[on the death of David Bowie] I've never met him, never saw him live, very sadly, and yet you feel like you're in a personal kind of grief, and how is that possible?
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[on "Where Are We Now?" by David Bowie] I think that we've run out of notes. There are only eight notes and if you started doing music in the Sixties, no one had used the chords, so the Stones (The Rolling Stones) and Bowie (David Bowie) and The Beatles were so lucky, and now where is the lost chord?
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You get women going to bed, and their husbands are in the other room on the computer and say 'I'm just doing the Banking up here' . . . or however they pronounce it
$850,000
