Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton) (born 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, television presenter, author, singer and comedienne. She presents a radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music, and has presented television programmes including 10 O'Clock Live for Channel 4, and The Culture Show and coverage of the Glastonbury Festival for the BBC. Laverne has written a published novel entitled Candypop: Candy and the Broken Biscuits.In her previous career as a musician, Laverne was best known for being lead singer and sometime guitarist in pop band Kenickie, although her greatest chart success came when she performed vocals on Mint Royale's single "Don't Falter".
Eleven years isn't all that long ago, but it's a lifetime in pop culture. I was 25, happily working in "yoof" TV. I'd arrived a bit late for its golden age (my adventures in the medium took place somewhere between sunset and the gloaming of that particular period), but it was enjoyable enough. Major channels still made music shows for young people to watch. Twitter didn't exist, so you had no idea everyone hated you. Irony was still fashionable, so Rolf, Savile and the rest of the Operation Yewtree Allstars (some artists still TBC on that particular bill, of course) could earn double bubble, working the housewife-friendly matinée shift on daytime TV before hopping in a cab over to shows like ours, where you'd find them nestling on an MDF sofa between, say, Marilyn Manson and Babyshambles. As it turns out, the God of Fuck and post-Britpop's most famous crack smoker had very little on some of our booked-for-lolz, avuncular old geezers in terms of genuine evil. How's that for irony?
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Like everyone else, I have followed the Harris case and Savile inquiry with horror. I have also followed with professional interest. Like others working in the media at that time, I have been asked questions by friends outside the industry. Did we know that they were monsters? Wasn't it obvious? How could it not be obvious?
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I kept waiting for the phrase "the trial of Rolf Harris" to stop sounding completely surreal (it didn't).
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It was partly the media that let the vileness of Harris [Rolf Harris] and Savile [Sir Jimmy Savile] go unremarked, but now Twitter can help us keep watch.
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Presenter of Glastonbury 2003 on BBC, also a musician/co-host on the Johnny Vaughan Tonight Show [July 2003]
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Announced she was expecting her first baby due in the autumn (May 2007).
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She was honoured at the UK's 2004 Commercial Radio Awards for her XFM radio show as 'Best Newcomer'.
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Before becoming a T.V. presenter, Lauren was the lead singer in Sunderland-based rock band 'Kenickie,' who in January 1997 had a No. 24 hit with 'In your car.' Since the band dissolved in 1999, Lauren has presented RI:SE for Channel 4 and Pop for Channel 5.
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Is a fan of Sunderland A.F.C.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
10 O'Clock Live
2011-2013
TV Series written by - 33 episodes
ShockWaves NME Awards
2007
TV Special
Simon's Cam
2004
Video documentary short
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shopaholic Showdown
2013
TV Series
Narrator
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Zombie Outside Flat (uncredited)
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kenickie: Nightlife
1998
Video short
Kenickie: In Your Car
1997
Video short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
2016
TV Series
Herself
Glastonbury 2016
2016
TV Mini-Series
Herself - Presenter
20 Moments That Rocked the 00s
2015
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Whatever Happened to Rock 'n' Roll?
2015
TV Movie
Herself - Presenter
Glastonbury 2015
2015
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
6 Music: In Concert
2015
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
6 Music Live at Maida Vale
2014
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself - Narrator
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Narrator (voice)
10 O'Clock Live
2011-2013
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Room 101
2012
TV Series
Herself
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Premiere Special
2011
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Presenter
8 Out of 10 Cats
2006-2011
TV Series
Herself
Glastonbury 2011
2011
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
24 Hour Panel People
2011
TV Mini-Series
Herself
The British Comedy Awards: Live Lock In
2011
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Glastonbury 2010
2010
TV Mini-Series
Herself - Presenter
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself / Herself - Broadcaster
Alternative Election Night
2010
TV Movie
Herself - Presenter
You Have Been Watching
2010
TV Series
Himself
E! Live from the Red Carpet
2010
TV Series
Herself
GCSE Bitesize English Literature
2009
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Presenter
The Culture Show
2006-2009
TV Series documentary
Herself - Presenter / Herself
Tough Guy or Chicken?
2009
TV Series
Herself - Narrator
Mercury Prize 2009
2009
TV Movie
Herself - Presenter
As Seen on TV
2009
TV Series
Herself
Glastonbury 2009
2009
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Two Pints: Fags, Lads and Kebabs
2009
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Presenter
MobileAct Unsigned
2008
TV Series
Herself - Judge
The Xtra Factor
2008
TV Series
Herself
Twiggy's Frock Exchange
2008
TV Series
Herself
Kings of Rock 'n' Roll
2008
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Mock the Week
2007-2008
TV Series
Herself
Would I Lie to You?
2008
TV Series
Herself
Lily Allen and Friends
2008
TV Series
Herself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1997-2008
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Host
Have I Got News for You
2007
TV Series
Herself
Have I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-Off
2007
TV Series short
Herself
The Edinburgh Show
2007
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Glastonbury 2007
2007
TV Series documentary
Herself
Spider-Man 3: UK Premiere Special
2007
TV Short documentary
Herself - Presenter
ShockWaves NME Awards
2007
TV Special
Herself - Host
Twisted Carnival
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Presenter
Transmission with T-Mobile
2006
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Queens of Heartache
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
An Audience with Coronation Street
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Audience Member
Brit Awards 2006
2006
TV Special
Voice Over (voice)
Richard & Judy
2005
TV Series
Herself
Rock School
2005
TV Series
Herself
Big Brother's Efourum
2005
TV Series
Herself
Glastonbury 2005
2005
TV Mini-Series
CD:UK
2005
TV Series
Herself - Guest Presenter
Generation Jedi
2005
TV Movie documentary
Herself
99 Ways to Lose Your Virginity
2005
TV Movie documentary
Narrator
Orange Playlist
2004-2005
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Brit Awards 2005
2005
TV Special
Voice Over (voice)
Test the Nation: The Popular Music Test
2004
TV Movie
Herself
Simon's Cam
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
Live at Johnny's
2004
TV Series
Herself
I'm Dreaming of a TV Christmas
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Big Brother's Little Brother
2003
TV Series
Herself
CD:UK Hotshots
2003
TV Series documentary
Presenter (2005-)
Fanorama
2002
TV Series
Herself - Host
Pop
2002
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
Party in the Park 2002
2002
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The Spider-Man Story
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
RI:SE
2002
TV Series
Reporter (2002)
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
TV Series
Herself
I Love Christmas
2001
TV Special documentary
Herself
Public Eminem #1
2001
TV Movie documentary
Vic Reeves Examines
2000
TV Series
Herself
Top of the Pops
2000
TV Series
Herself
Good Evening Rockall
1999
TV Series
Herself
Loves Like a Dog
1998
TV Series
Presenter
The Righteous Babes
1998
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Jo Whiley
1998
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest
Light Lunch
1998
TV Series
Herself
Planet Pop
1998
Video documentary
Herself - Presenter
Kenickie: Nightlife
1998
Video short
Herself
Kenickie: In Your Car
1997
Video short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mock the Week
2007-2008
TV Series
Herself
Would I Lie to You?
2008
TV Series
Herself
Known for movies
10 O'Clock Live (2011-2013) as Writer
Fanorama (2002) as Herself - Host
Orange Playlist (2004-2005) as Herself - Presenter
The Culture Show (2006-2009) as Herself - Presenter / Herself
$14 Million
