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Adrian Chiles (born
21 March 1967 in
Birmingham) is an
English television and radio presenter.
His journalistic training and love of football have resulted in a career in two streams of broadcasting, fronting general and notably business programmes such as
Working Lunch; and sports programmes like
Match of the Day 2. His radio programme
Chiles on Saturday for
BBC Radio 5 Live was awarded the sports category Gold Medal at the
Sony Radio Academy Awards in
2002.
Biography
Born in Birmingham to an English father and
Croatian mother, a feature of his presentation is his Birmingham accent, seldom heard on national TV and radio in the UK. He also speaks
Croatian, despite 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.
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
BBC Radio 4's
Financial World Tonight.
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 5 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's created and fronted
Royal Millions, an investigation of the Queen’s finances, as well as reports for
Panorama and various documentaries.
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.
Chiles presents a spin-off series of the popular UK television show
The Apprentice called, in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired from the main series.
He co-presented a pilot during August 2006 of a new early-evening magazine programme,
The One Show. The show was re-commissioned for 2007 with Chiles returning as host, leaving
Working Lunch.
When the BBC won back the rights to Premiership football, Chiles became the host of
Match of the Day 2 on Sundays, forming an impressive on screen partnership with
Gordon Strachan before he became
Celtic manager. In the run-up to the
2006 World Cup, he was an integral part in
BBC Three's
African Cup of Nations coverage. He was also a member of the
BBC's
World Cup team often bringing viewers late night highlights.
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's frequently mistaken for the author and presenter
Ray Mears. Chiles 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 2005/6 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."
He holds the current World Record for most number of kisses received in 60 seconds, with 78.
He appeared on the second series of
Al Murray's Happy Hour as himself.
Media role
Chiles regularly describes himself as "the odd-looking bloke from West Brom". Due to his unassuming and self-effacing manner, Chiles possesses neither celebrity status nor is completely unrecognised or unknown. As a result he occupies a role of representing the interests of the "average" UK man in regard to contemporary issues, football appreciation and popular culture.
Personal life
Chiles married
Jane Garvey, now a regular presenter of
Woman's Hour on
BBC Radio 4, in September 1998 in
Swansea. Chiles and Garvey have two daughters (Evelyn born January 2000 and Sian born March 2003). He is a
Roman Catholic..
He is well known for his support of West Bromwich Albion football club, where he's 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's a stained glass West Bromwich Albion crest above his door. He also supports the
Croatian national team, because of his
Croatian mother. Chiles also plays the
double bass, as revealed when he dueted with
violinist Nigel Kennedy playing
Fever on
The One Show. On 7 May 2008 his co-presenter on
The One Show,
Christine Bleakley, sang part of a song with Chiles accompanying on piano.
Chiles was one of several BBC personalities sent soiled toilet paper by post in February 2007. He said of the incident, "The smell isn't something you want first thing in the morning."
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