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Best Magazine UK: Suddenly SingleSuddenly Single with... Jan Leeming (Best Magazine UK)Jan Leeming talks womanisers, being ‘an idiot when it comes to men’, getting married five times and dating after years of being single. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-04-1531 min
Best Magazine UK: Suddenly SingleSuddenly Single... Best of 2024 (Best Magazine UK)Jan Leeming talks being cheated on, ex-EastEnders star Tamzin Outhwaite reveals why she'd turn down Brad Pitt, Linda Robson on preferring a cup of tea to a date and Gogglebox legend Stephen Webb on his break-up are just a handful of highlights from Suddenly Single 2024.Watch on the best magazine YouTube channel now: @best_magazine_ukSearch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLisF3XgNdkQ9shPID-OZy6y_6SRBCpVNn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-12-1733 minBest Magazine UK: Suddenly SingleSuddenly Single with… Jan Leeming (Best Magazine UK)Legendary newsreader and former I'm A Celebrity contestant Jan Leeming chats about being married five times, her disasters on dating apps, why pheromones matter and how she's made the same mistake with men over and over again.Watch on the best magazine YouTube channel now: @best_magazine_ukSearch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLisF3XgNdkQ9shPID-OZy6y_6SRBCpVNn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-10-2242 min
The Euro Trip | Eurovision PodcastRewind 1982 & Jan LeemingThis week we rewind back to 1982 to give you the inside story on what happened when Eurovision headed to Harrogate! We speak to the presenter of the show Jan Leeming to find out what it was like to host, plus we hear from the Technical Manager Tony Gill on how they managed to pull this off. Aside from that, there's plenty of chat about the 2024 participation list, a stacked lineup in Sanremo and the first national final of the season.To support the podcast and for links to all our research, head to Buy Me A...
2023-12-0654 min
Jan Leeming - Addicted to LoveMy Search for Rene MouchotteWhen Jan Leeming received an invitation to the annual Battle of Britain Memorial Day in July 2007 she had no idea of the journey it would set her upon. After sponsoring a name on the Memorial she set about finding out more about the stranger she had been allocated.
"After a professional lifetime of interviewing and researching I was eager to find out more.... up came Rene's name on a Google search and the fact that he had written diaries during the war, which were published post-war... I am a romantic, pure and simple, and de...
2022-11-0140 min
Significant OthersJames Baldwin and Maya AngelouWithout the profound connection between these two artists, would the world ever have gotten I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings? Starring: Christina Elmore as Maya Angelou and Larry Powell as James Baldwin. Also starring Angelica Chéri as Lorraine Hansberry. Source List:James Baldwin: A Biography, By David Adams LeemingThe Three Mothers, by Anna Malaika TubbsNotes of a Native Son, by James BaldwinAt 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a ‘Glorious’ Life, NPR, 2008The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, Compilation copyright 2004 by Rand...
2022-08-1745 min
Jan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Fourteen - Kent and ChrisJan Leeming concludes the reading of her autobiography 'Addicted to Love' - taking us back to 2002.
Romance beckons again and leads to a move to Kent. She talks of her friendship with Jill Dando "I was incredibly flattered when Jill told me I'd been her role model in my days at HTV" and how sunflowers remind her of her.
Then returning home she finds a note from her husband and her world falls apart "It took a second or two for reality to dawn. I still remember the cold shiver that went through my body despite the warmth of the da...
2022-07-121h 20
Jan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Thirteen - The Darkest DaysReeling from her separation Jan plans a trip to South Africa but the press soon get word of her woes and pursue her for a story. She accepts a job on The Big Breakfast "It was pure adrenalin that kept me going, as I'd had very little sleep for days" before jetting off.
"Not only did I miss my husband desperately, but there was no regular work to take my mind off the situation, and I was concerned about the future financially. I knew the house would have to go. It had always been seen as the largest part of my p...
2022-07-0538 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Twelve - The Luckiest Woman on Earth?Jan causes controversy when Labour's communications director Peter Mandelson writes to the BBC to complain about her recording a Party Political Broadcast for the Conservatives. Plans progress for her forthcoming marriage, to be held in Provence and she becomes one of the first presenters on This Morning, hosting the strand 'Makers' which viewers go wild for.
"I've always been fascinated by the Arts and Crafts world and we covered so many interesting subjects: the making of love spoons; creating lifelike pictures of animals from the dyed, dried grass Hare's tails; glass blowing; the making of automata. The series must have be...
2022-06-2859 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Eleven - Leaving the BBCJan becomes a firm favourite of TV viewers with viewing figures for the Sunday evening News being watched by over 14 million people. Following the breakdown of her marriage she begins to see Eric Steenson and tells of some of the events she was invited to:
"I remember most when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman put in an appearance. They arrived by helicopter and instead of being driven from the field... someone had organised a 'bridge' across the small stream so they could walk directly into the grounds. Sarah trotted across very daintily but Andrew slipped and fel...
2022-06-211h 12Jan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Ten - EricJan Leeming continues reading her 2003 autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. Her professional life on a high, Jan publishes her beauty book 'Simply Looking Good', but separation from her husband leads to some ingenious ways to avoid the press.
"We propped up a ladder and I went over the dividing fence into their garden. Then the neighbour drove out of his garage, with me lying low on the back seat.... and drove to a rendezvous point and transferred me to our car."
A chance meeting with Eric Steenson turns into something serious and the couple enjoy a holiday in Provence. "Provence is supe...
2022-06-1456 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Nine - Patrick and JonathanJan receives a call from Miss World and upsets Sacha Distel. A strange phone call puts plans on hold for a return to Australia and Jan gets married to Patrick Lunt. Then her popularity on BBC News forces her to make a serious career decision.
"I was offered a year's contract to read news... If I accepted the year's contract then I had to give up my 'staff contract' status with radio. It was all heady stuff and there really was no choice. I went for the 'big time', accepting the insecurity of a contract."
She recounts, with affection, her year...
2022-06-0759 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Eight - BBC Radio 2An unexpected phone call from BBC Radio 2 takes Jan Leeming to London. "I passed the audition with flying colours and was offered a one-year contract in London. I didn't mind working on radio rather than television at all and was absolutely delighted to have a job." She recounts the rise of the 'personality' DJ in the late seventies and how Noel Edmonds delighted in trying to make her 'corpse' on air.
With Radio 2 extending its schedule to 24hrs comes the opportunity to front three shows a week - just at 2am in the morning! Considering her options, Jan...
2022-05-3132 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Seven - HTV and Pebble Mill at OneJan Leeming continues her story. Settled in Bristol her TV series 'Women Only' goes from strength to strength, leading to a call from the BBC and a midweek move to Birmingham to present Pebble Mill.
"Marion and I took a brave pill and, feeling that there might be safety in numbers, the two of us had a meeting with Terry in which we pointed out the injustice of our salaries compared with those of the men, plus the fact that we had to run our homes and pay for accommodation in Birmingham. Mr Dobson's answer: 'Ladies, if yo...
2022-05-2451 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Six - Bristol and JeremyJan Leeming's story returns to Bristol as she takes a job with HTV, presenting a 'new programme for women' - Women Only - to go out twice a week and the local evening news programme Report West.
"... in the 1970s, the jobs were all held by men. In fact, I think HTV was one of the first companies to have a female boom operator. She was a tiny dot of a girl called Patty, who had worked her way up from the HTV post room and was justifiably proud of making it into a job traditionally held by...
2022-05-1842 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Five - The West Country and JohnJan Leeming continues the reading of her 2003 Autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. Sent out with a Uher (the old recording machines reporters used to record interviews) settles into life as a News Reporter at BBC Plymouth before an opportunity to host a new scientific programme for children - Tom Tom - arises.
"I remember the audition quite well. You were put on the spot by having to talk knowledgeably about a scientific object that had only been cursorily explained to you. Then there was one minute describing a strange blob of black wood with a hole in it and...
2022-05-1023 min
Think About EurovisionThe One With The Team On The BBCIt finally happened, your gang ended up on the radio to talk about Eurovision!
Yes, last night (at the time of writing) we were invited to be guests on the Colin Murray Show on BBC Radio 5 Live, to discuss Eurovision with former winner, Niamh Kavanagh, host of 1982, Jan Leeming and member of Brotherhood of Man, Nicky Stevens!
Find the link at https://thinkabouteurovision.com/2022/05/10/the-one-with-the-team-on-the-bbc/
2022-05-1001 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Four - Home AgainJan Leeming returns to the UK heartbroken. Devastated by her loss she travels back through Singapore, Kowloon and Hong Kong and sets about getting her Equity card - "In Australia I'd been assured that British Equity would honour my card but they didn't, so I had to set about getting one. It's a silly catch-22 situation. You couldn't get a card until you had a job and you couldn't have a job until you got a card." Turning down work at the Bunny Club, Park Lane and in a new series called 'Crossroads', she finds herself in Manchester working at Gran...
2022-05-0342 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Three - Australia, Hayo and MichaelThe summer of 1965 sees Jan Leeming 'chilling out in the sun on a beach with a bag of fruit and a good book' in Darling Point, Australia. She recounts the story of her romance with Hayo Niebor, a 'dark, handsome man with Lain matinee idol good looks' and theatre success in Sydney, Melbourne and Victoria. Friends from dress designer Carla Zampatti to actor Michael Laurence. Her life seemed settled, until a cruel twist of fate once again shaped her destiny.
"I am a fairly naive person in many ways, but even I could see where this one was...
2022-04-2623 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LoveChapter Two - New Zealand and OwenJan Leeming continues the reading of her autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. In this episode she recounts her first failed dinner party; the history behind her name; her diet beliefs and her early touring theatre career. She tells how in 1965 a chance audition led her to become the first woman newsreader in Australia and of her love of France, inspired by her great friend Owen Leeming. From Bangkok to New Zealand, Jan shares her thoughts and memories - and even the secret of her hair tone.
"I was now about to embark on a seven-month tour of New South Wales covering 17,000 mil...
2022-04-1949 minJan Leeming - Addicted to LovePreface & Acknowledgements and Chapter One - 'Childhood and Marriage'"I was born in 1942 in the middle of the Second World War, and have hazy memories of doodlebugs, or V-1s ... to which we were highly susceptible, as we lived in Woolwich, south-east London. I remember the river used to stink of rotten eggs in hot weather."
Television Legend Jan Leeming (BBC News, I'm A Celebrity, Real Marigold Hotel, Safari School, This Morning) reads her 2003 Autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. IN THIS EPISODE: Jan reveals her first starring role as King Canute; her time at Convent school; her first crushes (Laurence Harvey in 'Romeo and Juliet' Universalcine 1954); her love of Shakespeare and...
2022-04-121h 10
Jan Leeming - Addicted to LoveCOMING SOON - Jan Leeming's 'Addicted to Love', read by the author.Twice voted Newsreader of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club and Pye TV Personality of the Year, Jan Leeming has had a long and varied career in television although she began her working life as a secretary in the BBC followed by a period of professional theatre in Australia. Her sunny nature, coupled with a thoroughly professional manner, endeared her to millions of viewers. In 2003 she released her autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. Never before released as an audio book, Jan now takes to the Podcast airwaves to put that right.
"Someone needs to give Jan Leeming her own...
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2022-04-0600 min
Think About EurovisionThe One With The Song About VHS Recorders (1982)In this week's episode of Think About Eurovision, we visit the picturesque market town of Harrogate, discuss Matti's pant wearing habits, Kris doesn't pay attention to clothes that people wear, and we manage to have unanimous opinions on more than one songs, for possibly the first time in the podcast's history?
This week's episode isn't sponsored by Visit Harrogate, but it's a nice place, and you should visit
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12 Inch TV? You were lucky to have a TV!
Jan Leeming is a tour guide at Canterbury Cathedral (article from Daily Mail, but I've screenshot it to...
2021-10-2656 min
Planet PorkyIt's all about the pressMike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones have returned to Planet Porky following their month off to bring you all the very latest stories from the world of news, showbiz and entertainment.
Topics include: The start of autumn, taking revenge on the bullies, Jan Leeming's bleak outlook, Peter Shilton's gambling addiction, Freddie Mercury's posthumous legacy, the sad passing of Charlie Watts, music streaming, the Corby trouser press, Married At First Sight, Monty Python, versatile performers, underhanded ways to sting celebrities, Benny the Binman, and civil servants wasting money on calls to the speaking clock. You've got all the time in...
2021-09-0349 min
F-Stop Collaborate and ListenMorag Paterson & Ted Leeming - Landscape Photography ProjectsEpisode 065 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Morag Paterson & Ted Leeming!
Ted and Morag have worked both collaboratively and as individuals for over 12 years now and exhibit their work around the world, with their fine art prints featuring in many private collections.
They lead dynamic and friendly photographic trips and workshops in association with Ocean Capture. Currently these are based in the UK as well as Iceland, Italy, the Faroe Islands, Croatia, South America and China. They also offer private tuition and tours, for groups and individuals as well as a dedicated mentoring programs and po...
2018-07-181h 05
Europe CallingTerrible Fires in the UKIn the World Cup Spain go home losing on penalties to Russia and England go
through beating Colombia on penalties.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday told NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg that a country’s contribution to global security cannot be
measured simply by a spending percentage, ...........
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Ibiza. The
Dutch national was on holiday with his family in Sant Antoni when he fell in to the
pool at around 2.30pm on Sunday July 1.
SOME €23.7 billion has ‘not been spent wisely’ on Spain’s high-speed rail
network, the Europea...
2018-07-0400 min