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			{{Short description\|English television presenter (b.1968)}}
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			{{about\|the television presenter\|the character from ''The Simpsons''\|Reverend Lovejoy}}
			{{Use British English\|date=February 2016}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2020}}
			{{Infobox person
			\| name = Tim Lovejoy
			\| birth_name = Timothy Paul Lovejoy
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1968\|3\|28\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = ], ], ]
			\| occupation = Television presenter
			\| years_active = 1994–present
			\| spouse = {{marriage\|Jade Lovejoy\|2002\|2006\|end=div}}
			\| partner = ]<br> (2012–2016)
			\| children = 3
			\| website =
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			'''Timothy Paul Lovejoy''' (born 28 March 1968) is an English ] best known for hosting Saturday morning ] programme '']'' with ] for over a decade and ''BT Sports Panel'' on Saturday mornings. He presents '']'' on ].
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			== Career ==
	'''Tim Lovejoy''' is an ] ], famous for his Saturday morning ] show on ] - ''']''' - alongside co-host ]. He has the unique honour of being Sky Sports' only producer-presenter - he is responsible for many of the antics, ]s and ] for which the show has become famous. His typical ] has made him a popular face in UK programming and in general with the ] ], and is the self proclaimed "Chorleywood's top light entertainer".
			===Early career===
			Lovejoy began his television career as a covering ] for ]. He then joined ], working as a researcher for '']'' before going on to produce the show.<ref> Speakers Corner</ref>

			Richard Marson's book celebrating fifty years of '']'' also comments that Lovejoy auditioned as a presenter in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Marson \|first1=Richard \|title=Blue Peter 50th anniversary : the official story of television's longest-running children's programme \|date=2008 \|publisher=Hamlyn \|location=London \|isbn=9780600617938 \|page=142 \|url=https://archive.org/details/bluepeter50thann0000mars/page/142/mode/2up \|access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>
	Tim began work in the music industry, as a merchandise manager for touring bands. He moved into television as a cover-VJ for the ] music channel. He joined ] working as a researcher for '']'', before going on to produce the show. In ], he began what would become one of the most popular breakfast shows in Britain, and arguably one of the most influential too.

			===''Soccer AM''===
	Tim presented a ] show on ] ] before moving to ], where he presented a Sunday afternoon show once a week for a brief period. It is not known why he stopped presenting this show or if he is planning to return to Virgin in the near future.
			{{Main\|Soccer AM}}
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			Lovejoy began hosting and producing football show '']'' on ] in 1996, with ]. He remained on the show for eleven years.

			Following the success of ''Soccer AM'', Lovejoy became a radio ], joining ] before moving to ], where he briefly presented a Sunday-afternoon show. He also hosted ''Tim Lovejoy and the Allstars'', a show similar to '']'', on ], where he chatted with celebrities, between performances from a variety of bands.
	One of his most notable achievements in his time as host of Soccer AM is masterminding the entry of "bouncebackability" into the English dictionary. The word was coined by Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie after his side showed great spirit to fight from a losing position to eventually winning the match.

			In 2006, Lovejoy was appointed as the co-host of the car show '']'' on ] for one series.
	Tim has also hosted ''Tim Lovejoy and the Allstars'', a show similar to ] on Sky One where he chatted with celebrities along with music from a variety of bands, from the ] to ].

			Lovejoy announced on 5 June 2007 that he would be leaving ''Soccer AM'' after eleven years.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2095733,00.html \|title = Lovejoy to leave Soccer AM \|access-date =5 January 2008\|author = Dowell, Ben \|date =5 June 2007\|work = ] \|publisher = MediaGuardian }}</ref>
	==Trivia==

			===Post-''Soccer AM''===
	* Tim is known for his support of {{fc\|Chelsea}}.
			Following his departure from ''Soccer AM'', Lovejoy joined ] as the Wednesday night host of its football phone-in show '']'' though he was dropped in 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/26/radio.bbc \|title = Lovejoy to host Five Live phone-in \|access-date=5 January 2008\|author = Plunkett, John \|date =26 June 2007\|work = ] \|publisher = MediaGuardian }}</ref> He also presented the UK edition of ]'s ] magazine show '']''
	* Tim hosts ]'s Football Icon

			In 2008, Lovejoy launched an internet TV channel called Channel Bee. As of 20 November 2009, the website has been taken down.<ref>{{cite news\|author=MediaGuardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/jul/07/leavingskywasthedaymylif \|title=Tim Lovejoy: Leaving Sky was the day my life changed \|newspaper=The Guardian\|date=2008-07-07 \|access-date=2011-11-06}}</ref>
	==External links==
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			In February 2010, Lovejoy guest presented an episode of '']'' 12 years after auditioning for the show. A clip of Lovejoy's original audition was shown during the programme.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Alex Fletcher\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a203485/lovejoy-to-guest-present-blue-peter.html \|title=Lovejoy to guest present 'Blue Peter' \|website=Digital Spy \|date=2010-02-16 \|access-date=2011-11-06}}</ref>
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			Lovejoy participated in the 2011 series of '']''.
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			===''Something for the Weekend''===
			{{Main\|Something for the Weekend (TV programme)\|l1=Something for the Weekend}}
			From 2006 until 2012, Lovejoy co-presented the Sunday morning TV programme '']'' on ], opposite chef ] and various female co-hosts including ] (previous co-hosts include ] and ]).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Something for the Weekend\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v85g\|publisher=BBC2 website}}</ref>

			The show centred on cookery, with celebrity guests assisting in the preparation of easy recipes, and viewers encouraged to make the same dishes at home. It also had regular segments on cocktails, gadgets, and 'guess the year' based on old pop and news clips.

			It was reported in January 2012 that the show, which in 2011 ran as a 46 × 90-minute series, had fallen foul of the BBC's Delivering Quality First cuts because of its unfortunate scheduling on BBC 2 during the day, despite consistently high ratings. The show ended in March, and an online campaign was launched to save the programme.<ref>{{cite magazine\|last=Jones \|first=Paul \|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-01-09/campaign-to-save-something-for-the-weekend-attracts-celebrity-support \|title=Campaign to save Something for the Weekend attracts celebrity support \|magazine=Radio Times \|date=2012-01-09 \|access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref>

			===''Sunday Brunch'' and ''Daily Brunch''===
			{{Main\|Sunday Brunch}}
			On 25 March 2012, Lovejoy and Rimmer began hosting a new show for ], '']''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/n\|title=cookerymedia/2012/feb/16/something-for-the-weekend-channel-4\|website=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/tim-lovejoy-and-simon-rimmer-to-join-channel-4-for-sunday-brunch \|title=Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer to join Channel 4 for Sunday Brunch – Channel 4 – Info – Press \|publisher=Channel 4 \|date=2012-02-16 \|access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref> The series started one week after the final episode of ''Something for the Weekend''.

			In 2014, Lovejoy and Rimmer presented a short-lived spin-off series called '']'', airing Monday to Fridays from 10{{nbsp}}am. The show lasted for just eight weeks.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a599825/sunday-brunch-spinoff-show-daily-brunch-announced.html#~oRgNrhOGIRHGGF\|title=Sunday Brunch to get daily spinoff\|website=] \|date=29 September 2014}}</ref>

			===BT Sport===
			In August 2013, Lovejoy began hosting the Saturday morning ''BT Sports Panel'' (''BTSP'') show of predictions, previews and reviews – a format similar to his former ''Soccer AM'' days.

			==Books==
			The two other books are linked to his TV series; ''Lazy Brunch'', 'co-authored' with chef ] (Quadrille Publishing, London, 2008) and ''Something for the Weekend: 60 fabulous recipes for a Lazy Brunch'', also co-authored with Rimmer (Quadrille Publishing, London, 2009). His name is also associated with two DVDs on football: ''Lovejoy and Redknapp's Best of Football'' (2007) and ''Tim Lovejoy's Football Managers Uncut – A Guide to the Game's Greatest Gaffers'' (2008).

			His book ''Lovejoy on Football'' was not critically well received. ] in monthly football magazine '']'' described it as "tedious in the extreme ... Hopelessly banal and nauseatingly self-assured, smirkingly unfunny ... There’s something sinister here, too: beamingly positive, thrilled by wealth, too pleased with himself to ask awkward questions."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Parkes \|first1=Taylor \|title=No love, no joy \|url=https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/42-Media/145-no-love-no-joy \|website=When Saturday Comes \|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>

			== Podcast ==
			In 2017 Lovejoy launched ''Dear Lovejoy'', originally an agony uncle podcast, but later evolving into a series of interviews.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-lovejoy/id1196671475?mt=2\|title=Dear Lovejoy by Dear Lovejoy on Apple Podcasts\|website=Apple Podcasts\|language=en\|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
			Lovejoy married Jade in 2002 and has twin girls from the marriage, born in 2002. Lovejoy was in a relationship with English netball player ]. She gave birth to the couple's first child together, a daughter, on 22 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Digital Spy \|author-link=Digital Spy \|title=Tim Lovejoy and girlfriend Tamsin Greenway have baby daughter \|website=] \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a483569/tim-lovejoy-and-girlfriend-tamsin-greenway-have-baby-daughter.html \|date=22 May 2013 \|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> In May 2016, Lovejoy announced that this relationship had ended.

			In 2009, Lovejoy was named by '']'' as the 49th most eligible bachelor in Britain.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5531303/Britains-top-50-most-eligible-bachelors.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616183818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5531303/Britains-top-50-most-eligible-bachelors.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2009-06-16 \|title=Telegraph list of most eligible bachelors \|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=2009-06-14 \|access-date=2011-11-06}}</ref>

			== References ==
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			== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 1 July 2024

English television presenter (b.1968) This article is about the television presenter. For the character from The Simpsons, see Reverend Lovejoy.

Tim Lovejoy
Born	Timothy Paul Lovejoy (1968-03-28) 28 March 1968 (age 56) Northwood, London, England
Occupation	Television presenter
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Jade Lovejoy (m. 2002; div. 2006)
Partner(s)	Tamsin Greenway (2012–2016)
Children	3
Website	Official website

Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968) is an English television presenter best known for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM with Helen Chamberlain for over a decade and BT Sports Panel on Saturday mornings. He presents Sunday Brunch on Channel 4.

Career

Early career

Lovejoy began his television career as a covering VJ for MTV. He then joined Planet 24, working as a researcher for The Big Breakfast before going on to produce the show.

Richard Marson's book celebrating fifty years of Blue Peter also comments that Lovejoy auditioned as a presenter in the 1990s.

Soccer AM

Main article: Soccer AM

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Lovejoy began hosting and producing football show Soccer AM on Sky Television in 1996, with Helen Chamberlain. He remained on the show for eleven years.

Following the success of Soccer AM, Lovejoy became a radio DJ, joining Xfm before moving to Virgin Radio, where he briefly presented a Sunday-afternoon show. He also hosted Tim Lovejoy and the Allstars, a show similar to TFI Friday, on Sky 1, where he chatted with celebrities, between performances from a variety of bands.

In 2006, Lovejoy was appointed as the co-host of the car show Fifth Gear on Five for one series.

Lovejoy announced on 5 June 2007 that he would be leaving Soccer AM after eleven years.

Post-Soccer AM

Following his departure from Soccer AM, Lovejoy joined BBC Radio 5 Live as the Wednesday night host of its football phone-in show 6-0-6 though he was dropped in 2009. He also presented the UK edition of Five's Major League Soccer magazine show David Beckham's Soccer USA

In 2008, Lovejoy launched an internet TV channel called Channel Bee. As of 20 November 2009, the website has been taken down.

In February 2010, Lovejoy guest presented an episode of Blue Peter 12 years after auditioning for the show. A clip of Lovejoy's original audition was shown during the programme.

Lovejoy participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef.

Something for the Weekend

Main article: Something for the Weekend

From 2006 until 2012, Lovejoy co-presented the Sunday morning TV programme Something for the Weekend on BBC2, opposite chef Simon Rimmer and various female co-hosts including Louise Redknapp (previous co-hosts include Amanda Hamilton and Caroline Flack).

The show centred on cookery, with celebrity guests assisting in the preparation of easy recipes, and viewers encouraged to make the same dishes at home. It also had regular segments on cocktails, gadgets, and 'guess the year' based on old pop and news clips.

It was reported in January 2012 that the show, which in 2011 ran as a 46 × 90-minute series, had fallen foul of the BBC's Delivering Quality First cuts because of its unfortunate scheduling on BBC 2 during the day, despite consistently high ratings. The show ended in March, and an online campaign was launched to save the programme.

Sunday Brunch and Daily Brunch

Main article: Sunday Brunch

On 25 March 2012, Lovejoy and Rimmer began hosting a new show for Channel 4, Sunday Brunch. The series started one week after the final episode of Something for the Weekend.

In 2014, Lovejoy and Rimmer presented a short-lived spin-off series called Daily Brunch, airing Monday to Fridays from 10 am. The show lasted for just eight weeks.

BT Sport

In August 2013, Lovejoy began hosting the Saturday morning BT Sports Panel (BTSP) show of predictions, previews and reviews – a format similar to his former Soccer AM days.

Books

The two other books are linked to his TV series; Lazy Brunch, 'co-authored' with chef Simon Rimmer (Quadrille Publishing, London, 2008) and Something for the Weekend: 60 fabulous recipes for a Lazy Brunch, also co-authored with Rimmer (Quadrille Publishing, London, 2009). His name is also associated with two DVDs on football: Lovejoy and Redknapp's Best of Football (2007) and Tim Lovejoy's Football Managers Uncut – A Guide to the Game's Greatest Gaffers (2008).

His book Lovejoy on Football was not critically well received. Taylor Parkes in monthly football magazine When Saturday Comes described it as "tedious in the extreme ... Hopelessly banal and nauseatingly self-assured, smirkingly unfunny ... There’s something sinister here, too: beamingly positive, thrilled by wealth, too pleased with himself to ask awkward questions."

Podcast

In 2017 Lovejoy launched Dear Lovejoy, originally an agony uncle podcast, but later evolving into a series of interviews.

Personal life

Lovejoy married Jade in 2002 and has twin girls from the marriage, born in 2002. Lovejoy was in a relationship with English netball player Tamsin Greenway. She gave birth to the couple's first child together, a daughter, on 22 May 2013. In May 2016, Lovejoy announced that this relationship had ended.

In 2009, Lovejoy was named by The Daily Telegraph as the 49th most eligible bachelor in Britain.

References

Tim Lovejoy Biography Speakers Corner
Marson, Richard (2008). Blue Peter 50th anniversary : the official story of television's longest-running children's programme. London: Hamlyn. p. 142. ISBN 9780600617938. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
Dowell, Ben (5 June 2007). "Lovejoy to leave Soccer AM". The Guardian. MediaGuardian. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
Plunkett, John (26 June 2007). "Lovejoy to host Five Live phone-in". The Guardian. MediaGuardian. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
MediaGuardian (7 July 2008). "Tim Lovejoy: Leaving Sky was the day my life changed". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
Alex Fletcher (16 February 2010). "Lovejoy to guest present 'Blue Peter'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
"Something for the Weekend". BBC2 website.
Jones, Paul (9 January 2012). "Campaign to save Something for the Weekend attracts celebrity support". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
"cookerymedia/2012/feb/16/something-for-the-weekend-channel-4". TheGuardian.com.
"Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer to join Channel 4 for Sunday Brunch – Channel 4 – Info – Press". Channel 4. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
"Sunday Brunch to get daily spinoff". Digital Spy. 29 September 2014.
Parkes, Taylor. "No love, no joy". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
"Dear Lovejoy by Dear Lovejoy on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
Digital Spy (22 May 2013). "Tim Lovejoy and girlfriend Tamsin Greenway have baby daughter". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
"Telegraph list of most eligible bachelors". The Daily Telegraph. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

External links

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Current presenters	Jimmy Bullard John Fendley
Former presenters	Helen Chamberlain Andy Goldstein Lloyd Griffith Tim Lovejoy Max Rushden Russ Williams
Spin-offs	All-Sports Show Cricket AM
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