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Revision as of 15:42, 20 December 2009 by DinosaursLoveExistence (talk | contribs) (Nelson)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Anthony Livesey (born 11 January 1964 in Burnley) is a British journalist and broadcaster from Burnley.
Early life
He went to St John Southworth RC Primary School in Lomeshye Road, Nelson.
Career
Newspapers
He started out with the Nelson Leader and then worked in the Middle East with Sam Sloan at the Gulf News in Dubai. Returning to his native Lancashire, he worked at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph before spending 18 years with Sport Newspapers at which he was editor-in-chief and managing director of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers, in the United Kingdom. He also appeared as the moderator in the BBC2 game show "Traitor", broadcast in 2004, although his name did not appear in the opening credits.
BBC Radio Lancashire
After resigning in August 2006, he joined the BBC where he currently presents the breakfast show on Radio Lancashire and is a sports reporter for regional TV news progamme BBC North West Tonight, where he also covers for regular news anchor Gordon Burns in his absence. A staunch supporter of Burnley F.C., Livesey is a regular pundit on BBC1's Inside Sport alongside Gabby Logan as well as appearances on Have I Got News For You, What The Papers Say and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, all on the BBC, and Gladiators on ITV. He also occasionally presents the Breakfast programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.
His daily podcast is the BBC's most popular for regional radio.
Livesey presented the one-off documentary Crumpet: A Very British Sex Symbol, which was transmitted on BBC2 on 28 December 2005 and a year later he presented another programme related to this called Beefcake: A Very British Sex Symbol, which too was transmitted on BBC2 on 27 December 2006.
BBC Radio Five Live
In October 2009, it was announced that he will begin presenting the late-night slot on BBC Radio Five Live in January 2010, taking over from Richard Bacon.. He will also present a weekend programme on BBC Radio Lancashire.
He narrates the rugby league sports programme Rugby League Raw.
Personal life
He now lives in Colne, Lancashire. He married Barbara Maley in March 1995 in Liskeard and they have a son (born July 1996) and daughter (born October 1994).
References
External links
- Press Gazette: Sport editor Livesey resigns
- BBC profile
- Breakfast show gallery
- Tony Livesey at IMDb
- His contributions on BBC TV
- Editor gets complaints
- Tony Livesey Experience Podcast