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Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) is a British television presenter most famous for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM alongside Helen Chamberlain for over a decade.

Career

He began his television career as a covering VJ for MTV UK. 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 years

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 One, on which 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.

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 Five Live as the Wednesday-night host of its football phone-in show 6-0-6. He also presented the UK edition of Five's Major League Soccer magazine show David Beckham's Soccer USA

Since 2006, Lovejoy has co-presented the Sunday-morning TV programme Something for the Weekend on BBC Two, which features cooking, clips from classic programmes, gadget round-ups and cocktail-mixing.

In 2008, he launched an internet TV channel called Channel Bee.

In 2009 Lovejoy teamed up with Colin Murray to present Murray and Lovejoy's Sport Express on Radio 5 Live.

It has been confirmed that Lovejoy will guest presenter Blue Peter in 2010 after auditioning and being turned down in the past.

Books and DVDs

Lovejoy has put his name to three books and 2 DVDs. His first book was "Lovejoy on Football: One Man's Passion for the Most Important Subject in the World" (published by Century, London, 2007). 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).

References

1. Tim Lovejoy Biography Speakers Corner
2. Dowell, Ben (5 June 2007). "Lovejoy to leave Soccer AM". MediaGuardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
3. Plunkett, John (26 June 2007). "Lovejoy to host Five Live phone-in". MediaGuardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. Tim Lovejoy: Leaving Sky was the day my life changed
5. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a203485/lovejoy-to-guest-present-blue-peter.html

External links

• TF90M interview
• The Sun interview
• RDF Management profile
• Channelbee Website

• 1968 births
• People from Northwood
• People from Watford
• Old Danes
• British association football commentators
• Living people
• British television presenters
• Virgin Radio (UK)
• Soccer AM