Outstanding Speaker Adrian Chiles started as presenter of Working Lunch ,went on to Match of the Day 2, Chiles on Saturday for Radio 5 Live and co-presented BBC's One Show. He has recently moved to ITV Sports and will soon co-present GMTV.
Raised in Hagley in the West Midlands, Adrian says he emerged from local schools a slightly above average student. He went on to study English Literature at the University of London where he says he was definitely a below average student.
After graduating he planned to teach English abroad but broke his leg playing football and spent nearly a year on crutches instead. For some reason he ended up on a journalism course. West Bromwich Albion's loss, we're sure.
Adrian's first job was with the Birmingham Post although he had done work experience on Business Breakfast on BBC One. His first on-air work was on the Financial World Tonight on Radio 4 and World Business Report on the World Service.
With the launch of Radio 5 Live he found himself presenting the early morning business news. When Working Lunch launched in 1994 he became the presenter and also has a sports show on Radio 5 Live every Saturday.
He then took the job of presenting BBC2's popular business daytime show Working Lunch.
Adrian Chiles currently presents The One Show on BBC1, The Apprentice: You're Fired! on BBC2 and has recently appeared as a guest host on Have I Got News For You.
His own show Chiles on Saturday for Radio 5 Live on Saturday mornings won the Sports category Gold Medal At the Sony Radio Awards 2002.
He’s written and presented a number of other programmes for BBC1 including Royal Millions, a look at the royal family’s finances, as well as special reports on banking for Panorama and documentaries about the millennium bug and European Union food policy.
He has also written and presented a number of other programmes for BBC1, including special reports on banking, The Millennium Bug and The Food Wars for Panorama.
During 2004 Adrian presented a programme for BBC2 about Asian Businessmen, a BBC1 documentary on Royal Millions and the second series of BBC2's So What Do You Do All Day. In September 2004 he began presenting BBC2's Match of the Day 2 on Sunday nights.
After graduating he planned to teach English abroad but broke his leg playing football and spent nearly a year on crutches instead. For some reason he ended up on a journalism course. West Bromwich Albion's loss, we're sure.
Adrian's first job was with the Birmingham Post although he had done work experience on Business Breakfast on BBC One. His first on-air work was on the Financial World Tonight on Radio 4 and World Business Report on the World Service.
With the launch of Radio 5 Live he found himself presenting the early morning business news. When Working Lunch launched in 1994 he became the presenter and also has a sports show on Radio 5 Live every Saturday.
He then took the job of presenting BBC2's popular business daytime show Working Lunch.
Adrian Chiles currently presents The One Show on BBC1, The Apprentice: You're Fired! on BBC2 and has recently appeared as a guest host on Have I Got News For You.
His own show Chiles on Saturday for Radio 5 Live on Saturday mornings won the Sports category Gold Medal At the Sony Radio Awards 2002.
He’s written and presented a number of other programmes for BBC1 including Royal Millions, a look at the royal family’s finances, as well as special reports on banking for Panorama and documentaries about the millennium bug and European Union food policy.
He has also written and presented a number of other programmes for BBC1, including special reports on banking, The Millennium Bug and The Food Wars for Panorama.
During 2004 Adrian presented a programme for BBC2 about Asian Businessmen, a BBC1 documentary on Royal Millions and the second series of BBC2's So What Do You Do All Day. In September 2004 he began presenting BBC2's Match of the Day 2 on Sunday nights.