Gemma Cairney
| Gemma Cairney | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gemma Margaret Cairney 19 March 1985 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Occupation | DJ, Presenter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Gemma Cairney (born 19 March 1985) is an English radio presenter and former fashion stylist, best known for her work on BBC Radio 1. She currently co-hosts The Surgery with Gemma and Dr Radha on Wednesday evenings at 9pm alongside Radha Modgil. She formerly presented Gemma Cairney on BBC Radio 1 weekends 7am - 10am and later weekdays 4am - 6.30am, switching with Dev.
Prior to her career in radio, she was an assistant fashion stylist for multiple pop acts. Then, following a course at Point Blank Music College Cairney fronted several radio shows for Channel 4's 4radio before landing the role of co-presenter for Big Brother's Big Ears for Big Brother 2008 alongside Iain Lee. Cairney began her 1Xtra career co-hosting the Breakfast Show with co-presenter Trevor Nelson.
Prior to starting on BBC Radio 1Xtra, she co-presented the Kiss FM breakfast show for two weeks in August 2008. She co-presented the BBC Radio 1Xtra breakfast show for 2 years before moving to a solo weekday afternoon show on the station from 1-4pm. In February 2012, it was announced that Cairney would take over Weekend Breakfast on BBC Radio 1. Sarah-Jane Crawford took over her slot on 1Xtra.
On 10 January 2014, Radio 1 announced a schedule change that would see Cairney and early weekday morning show host Dev swap shows. They swapped 29 March 2014.
In April 2015 it was announced that Cairney would take over The Surgery on Wednesday evenings from former presenter Aled Haydn Jones and that Adele Roberts would replace her as the early breakfast show host. These changes took effect in June 2015.
Cairney has presented a number of radio documentaries, including What the F: the Story of Feminism (2014) and Mali Music (2014), a documentary which saw her travel to Mali to discuss the music ban in the country and interview its emerging stars. She was awarded Sony Gold awards for documentaries Tempted by Teacher (2014) and Bruising Silence (2013).
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