Harriet Scott | |
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Birth name | Harriet Scott |
Born | 23 January 1972 |
Station(s) | Magic FM |
Time slot | Weekends 6am-10am |
Station(s) |
BRMB Virgin Radio Heart Heart London |
Style | Presenter |
Country | United Kingdom |
Harriet Scott (born 23 January 1972) is a British radio presenter with Magic FM, presenting the Weekend Breakfast show.
After studying History at Hull University, she became a production assistant for BBC Radio Humberside. A move to GWR followed, after which she worked at a number of other stations, including Viking FM, 2-Ten FM, and BRMB in Birmingham.
It was while at BRMB in 1997 that she began to move into television, becoming the travel presenter for ITV Central in the West Midlands. She went on to spend several years at Virgin Radio.
In 2002, she joined Heart as a presenter. In February 2005 she began co-presenting Heart Breakfast on Heart London alongside Jamie Theakston. They have won Sony Radio Silver Award for Best Entertainment Show and Radio Presenters of the Year at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. From April to July 2011 she was maternity cover for Emma Bunton on Heart each Saturday drivetime. On 30 November 2012 she left the station.
Harriet made her debut on BBC London 94.9 sitting in for Simon Lederman on Sunday 2 December 2012, 10pm till 2am. and Ray Khan on the Overnight Show on Sunday 23 December 2012, 2am till 6am. In late December 2012 Harriet was announced as the new early breakfast show presenter. On 7 January 2013 she began presenting Weekday Early Breakfast on BBC London 94.9 and continued until January 2014 when James Max took over. She has been co-presenting the Sunday Mid-morning show with Chris Rogers on the same station since January 2014, which is live 9am till 12pm.