Lisa I'Anson

Lisa I'Anson
Lisa I'Anson at the Talenthouse.com event 2009
Born	(1965-05-31) 31 May 1965 (age 51)
Nationality	British

Lisa I'Anson (born 31 May 1965) is a British TV broadcaster and VJ. She is of a multicultural origin; her mother is from Ghana and her father is Danish Her unusual surname is believed to be either derived from the 15th century Jean de Forbin, Marquis de Janson, or alternatively from undefined Scandinavian origin.

In 1985 I'Anson started her career as a broadcaster at London's pirate radio station, Kiss FM.

I'Anson was a presenter on BBC Radio 1 from 1995 until 1999. In January 1995 she took over the Lunchtime show from 12 to 2pm from Emma Freud, which she continued to present until going on maternity leave at Christmas 1996. When she returned from leave in April 1997, she was moved to weekend afternoons from 12.30 to 3pm, her weekday lunchtime show having been taken by Jo Whiley. I'Anson presented her last show for Radio 1 on 21 February 1999, the following week she was replaced by Emma B.

She had been sacked after failing to show up for a show after going missing after clubbing in Ibiza. A quote from Simone who was working for MTV at the time "Lisa was meant to do a live BBC radio show from the island, but never showed up. So what happened in those missing hours???? Let's just say that things got slightly out of hand at the infamous Manumission Motel". Ian Parkinson, Radio 1's head of specialist music programmes, puts it another way: "There had been tabloid accusations of us being closely linked to Manumission, where sex is openly promoted on stage...But then we lost Lisa I'Anson in Manumission - later found in a less than coherent state."

Between 2000-2003 I'Anson presented a weekday discussion program on BBC London 94.9. Until April 2008, she was hosting a Sunday afternoon show on London radio station Magic 105.4.

I'Anson first found fame on MTV Europe reading the music news back in the 1990s. In the following years, her work included multiple programs and shows. On MTV I'Anson was a VJ for 6 years presenting such shows as MTV News and the nightly live weekday show Hanging Out. Later on she was also presenting other live TV shows including the very first and subsequent MOBO awards (music of black origin), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium and a live link from Ghana, West Africa direct to London with then British Prime Minister and U.S. President, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. I'Anson also fronted her own agony aunt show Dear Dilemma for BBC 2 and also presented shows for Top of the Pops, the United Kingdom's longest running weekly music show. Furthermore, I'Anson narrated numerous television shows including the notorious Ibiza Uncovered for Sky One.