Shelagh Fogarty
| Shelagh Fogarty | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 January 1966 Liverpool, England |
| Occupation | Radio and television presenter; journalist |
Shelagh Fogarty (born 13 January 1966 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is a radio and television presenter and journalist. Noted for having previously hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell, she currently presents the afternoon programme on LBC.
Fogarty is the youngest of seven children. Her Irish parents moved to England in the late 1950s. She went to the Mary Help of Christians R.C. High School, a girls' Catholic grammar school, on Stonebridge Lane in Croxteth. She studied French and Spanish at Durham University, graduating in 1988, and spending a year out in Barcelona. Learning her trade, she worked as a BBC trainee at Radio Humberside, Radio Guernsey, Radio Bristol, Radio Sheffield and Radio Merseyside.
Fogarty joined Radio 4 in 1994, and went freelance in 1999.
She then moved on to Radio 5 Live where she co-presented Weekend Breakfast before moving to co-host the Breakfast programme with Nicky Campbell. In April 2011, Fogarty took over from Gabby Logan on the lunchtime show. The show covered news, sport and interviews. Each day there was a special feature. On Mondays the feature was the sports team. Health was covered on Tuesdays. The programme was broadcast from Westminster on Wednesdays when Fogarty was joined by political correspondent John Pienaar, a guest journalist and three members of Parliament to cover Prime Minister's Questions. Thursday's consumer desk included Martin Lewis. Five Life on Fridays looked at work and lifestyle.
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