Chloe Tilley
{{Short description|British radio presenter}}
Chloe Tilley (born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/radio-times/20240227/283532275723959?srsltid=AfmBOoonm88MYOPmICqF8_mMOuSmt30fmHp0NYJNf9UKez6Z7SRDbflR |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=www.pressreader.com}}) is a British radio presenter who co-presents the breakfast programme on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on Times Radio.
Background
Tilley was born in Bingham in Nottinghamshire. An English teacher at school made Tilley interested in journalism.{{Cite web |title=BBC - Wear - BBC Radio Newcastle - Chloe Tilley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/articles/2006/04/29/presenter_profile_chloe_tilley_feature.shtml |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}} She studied broadcast journalism at the University of Leeds.
Career
After leaving university, Tilley worked at BBC Look North for Yorkshire.{{Cite web |last=Tilley |first=Chloe |title=BBC - World Service - World Have Your Say: Meet the team: Chloe Tilley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2010/06/meet_the_team_chloe_tilley.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}} Tilley's radio career began at Trent FM in Nottingham, where she read the news.
In 2005, Tilley began to sit in for presenters on BBC Radio 5 Live.{{Cite web |title=Search - BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=%22chloe+tilley%22 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
In 2006, Tilley was co-presenting the drivetime show on BBC Radio Newcastle with Jon Harle.
From 2008 until 2017, Tilley presented the one-hour edition of World Have Your Say, a programme on the BBC World Service's English-language service which let listeners have their say on important news events via phone, text message, email and other modes of communication. From 2010 until 2012, Tilley presented the morning (GMT) edition of World Have Your Say. Tilley also presented the television version of World Have Your Say on BBC World News.
In 2015, Tilley was also presenting BBC Outside Source, a news programme on the BBC World Service's English-language service presented from inside the BBC's newsroom, which had a strong focus on live coverage of major developing news stories.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-25 |title=BBC World Service - BBC OS, From Perth to the UN - a 17 year-old's journey |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033hybm |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} In late 2017, she was still a presenter of the programme.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |title=BBC World Service - BBC OS, South Korea Nurses: Forced dancing to 'comfort' patients |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05n4xqz |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
In 2016, Tilley began presenting some editions of Victoria Derbyshire's weekday morning news and current affairs programme (which was eponymously named Victoria Derbyshire), on BBC Two.{{Cite web |title=Search - BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=%22chloe+tilley%22+victoria |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} She stopped presenting on Victoria Derbyshire in early 2020.{{Cite web |title=Search - BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/60/20?order=first&q=%22chloe+tilley%22+victoria#top |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
Between 2020 and 2022, Tilley presented some editions of Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.{{Cite web |title=Search - BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/40?order=first&q=%22chloe+tilley%22+woman's+hour#top |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
In 2022, Tilley began co-presenting the Times Radio breakfast programme on Friday mornings and weekend mornings with Calum Macdonald.{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Chloe Tilley - Exclusive Agent - Presenter & Event Moderator |url=https://www.rivamedia.co.uk/talent/chloe-tilley/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Riva Media |language=en-US}}
In 2023, Tilley was criticised after speaking on her Times Radio programme of the courageousness and "incredible ability" of Hamas "to go for Israel in such a way that we have never seen before." This followed the mass slaughter, and hostage-taking, of Israelis by Hamas.{{Cite news |last=Reporters |first=Telegraph |date=2023-10-08 |title=Times Radio presenter condemned for saying Hamas showed 'bravery' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/08/times-radio-presenter-chloe-tilley-hamas-bravery/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
Personal life
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Category:British radio presenters