Liz Green
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Liz Green is a British-IrishLiz Green, Twitter [https://twitter.com/lizgreenlive?lang=en Biography]. Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually." broadcaster and journalist who worked for BBC Radio Leeds.
Early life
Green was born{{Cite web |last=Sutcliffe |first=Robert |date=2017-10-12 |title=Liz Green told to visit Huddersfield after criticising it |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/liz-green-puts-boot-huddersfield-13753289 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=YorkshireLive |language=en}} and grew up in Huddersfield{{Cite web |date=2007-12-26 |title=Liz Green |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=BBC Radio Leeds|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226152528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml |archive-date=2007-12-26 }} and has British and Irish heritage.
Career
Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as The Hot Seat, a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called Up Close is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the Dalai Lama, David Cameron and Nick Clegg.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Green won the BBC's Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year (Gold) in 1994.Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC.
Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on BBC Radio Leeds for five years. The show won Bronze at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in 2017. The same year, she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.
References
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External links
- [https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/broadcasting/2017/10/bbc-radio-5-live-wins-6-gold-awards-radio-industry-%E2%80%9Coscars%E2%80%9D Audio and Radio Industry Award winners]
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