Magenta Devine is a TV presenter and journalist. She is perhaps most known for presenting the youth travel programme, Rough Guide and "Reportage" on BBC2

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

 in the 1990s

1990s

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. Then "Young, Gifted and Broke" for ITV.

She began her career working for Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

/Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

/Whitesnake

Whitesnake

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 publicist, the late Tony Brainsby

Tony Brainsby

Tony Brainsby was a British publicist of the 1960s. His career spanned over thirty years, in which time he represented several notable rock acts, including Curved Air, The Small Faces, Sonny and Cher, Paul McCartney and Wings, Queen, Ron Wood and David Essex, as well as actress Quinn...

. While still living with boyfriend Tony James

Tony James

Tony James is a British musician, best known as a bassist of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.- Career :He was originally a member of the punk band London SS, along with Brian James, , and Mick Jones plus Terry Chimes .Later, James joined the early punk band Chelsea...

, she became the music promoter for James' new band, Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...

. Following their breakup, Janet Street-Porter

Janet Street-Porter

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 tapped Devine, a statuesque upper-class "punk", to be a presenter on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 youth programme Network 7

Network 7 (TV series)

Network 7 was a short-lived but influential youth music and current affairs programme screened on Channel 4 over two series in 1987 and 1988...

, before switching channels to present DEF II

DEF II

DEF II was a programming strand on BBC Two, which aired at 6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988 to 23 May 1994, to serve the teenage market. It was produced by Janet Street-Porter, and followed on from her influential youth TV show Network 7, on Channel 4...

on BBC2, of which Rough Guide was a feature, before becoming a separate programme in its own right. Before all of these, she cut her teeth as one of the presenters of BBC Wales' pop music show, Juice (TV Programme), produced in and around the BBC studios in Cardiff.

In 2004 she appeared on Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy was a British magazine/chat show which was presented by married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. It originally aired on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2008 but later moved to digital channel Watch in October 2008. It featured the world's most famous stars, along with their Book Club...

and in 2005 she appeared on Extreme Celebrity Detox

Extreme Celebrity Detox

Extreme Celebrity Detox was a Channel 4 reality television programme in which 15 British celebrities were sent to try a range of detox programmes, which aimed to enhance inner peace....

.
She has also done voice-over work, including a dfs

Dfs (retailer)

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 advert and writes for the Guardian and the Mail on Sunday. She presented the film programme "On Screen" for World Service.

Devine today also assists Trading Standards

Trading Standards

Trading Standards is the name given to local authority departments in the UK formerly known as Weights and Measures. These departments investigate commercial organisations that carry out trade in unethical ways or outside the scope of the law.-History:...

 in the travel market and supports various charities, as well as speaking at events.

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