Rebecca Pike
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Rebecca Pike is a business and economics correspondent for the BBC
. She has worked as a reporter on a number of Radio and TV news programmes, including the Today programme
, Radio 4
’s Six o’clock News, Radio 5 Live
, BBC One
’s TV news bulletins and the BBC News channel.
Pike attended Bedales School and Magdalen College
, Oxford
, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
.
She is half Chinese. She is married with three children and lives in London
She started her career at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton
before moving to the Daily Telegraph. She became the business presenter on the BBC Radio 2
Drivetime Show in 2006. Nicknamed Foxy (the Business Fox), she was on air with Chris Evans from Monday to Friday for her two daily slots at 5.30pm and 6.30pm.
Rebecca co-presented the Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations ceremony in 2008.
In 2009 she also worked as the main presenter of Wake Up To Money on BBC Radio Five Live.
Since January 2010 she has been co-presenting the BBC Radio 2
Drivetime show with Simon Mayo
.
from his 1956 musical comedy film The Court Jester
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. She has worked as a reporter on a number of Radio and TV news programmes, including the Today programme
Today programme
Today is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, now broadcast from 6.00 am to 9.00 am Monday to Friday, and 7.00 am to 9.00 am on Saturdays. It is also the most popular programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks...
, Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
’s Six o’clock News, Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
, BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
’s TV news bulletins and the BBC News channel.
Pike attended Bedales School and Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
, Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Philosophy, politics, and economics is a popular interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate degree which combines study from the three disciplines...
.
She is half Chinese. She is married with three children and lives in London
She started her career at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
before moving to the Daily Telegraph. She became the business presenter on the BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
Drivetime Show in 2006. Nicknamed Foxy (the Business Fox), she was on air with Chris Evans from Monday to Friday for her two daily slots at 5.30pm and 6.30pm.
Rebecca co-presented the Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations ceremony in 2008.
In 2009 she also worked as the main presenter of Wake Up To Money on BBC Radio Five Live.
Since January 2010 she has been co-presenting the BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
Drivetime show with Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. As of January 2010, Mayo is presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 and, with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews on BBC Radio 5 Live.In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "radio...
.
Fox the Fox
The Chris Evans' Drivetime Show featured the popular "Fox the Fox" feature in which Pike was given a question submitted by a listener and provided her answer at the end of her second business news section one hour later. The theme tune of the slot was a clip from the song "Outfox the Fox", featuring Danny KayeDanny Kaye
Danny Kaye was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian...
from his 1956 musical comedy film The Court Jester
The Court Jester
The Court Jester is a 1956 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and Angela Lansbury. The movie was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama...
.