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Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May, 1965) is an English presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his own BBC Radio 2 programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music. He is known for his direct interview style, and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. Vine is also the host of the long-running quiz show, ''Eggheads'', and in 2015 was a contestant in the 13th series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. == Personal background == Jeremy Vine was born in Epsom, Surrey. He is the elder son of Guy Vine and Diana Tillett.〔(Family detective: Jeremy Vine ) ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 December 2007〕 His younger brother is the comedian Tim Vine. Jeremy is married to BBC News presenter Rachel Schofield. The couple married in September 2002 in East Devon, and have two daughters. Jeremy was educated at Lynton Preparatory School in Ewell, then Aberdour School in Burgh Heath, and then Epsom College. He played the drums in a band called the Flared Generation. At Durham University (Hatfield College), he graduated with a 2:2 undergraduate degree in English. After a short stint on Metro Radio, Vine enrolled in a journalism training course with the ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'',〔(Jeremy Vine Celebrity Dinner ) Birmingham Press Club〕 before joining the BBC in 1987. A former punk, he is a fan of Elvis Costello, whom he has seen 13 times in concert. According to an interview he gave in March 2015 on his Radio 2 show, his favourite song is Whole Lotta Rosie by AC/DC. Vine is the patron of Radio St. Helier,〔(Radio St Helier )〕 a UK registered charity providing radio programmes to patients at St. Helier Hospital in southwest London. Vine is a practising Anglican. He has deplored the marginalisation of Christians in British society, saying that "You can't express views that were common currency 30 or 40 years ago".〔(Christians are becoming social pariahs in Britain ) Daily Telegraph, 17 April 2009〕 He was named Speech Broadcaster of the Year in the 2011 Sony Awards. (He won the same award in 2005.) His 2010 election interview with Gordon Brown, where the Prime Minister put his head in his hands as he was played the recording of him calling a voter a bigot, won Vine the Sony Award for Interview of the Year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeremy Vine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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