Sybil Ruscoe

Sybil Ruscoe (born 8 August, 1960 in Shropshire, England), is a radio and television presenter

Ruscoe began on the Express and Star newspaper in Wolverhampton. Then moved to Radio Wyvern in Worcester, Beacon Radio and BBC Radio Shropshire. She then teamed up with Simon Mayo on the Radio 1 Breakfast show in 1989. She also started presenting television during this period, including Top of the Pops which she presented once in 1988 and six times in 1989. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=391748&in_page_id=1773]

In 1990 she took over the evening news show "News 90", which then became "News 91", "News 92" & "News 93" over the three years that it was broadcast.

In 1994 she was the first presenter hired by Radio 5 Live and presented the afternoon show for 5 years.

In 1999 she joined Channel 4 Cricket - the first woman to present cricket on TV and was named Cosmopolitan Inspirational Woman of the Year.

Since 1999 Ruscoe has written for the Daily Telegraph.

In July 2003, she joined BBC Radio 2, taking over from Lynn Parsons on the weekend overnight slot. She remained here until July 2004.

She was then heard on various BBC Local Radio stations across the UK. She is married to Daily Telegraph Athletics correspondent, Tom Knight, and she is writing a novel based on her life in radio.

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