Jenni Falconer

Jenni Falconer was born on February 12th 1976 in Glasgow and lived there until the age of seven at which point her family relocated to the South of England. In 1994 she moved to Leeds to attend university - majoring primarily in Spanish and Italian, although she also spent a year studying Latin, Geography and Management Studies.

Jenni`s break into television happened during her first term - work experience at a local radio station coincided with an appearance on a major network entertainment programme; together they led to a presenting opportunity. Les Clips, a BBC Scotland production, was transmitted on her 19th birthday.

In March 1995 she became the co-presenter of BBC Scotland`s outdoor and leisure series, The Big Country and was involved for its three year duration. Throughout this whole period television did not manage to take her away from student life and she commuted to and from lectures as required. Sometimes that was as far as Shetland and Skye, which were the locations for her O.B.s on BBC Scotland`s Children In Need, in 1995 and 1997.

In 1997, Jenni applied to Yorkshire television and in November, whilst still at university, she began presenting strands twice a week on the regional magazine show Tonight. A contract with Yorkshire Television followed and since it commenced in February 1998 she has worked as a reporter on ITV`s current affairs show, 3D and ITV`s consumer show, We Can Work It Out. She faced the difficult decision of how to juggle her education and her career and has now put her degree `on hold`.

Jenni is a sports fanatic and has participated in skiing, horse-riding, hockey, tennis, rowing, trampolining... now she has less free time she frequents the gym to burn off excess energy !!

In 2006 Jenni Falconer took part in the show only fools on horses for sports relief, where she competed with other celebrities in a showjumping competition on the BBC.

Jenni Falconer

Jennifer `Jenni` Falconer (born 12 February 1976 in Glasgow) is a British television presenter. After her family relocated to the South of England when she was seven, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to study Spanish and Italian, with minors in Latin, Geography and Management Studies. Whilst studying at university, she also launched her television career, managing to juggle both for a number of years. It was at the end of her third year that she had to choose one or the other as she was due to live in Italy and Spain for a year as part of her course. She was also offered a contract by ITV to make a documentary and a consumer show on the provision that she left her studies. Consequently she put her degree `on hold`.

Falconer made her television debut in 1994 as a contestant on Blind Date, and later presented BBC Scotland`s Big Country, ITV`s documentary series "3D" and consumer show We Can Work It Out. She hosted travel shows, BBC `Holiday` and ITV`s "How to Holiday". She was the main co-host of Entertainment Today from its launch on in 2000 until its end in July 2008 on GMTV. She still is regularly seen on the red carpet hosting movie premieres in Leicester Square.

Her other work includes reporting on I`m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in Australia for GMTV in 2003, 2004 and 2006, becoming the host of the National Lottery Draws in September 2006 and hosting Cirque de Celebrité in October 2007. She also worked on a show about `24` for Sky One `24 in 24` which she suggested in the first place so she could meet Keifer Sutherland! She has also actively participated in reality shows, winning BBC One`s and Sport Relief`s Only Fools on Horses in 2006. In the summer of 2007 Falconer starred as the `hidden` celebrity in an episode of the CBBC gameshow Hider in the House. She was a contestant on All-Star Family Fortunes in December 2007. She also appeared on All-Star Mr and Mrs in February 2010. Falconer has also branched out into acting, having had roles in `Taggart` and in Ecstasy, a film adaptation based on the #1 bestselling book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh.

She won the Sport Relief showjumping competition Only Fools on Horses riding an 8 year old 16 hands mare called J-Lo. Falconer has also posed for photographs in "Arena" and FHM dressed in a black brassiere and panties. She also hosted three series of Fantasy Homes By the Sea. This series is also shown around the world including BBC Canada. Falconer is currently one of the hosts of the popular daytime quiz show Wordplay on Five.

In June 2009, she was unveiled as the face and body of Adore Moi underwear range by Ultimo.

She ran her first marathon in 2009, completing the London course in 3 hours 53 minutes. In 2010, she improved her time by 22 minutes, completing in 3 hours 31 minutes.

In the Summer of 2009, Falconer was a guest presenter on STV`s daily lifestyle show The Hour, alongside main anchor Stephen Jardine. She presented between 17–21 August. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 5pm.

She appeared as a celebrity contestant on ITV`s The Cube transmitted on 21 November 2010.

Falconer lives in London with her husband James Midgley, an actor best known for his role in Cutting It, who now runs his own post production facility.

On 11 August 2009 she announced that she had become engaged to long term partner James Midgley after he proposed in New York City, this announcement was jointly made on Twitter.[citation needed] She and Midgley were married on 3 June 2010 at the exclusive private members retreat Babington House. Guests included TV Presenters - Michael Underwood, Angelica Bell and Ben Shepard. and was covered by OK! Magazine. She wore a dress by designer Peter Langner.

Falconer has described herself as obsessed by handbags and high heel shoes, and has a collection of bags, both affordable high-street and designer. The designer bags are by Marc Jacobs, Mulberry, Chloe, Bracher Emden, Vivienne Westwood, Prada and Gucci - as well as a few vintage bags. She admitted in July 2007 that the most she had ever spent on a bag was �£595 on a Mulberry bag, but that her boyfriend had bought her most expensive ones.