Nemone
Encyclopedia
Nemone Metaxas is a British DJ, Radio Presenter
, Television Presenter
/Producer
and former athlete
of Greek descent.
Her family's Greek ancestral village is in Sekhia and the family name is `Anastasakis'.
at the Victoria University of Manchester
in 1995, Nemone worked as a research assistant
in a psychiatric ward. She thereafter realised her career interest to be in broadcasting
.
She began modestly on reception and while still manning the phones daily at Kiss 102
in Manchester. In 1997, she became the presenter and producer of "The Word" radio program as radio station Kiss 105
went on the air. After that, she presented Galaxy 102
FM's Morning Show, Network Chill Out Show and The Galaxy Chart for Manchester
.
Nemone joined BBC Radio 1
in October 2000 initially hosting the Saturday breakfast show. She filled in for Jo Whiley
's weekday morning show for many months in 2001 while Whiley was on maternity leave. In light of that, Nemone was then awarded the weekend afternoon slot which she hosted from Autumn 2001 through to the end of 2003.
After a high profile revamp of the BBC Radio 1
daytime schedule from early 2004, Nemone replaced Scott Mills
on the early breakfast show (4:00am–6:55am).
Nemone left Radio 1 in September 2005 when JK and Joel
(Monday-Thursday) as well as Fearne
and Reggie
(Friday) took over her early morning slot.
She joined BBC 6 Music
on 3 October 2005, she began presenting the Dream Ticket
show as well as filling in on 6 Music's drive time show when Steve Lamacq
was away.
Nemone took over Vic McGlynn
's weekday lunchtime show, weekdays in the 13:00-16:00 slot on 6 Music on 4 September 2006. She can also be heard covering various shows on BBC Radio 2
.
Cerys Matthews
filled in for Nemone on BBC 6 Music
after she began six months maternity leave on 6 July 2009. After Matthews herself went on maternity leave on 24 November, the show was then presented by either Chris Hawkins
or Andrew Collins
. In July 2009, Nemone gave birth to a baby girl named Ella and returned to BBC 6 Music on 1 February 2010.
Nemone lost out in another BBC 6 Music
reshuffle on 1st February 2011 when it was announced she was to move to the weekend breakfast show in favour of Mark Radcliffe
and Stuart Maconie
. This move will take effect from 9th April. The announcement corresponded with her announcement of her pregnancy with her second child.
She participated with her daughter Ella in the Bumps & Babies Mile in Battersea Park
for Sport Relief 2010
along with Denise Van Outen
, Carly Cole, Gail Emms
, Natasha Kaplinsky
and Kim Medcalf
.
television programme 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
alongside Steve Jones
. She is seen describing the method of eviction from the game show and then interviewing the losing contestants.
band some of whose members went on to form Groove Armada
, as well as playing saxophone
.
Nemone is a former champion 400 metres
runner. In 1999 she won the Greater Manchester Championships. In 2000 she qualified for the British Championships, and competed in the 400m British Olympic trials.
She decided to bid to run for the Greek
Olympic
team for the 2004 Summer Olympics
. Her training was filmed for a BBC Three
television programme called "My Big Fat Greek Olympic Dream".
Also, on screen, Nemone has hosted the X Games
in Barcelona
and Ski Sunday in Livigno
for Grandstand
on BBC One
TV.
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
, Television Presenter
Presenter
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/Producer
Television producer
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and former athlete
Athletics (track and field)
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of Greek descent.
Her family's Greek ancestral village is in Sekhia and the family name is `Anastasakis'.
Broadcasting career
After finishing her degree in PsychologyPsychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at the Victoria University of Manchester
Victoria University of Manchester
The Victoria University of Manchester was a university in Manchester, England. On 1 October 2004 it merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to form a new entity, "The University of Manchester".-1851 - 1951:The University was founded in 1851 as Owens College,...
in 1995, Nemone worked as a research assistant
Research assistant
A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
in a psychiatric ward. She thereafter realised her career interest to be in broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
.
She began modestly on reception and while still manning the phones daily at Kiss 102
Kiss 102
-History:The frequency was originally issued to Sunset 102 Radio - The Kickin FM but that suffered some financial problems. In May 1993, the Radio Authority made a decision to prematurely terminate Sunset's licence, apparently accusing the station of providing inaccurate information about its...
in Manchester. In 1997, she became the presenter and producer of "The Word" radio program as radio station Kiss 105
Kiss 105
Kiss 105 was an dance music radio station based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It was part of a new breed of regional radio stations as opposed to independent local radio.-History:...
went on the air. After that, she presented Galaxy 102
Galaxy Manchester
Capital Manchester is a Manchester, England radio station owned by the Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital network specialising in mainstream music...
FM's Morning Show, Network Chill Out Show and The Galaxy Chart for Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
.
Nemone joined BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
in October 2000 initially hosting the Saturday breakfast show. She filled in for Jo Whiley
Jo Whiley
Johanne "Jo" Whiley is a British radio disc jockey and television presenter. She was the host of the long running weekday Jo Whiley Show on Radio 1.-Early life and education:...
's weekday morning show for many months in 2001 while Whiley was on maternity leave. In light of that, Nemone was then awarded the weekend afternoon slot which she hosted from Autumn 2001 through to the end of 2003.
After a high profile revamp of the BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
daytime schedule from early 2004, Nemone replaced Scott Mills
Scott Mills
Scott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
on the early breakfast show (4:00am–6:55am).
Nemone left Radio 1 in September 2005 when JK and Joel
JK and Joel
Jason King and Joel Ross , known professionally as JK and Joel, are a radio show presenters and are best known for hosting the official UK chart on BBC Radio 1 between 2004 and 2007 and then presented on Virgin Radio UK, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at weekends and covering the breakfast and...
(Monday-Thursday) as well as Fearne
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is an English television and radio presenter who is known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1's Chart Show...
and Reggie
Reggie Yates
Reginald "Reggie" Yates is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ of Ghanaian descent. He went to Central Foundation Boys' School.-Early career:...
(Friday) took over her early morning slot.
She joined BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
on 3 October 2005, she began presenting the Dream Ticket
Dream Ticket
Dream Ticket was a music radio show on BBC 6 Music, and on the air since the opening of the radio station in 2002 until 2007 with that show title...
show as well as filling in on 6 Music's drive time show when Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...
was away.
Nemone took over Vic McGlynn
Vic McGlynn
Victoria Claire McGlynn, known as Vic McGlynn, is an English radio presenter and disc jockey ....
's weekday lunchtime show, weekdays in the 13:00-16:00 slot on 6 Music on 4 September 2006. She can also be heard covering various shows on 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...
.
Cerys Matthews
Cerys Matthews
Cerys Elizabeth Matthews is a Welsh singer and songwriter. She is known as the lead singer of the Welsh rock band Catatonia, her more recent bilingual solo career, and for a 1998 Christmas duet with Tom Jones.-Biography:...
filled in for Nemone on BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
after she began six months maternity leave on 6 July 2009. After Matthews herself went on maternity leave on 24 November, the show was then presented by either Chris Hawkins
Chris Hawkins
Chris Hawkins is a presenter, performance DJ, reporter, journalist, producer, and music pundit....
or Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins (broadcaster)
Andrew Collins is the creator and writer of Radio 4 sitcom Mr Blue Sky. His TV writing work includes EastEnders and the sitcoms Grass and Not Going Out .-Personal life:Collins was a member of the Labour Party between the late 1980s and early 1990s, leaving after Labour's...
. In July 2009, Nemone gave birth to a baby girl named Ella and returned to BBC 6 Music on 1 February 2010.
Nemone lost out in another BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
reshuffle on 1st February 2011 when it was announced she was to move to the weekend breakfast show in favour of Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains one of Britain's most recognised DJs. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week alongside Stuart Maconie, called...
and Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of of pop music and popular culture. He is currently a presenter on BBC 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week , alongside Mark Radcliffe, called the Radcliffe...
. This move will take effect from 9th April. The announcement corresponded with her announcement of her pregnancy with her second child.
She participated with her daughter Ella in the Bumps & Babies Mile in Battersea Park
Battersea Park
Battersea Park is a 200 acre green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea, and was opened in 1858....
for Sport Relief 2010
Sport Relief 2010
Sport Relief 2010, was a fund raising event organised by Sport Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 19 March 2010 to early the following morning...
along with Denise Van Outen
Denise van Outen
Denise van Outen is an English actress, singer and television presenter. Her most notable roles to date are as a presenter on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway.- Early life :Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she is the...
, Carly Cole, Gail Emms
Gail Emms
Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments....
, Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...
and Kim Medcalf
Kim Medcalf
Kim Louise Medcalf is an English actress and occasional singer.She has made occasional appearances as a singer and is best known for playing the character Sam Mitchell in the long running BBC Soap Opera EastEnders from 2002 to 2005....
.
Television career
Nemone co-hosts the BBC OneBBC 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...
television programme 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow is a British quiz show produced by Endemol for the BBC, hosted by Steve Jones and Nemone. The show sees eight contestants compete to be the winner of a £10,000 prize by picking the right answers to general knowledge questions...
alongside Steve Jones
Steve Jones (presenter)
Stephen Ashton "Steve" Jones is a Welsh television presenter. Jones is primarily known in the UK as presenter of T4. Internationally, he is known as the host of The X Factor USA.-Early life:...
. She is seen describing the method of eviction from the game show and then interviewing the losing contestants.
Musical career
Nemone was once a singer in a funkFunk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
band some of whose members went on to form Groove Armada
Groove Armada
Groove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
, as well as playing saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
.
Athletic career
Apart from radio and TV broadcasting, Nemone is also a keen athlete.Nemone is a former champion 400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...
runner. In 1999 she won the Greater Manchester Championships. In 2000 she qualified for the British Championships, and competed in the 400m British Olympic trials.
She decided to bid to run for the Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
team for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. Her training was filmed for a BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
television programme called "My Big Fat Greek Olympic Dream".
Also, on screen, Nemone has hosted the X Games
X Games
The X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Ski Sunday in Livigno
Livigno
Livigno is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps.- Geography :Livigno is located 1,816 metres above sea level. Livigno's main river is called Aqua Granda or Spöl. Trepalle, a frazione in the municipality of Livigno, is...
for Grandstand
Grandstand (BBC)
Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year.Its first presenter was Peter Dimmock...
on 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...
TV.