Sybil Ruscoe

Sybil Ruscoe (born 8 August 1960 in Wem, Shropshire, England[1]) is a British radio and television presenter.

Ruscoe began her career on the Express & Star newspaper in Wolverhampton. She moved to Radio Wyvern, Beacon Radio, then BBC Radio Shropshire. She was teamed with Simon Mayo on Radio 1 Breakfast in 1988 and 89. She also started presenting television during this period, including Top of the Pops.

She was a presenter of Radio 1 Newsbeat and News 90, News 91, News 92 and News 93. In 1994, Ruscoe and John Inverdale were the first presenters hired by BBC Radio 5 Live. Ruscoe presented the afternoon show for five years.[2] In 1999, she joined the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Channel 4 Cricket. She was the first woman to present cricket on TV, and was named a Cosmopolitan Inspirational Woman of the Year.[3] From 1999 to 2007, Ruscoe wrote a cricket column for the Daily Telegraph.[4]

She used to be a presenter on Farming Today on BBC Radio 4.

Ruscoe co-wrote the Official Book of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with her husband, Tom Knight, the former athletics correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.

Ruscoe is a supporter of Stoke City Football Club.[5]

In 2021, she was made an executive director of the Gloucestershire Cricket Board and a Deputy Lieutenant for Gloucestershire,[6] and became farming and countryside advisor on the long-running radio soap The Archers.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Sybil Ruscoe". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Sybil Ruscoe is thrilled by Olympic opportunity". www.shropshirestar.com. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Sport | Cricket | Ruscoe makes the breakthrough". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Introducing our new GPFA President" (PDF). The Playing Field. Gloucestershire Playing Fields Association. Winter 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ Presenters are footy fans Accessed 13 August 2014
  6. ^ "Seven new Deputy Lieutenants announced for Gloucestershire - Gloucestershire County Council". www.gloucestershire.gov.uk. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Pants, pH and planning for the future of farming". BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2022.