Margherita Taylor is a British broadcaster, TV and radio presenter.
Taylor studied media and communications at the University of Central England, majoring in video production for her degree. She found fame in 1993 when Birmingham based radio station BRMB offered her a slot as a DJ as part of a talent contest. She presented a weekend overnight show, but soon came to the attention of bosses at Capital London, BRMB's former sister station in London, and in 1994 was appointed presenter of weekend breakfast on the station, and provided cover for Capital's other presenters during the week. She is currently the longest-serving member of the on-air team.
In 1998, she became one of the original presenters of the Channel 4 morning show, T4, alongside Dermot O'Leary. She left in 2001. Since then, she has continued work as a radio presenter at Capital London, as well as being a music reporter for GMTV. She also does a lot of voice over work for British companies' television advertisements, and presented an evening show on The Jazz; a radio station available on satellite, DAB and online.
She could be heard on Capital presenting early weekend breakfast from 8 January until 31 December 2011. She can currently be heard presenting Smooth Classics on Classic FM each weeknight. She is also an occasional newspaper reviewer for This Morning on ITV.
Margherita joined Capital sister station Heart in 2012. She can currently be heard across the Heart Network on All 80's...All Night Saturday and Sunday mornings from 02:00-06:00, and as a stand-in presenter for other shows.
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