Lauren Layfield
Born (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987
Warwick, Warwickshire, England[1]
EducationUniversity of Salford
National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)[2]
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2014–present
SpouseLuke Beddows

Lauren Layfield (born 1 December 1987) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist who works mainly for CBBC and Capital FM.

Career

Layfield studied and graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in English and Creative Writing along with fellow star Katie Thistleton, She joined CBBC continuity in September 2015, at the end of the one-off TV special Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC, going on to co-host design series, The Dengineers with Mark Wright. In April 2017, Wright left and was replaced with Joe Tracini.[3]

In January 2016, Layfield joined All Over the Place and became a co-host with Ed Petrie. Layfield has made one-off appearances in game shows Ultimate Brain and Celebrity Mastermind and four appearances in the panel show The Dog Ate My Homework.

A 2016 clip in which Layfield appeared on a CBBC children's show with Hacker T. Dog, during which Hacker deadpanned to Layfield "We're just normal men... We're just innocent men", prompting Layfield to break character and laugh, resurfaced in 2022 and went viral.[4][5][6] While some assumed the clip had context before the exchange, puppeteer Phil Fletcher later explained that there was none, and he just ad-libbed the line to make Layfield laugh.[5]

In 2017 Layfield become the new host of music show The Playlist.

She presented for Match of the Day spin-off show, Match of the Day Kickabout.

In July 2018, she began covering weekend shows on Capital FM and started presenting Capital FM's Capital Early Breakfast show from 7 January 2019 until 29 September 2023.

In November 2023, it was announced that Layfield would be joining BBC Radio 1 in January 2024, presenting the Friday morning Early Breakfast show throughout the month.[7]

Layfield has also written for the Top of the Pops magazine.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2014–15 Whoops I Missed the Bus Presenter
2015 Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC Herself One-off special
2015–19 The Dengineers Co-presenter With Mark Wright (2015–17) and Joe Tracini (2017–2019)
2015–2020 CBBC Presenter Continuity
2016 Ultimate Brain Contestant 1 episode
Celebrity Mastermind Contestant 1 episode
2016–19 The Dog Ate My Homework Panelist 4 episodes
2016–present All Over the Place Herself Co-presenter
2017–present The Playlist Presenter
2018–2023 Capital FM Presenter Cover presenter & Early Breakfast presenter
2019–present The Dog Ate My Homework Presenter 3 episodes
2022–present Junior Eurovision Song Contest Co-commentator With Hrvy (2022, 2023)

References

  1. ↑ "CBBC HQ – Lauren's Profile". Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Thistleton's places of study".
  3. ↑ Joe Tracini (11 April 2017). "Joe Tracini joins CBBC's The Dengineers – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ↑ MacKenzie, Steven (27 June 2022). "Lauren Layfield: 'Normal men, innocent men' and me". The Big Issue.
  5. 1 2 "I Interviewed the 'We're Just Normal Men' Puppet on Zoom". www.vice.com. 17 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "A CBBC dog saying 'normal men, innocent men' has become the internet's favourite meme". indy100. 26 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Four new presenters to join the Friday Early Breakfast slot on Radio 1". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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