Edith Bowman

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Edith Eleanor Bowman (born 15 January 1975 in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland) is a television presenter and a radio D.J.. She currently presents a radio show with Colin Murray, Colin and Edith, on BBC Radio 1.

Her television debut was in 1997 as a news reader on MTV UK, and went on to host many shows for the station, including co-presenting chart show Hitlist UK with Cat Deeley, with whom she also presented Hit Music Sunday on Capital FM in 2001–2002 and travel show Roadtripping for BBC Choice in 2002.

She became a presenter on Channel 4's breakfast show RI:SE when it launched on 29 April 2002, staying with the programme until teaming up with former co-presenter Murray on Radio 1 on 29 March 2003. In April 2004 they moved from a weekend morning slot to weekday afternoons, currently broadcasting between 13:00 and 16:00.

On 11 March 2005 she became the winner of the TV talent show Comic Relief does Fame Academy programmes, which also featured Al Murray, Kim Medcalf, Adrian Edmondson, Jon Culshaw, Konnie Huq, Dawn Steele, and other celebrities.

Bowman also presented BBC Scotland's coverage of the Live 8 event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, and hosted the channel's T in the Park programmes in 2005 as well as Top of the Pops. Also in 2005 she hosted the Q Awards with Colin Murray live on BBC Radio 1.

Edith is currently dating Editors frontman Tom Smith. Amongst others.