Last updated April 2006
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Peter Allen co-presents
Drive on BBC Radio 5 Live with Jane
Garvey in a presenting partnership that has lasted more than
a decade.
Peter and Jane have presented various programmes together
on Five Live. They were the founder presenters of
5 Live Breakfast when Peter joined the BBC at 5
Live's inception in 1994.
Between them, they have won four Sony Gold Awards in
a team described by The Times as "made in broadcasting heaven".
Peter has unrivalled experience of news and current
affairs, having spent nearly 40 years in the profession, including stints
as a 'ten pound pom' when he emigrated to Australia and worked for the
Sydney Telegraph.
In television, he has covered news and politics for
London Weekend Television and Granada, and was Chief Political Correspondent
at ITN prior to joining the BBC.
During his career he has covered events such as
the fall of the Callaghan Government in 1979; the resignation of Margaret
Thatcher in 1990; both Gulf Wars and the bombing in New York on 9/11.
Peter has been voted Xtracts magazine Broadcaster of the Year and was cited as the sixth most important man in radio in a Radio Times survey in June 2005.
