Adrian Chiles

At 57 years old, Adrian Chiles has this physical status:

Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British television and radio presenter currently working for BBC Radio 5 Live in Birmingham. Chiles co-presented both The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard.

From 2010 to 2015, he was also the chief presenter for football coverage on ITV Sport. His journalistic education and passion for football culminated in his appearances on television shows like Working Lunch and The Money Programme, as well as sports programs such as Match of the Day 2.

Personal life

Jane Garvey, a former regular presenter of Woman's Hour on Radio in Swansea, was married in September 1998. Chile and Garca have two children. The couple divorced in October 2009 after they separated in June 2008. In 2022, Chiles married Guardian editor Kath Viner.

In 2007, Chiles converted to Catholicism. During Lent 2015, he attended Mass every day and at a different church each time; a total of 46 churches in 46 days.

He is a fan of West Bromwich Albion Football Club, where he is a season ticket holder and host on some of the club's official DVDs. Both of his cars have WBA in their registration, and he has a stained glass West Bromwich Albion emblem above his door.

Chiles plays the double bass, as shown when he appeared with violinist Nigel Kennedy on "Fever" on The One Show. Christine Lampard, his co-presenter on The One Show, performed part of a song with Chiles accompanying on piano on Saturday.

At the BBC, Chiles' "Brummie" accent gained him a following.

In February 2019, Chiles began writing a weekly column for The Guardian. In an interview with Katharine Viner, the newspaper's editor, confessed to his affair with the newspaper's editor, saying, "I've got a fear of talking about relationships." "I don't mind being with Kath" -- I don't mind.

After several newspapers, including the Mail, republished inaccurate information regarding his suspected marriage to a woman named Maria Walsh in his Wikipedia article, presumably from erroneous details within a Daily Mail article, Chiles wrote an opinion piece detailing his experience in 2019. The Daily Mail article has since been edited.

Chiles revealed in his Guardian column in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with ADD. Since he had initially dismissed his symptoms, he wrote that his illness is being effectively treated with prescription drugs.

Chiles is a vegan. He has a urinal in his apartment and has written about the mixed reactions it gets.

Chiles embarked on a charity cycling tour with footballer Alan Shearer from Newcastle upon Tyne to London via West Bromwich for Sport Relief in March 2008. The pair's feat earned £371,065 for their feat.

In 2010, Chiles grew a beard, which was later shaved off by his One Show co-host Christine Lampard for Sport Relief, raising £60,000 in the process.

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Early life and career

Chiles was born in Quinton, Birmingham, to an English father and Croatian mother, and moved a few miles away to Hagley, Worcestershire, at the age of four. His Birmingham accent is a feature of his talks. Despite having a self-confident imperfect knowledge of the language's verbs, declensions, and instances, he speaks Croatian. Chiles began his education at Haybridge High School and later worked in his father's scaffolding company before graduating with a degree in English literature from the University of London (studying at Westfield College, now part of Queen Mary, University of London).

He was a keen amateur actor before going to university, performing in Mary O'Malley's musical production Once A Catholic and Sandy Wilson's The Cheese. He failed the second interview after university, while waiting for his injured leg to recover from an amateur football injury, before being asked to apply for MI5 — he failed the second interview. He studied journalism at Cardiff and then spent time as a sports reporter for the News of the World.

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