Clare Balding
Clare Balding was born in Kingsclere, England, United Kingdom on January 29th, 1971 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 53, Clare Balding biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Broadcasting career
Balding joined BBC National Radio in 1994, appearing on 5 Live, Radio 1 (presenting the sport on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show), Radio 2 and Radio 4. She made her television debut as a television presenter in June 1995, premiering highlights of Royal Ascot. She began broadcasting live in 1997 and became the BBC's top horse racing presenter after Julian Wilson's retirement in December 1997. Liam Treadwell, the 2009 Grand National champion, has been chastised.
Balding has covered seven Olympic Games for BBC Radio in Atlanta and ABC Television in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. She has worked on four Paralympic Games, the Winter Olympics from Salt Lake City, Turin, Vancouver, Sochi Pyeongchang and Beijing, as well as the Commonwealth Games from Melbourne, Delhi, Glasgow, and Beijing. She was the face of the BBC's rugby league coverage, having hosted Grandstand from a Rugby League Challenge Cup semi-final, and being so impressed by the sport's vibrancy and physical challenges, she wanted to cover more rugby league matches. She was the last person to attend the Grandstand on Sunday.
She also appears on the Lord Mayor's Show as well as other live events for the BBC, such as Trooping the Colour and New Year's Eve. Balding has provided coverage of Crufts for the BBC from 2004 to 2009, as well as Channel 4 since 2013.
She also stars on BBC Radio 4's Ramblings, where she walks and talks with one or two devotees of a particular route, location, or sport, and, in some cases, she walked portions of the Lyke Wake Walk and Dales Way. Clare was a reporter on 5 Live's Wimbledon coverage from 1995 to 2014. Balding has been on BBC2's Wimbledon Highlights show from 2015 to date. Due to her inexperience and enthusiasm, she has been chastised in this role. She has also appeared on television news about The Boat Race since 2010, including the first live coverage of the women's Boat Race on the Tideway in 2015.
Balding's BBC TV show Britain By Bike, which retraced some of Harold Briercliffe's British cycle tours, was released in 2010.
Balding joined BBC Countryfile in August 2011 temporarily replacing Julia Bradbury while Bradbury was on maternity leave, co-hosting the show with Matt Baker. Bradbury returned in February 2012.
Sport and the British, a thirty-part series on BBC Radio 4, a British television series exploring the effects of sports on British life, from February to March 2012.
Balding, the lead presenter on Channel 4's Paralympics TV coverage, was a lead presenter. Balding would be presenting Channel 4's racing coverage in August 2012, while still holding the option to work for the BBC on non-racing sports such as rugby league.
Katherine Grainger, Hope Powell, and Tanni Grey-Thompson appeared before an All Party Parliamentary Group on women's sport in October 2012. "Women who are allowed to play sports directly contributes to women's political liberation," Balding said. Balding's documentary About Davison, which was commemorated in Emily Wilding Davison's 1913 Derby debut, was released in 2013. The Queen – A Passion for Horses – was also broadcast on BBC in 2013. Other factual documentaries for the BBC include Britain By Bike, Operation Wild, and Britain's Hidden Heritage.
She has appeared on BBC Sports Personality of the Year as one of the year's top presenters. Balding, the presenter of Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2, from January 2013 to November 2017, but she resigned due to time constraints that would not allow her to continue to host the show and do other duties. Balding also hosted a Saturday night quiz show called Britain's Brightest, which began in January 2013. She appeared on Channel 4 Racing from 2013 to 2016, mainly fronting coverage of major festivals such as Cheltenham and Royal Ascot.
Balding's The Clare Balding Show, which airs on BT Sport and BBC Two, is currently host of her own sports chat show The Clare Balding Show. Guests so far have included Lewis Hamilton, Tom Daley, Mike Tyson, Martina Navratilova, Frankie Dettori, Judy Murray, and Ronnie O'Sullivan.