Presenter profiles

Emily Anderson

Fact file: Emily Anderson

Starsign: Taurus

Grew up in: Loughborough

First job: Sales assistant in a sports shop in Loughborough. 

First car: Renault Clio

First ever ever record: Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads

Favourite things

Food: Thai

Place in Suffolk: My home 

Item in Wardrobe: Too many to pick just one!

Song: Anything by Take That

Film: Dirty Dancing 

TV Show as an adult: Friends 

TV Show as a child: Neighbours

Colour: Green

Alison Root

Fact file: Alison Root

Starsign: Taurus

Grew up in: Cambridge

First Job: Saturday sales assistant in a gift shop in Cambridge

First Car: Vauxhall Corsa

First ever record: The Muppet Show (used to play it on my toy record player!)

Favourite things

Food: Sunday roast

Place in Suffolk: Beach hut in Felixstowe with my family

Item in Wardrobe: My wedding dress

Song: The Kooks - She Moves in Her Own Way ( will probably change again next week!) 

Film: Notting Hill

TV Show as an adult: Prime Suspect

TV Show as a child: Dallas

Colour: Yellow

Steve Blower

Fact file: Steve Blower

Starsign: Sagittarius

Grew up in: York

First Job: Reporter - Essex Radio in Southend

First Car: Fiat Panda

First ever record: Kevin Johnson - Rock and Roll I Gave You The Best Years of My Life

Favourite things

Food: Syrup Sponge

Place in Suffolk: Orford

Item in Wardrobe: Punky Fish Red T shirt

Song: Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure

Film: Before Sunrise

TV Show as an adult: This Life

TV Show as a child: Generation Game with Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson

Colour: Purple

Linda Walker

Fact file: Linda Walker

Starsign: Cancer

Grew up in: Oxfordshire on a little farm in the middle of nowhere

First Job: Saturday girl in Sainsburys

First Car: A very battered brown metro

First ever record: Something by Take That

Favourite things

Food: Chocolate

Place in Suffolk: Aldeburgh

Item in Wardrobe: Dark blue jeans

Song: Suddenly I see by KT Tunstall

Film: Lost in Translation

TV Show as an adult: Top Gear

TV Show as a child: Knightmare

Colour: Green

Kate Arkell

Fact file: Kate Arkell

Starsign: Libra

Grew up in: Suffolk

First Job: Broadcast Assistant at BBC Radio Suffolk

First Car: beige Metro

First ever record: Gazza, Fog on the Tyne

Favourite Things

Food: Chinese

Place in Suffolk: Aldeburgh

Item in Wardrobe: Tweed coat with a (fake) fur collar

Song: The Beatles: Girl

Film: Dirty Dancing

TV Show as an adult: Friends

TV Show as a child: Bagpuss

Colour: Duck Egg Blue (or pink)

Sharon and Dixie

Fact file: Sharon Whight

Grew up: Ipswich

Star Sign: Pisces

First job: Pig farmer

First car: As I have a Guide Dog I'm not allowed a car, BUT I do have a lovely shiney red tandem, it turns more heads and is better for my figure and the planet

First Record: "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Star Sign: Pisces

Favourite things

Food: Roast Duck & Crispy Seaweed, CHEESE, Chocolate and Curry

Film: Sleepless in Seattle

Colour: Yellow

TV show as an adult : Home and Away and Univercity Challenge

TV show as a child: It's a Knockout

Place in Suffolk: Beside my garden pond

Item in wardrobe: My birthday suit!

Sally Goodwin

Fact file: Sally Goodwin

First Car: Red Ford Cortina

First Record: Eddison Lighthouse, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Grows

Star Sign: Gemini

Favourite things

Food: anything with the exception of custard (my primary school dinner lady forced me to eat it and I haven't been able to face it since!)

Film: City of Angels

Colour: Pink

TV Show: Catherine Tate

Place in Suffolk: Dunwich Heath

Clothing items: A blue dress I bought for a friend's birthday party, wore it once and then lost weight so it never fitted again. 

Philippa Taylor

Fact file: Philippa Taylor

First Car: Austin Metro (nicknamed Morris)

First Record: Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go to my lovely?

Star Sign: Aries

Favourite things

Food: anything that tastes as if it should be fattening but isn't

Film: Bridges of Madison County even though I cry more every time I see it

TV Show: 24 or Spooks

Place in Suffolk: Minsmere Beach

Clothing items: Dress and jacket I wore to my sons wedding earlier this year, a cream top I've had forever, walking gear to survive blizzards!