Liz Green

Liz Green is a British-Irish[1] broadcaster and journalist who worked for BBC Radio Leeds.

For the singer-songwriter of the same name, see Liz Green (musician).
Liz Green
Born
Elizabeth Green

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Career
ShowWeekdays, 12-3pm
Station(s)BBC Radio Leeds
CountryUnited Kingdom

Early life

Green was born[2] and grew up in Huddersfield[3] and has British and Irish heritage.[1]

Career

Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as The Hot Seat, a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called Up Close is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the Dalai Lama, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Green won the BBC's Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year (Gold) in 1994.[4]

Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on BBC Radio Leeds for five years. The show won Bronze at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in 2017. The same year, she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.[2]

References
  1. Liz Green, Twitter Biography. Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually."
  2. Sutcliffe, Robert (2017-10-12). "Liz Green told to visit Huddersfield after criticising it". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. "Liz Green". BBC Radio Leeds. 2007-12-26. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC.
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