Natalie Pike

Natalie Sheila Hannah Pike (born 4 April 1983) is a British model and broadcaster, currently working as a presenter for Manchester City FC and BBC Radio Manchester.

Natalie Pike
Born
Natalie Sheila Hannah Pike

(1983-04-04) 4 April 1983
Edinburgh, Scotland
Modelling information
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Hair colourBrown
Eye colourBrown
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Pike was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and raised in Berwick-on-Tweed and Stockport in England. She attended Ladybrook Primary School until the age of 11, then went to Bramhall High School until the age of 16, and sat her A-levels at Aquinas Sixth Form College, in maths,[2] communication studies and performing arts. Pike completed a degree in film and media studies at Manchester Met University in 2004.

Career

Modelling

Pike won the (FHM magazine High Street Honeys modelling competition in 2004. She appeared on the front cover of FHM again in 2005[3] and 2007.

She appeared on the cover of Zoo[4] and Nuts magazines several times. She featured in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 (#26) and 2006 (#51).

She was a hostess on the ITV1 game show The Price Is Right, presented by Joe Pasquale. In 2006, Pike released a single with the other FHM High Street Honeys called I Touch Myself. In the April 2007, UK edition of FHM, it was announced that readers of the magazine had voted Pike as their favourite ever Honey, and that she would go on to the Xbox 360 Global Challenge. As part of the challenge she flew to and from Japan, Australia, the United States, and Mexico within 360 hours. In each country, she and four other European Honeys competed in missions based on Xbox 360 games. Pike and the UK team won the overall competition.

Pike appeared on the first season of the UK version of Beauty and the Geek, which aired on Channel 4 and E4. She was partnered with Mathematics student Jamie Sawyer, and they were eliminated after three episodes.[2]

Broadcasting

Pike is an avid Manchester City supporter, and modelled the new kit in 2006. Since 2011, she has worked as a presenter for the club's in-house media team, including City Square Live,[5] the Manchester City match day programme, interviewing players and celebrities, as well as providing analysis on games. She presents Match Day Live at Manchester City with guests including former players, pundits and fans.

Pike began her radio career at local radio station XS Manchester, presenting a weekly football talk show on Friday nights, and later, providing maternity cover for the station's breakfast show.

On 29 May 2021, Pike became the first female winner of the ‘Champion of Champions’ edition of BBC Radio 5 Live's sports show Fighting Talk.[6]

In August 2021, Pike became the new co-presenter of Talking Balls, which she presents with Gaz Drinkwater on BBC Radio Manchester three nights a week.[7] She is also a relief presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live's football phone-in show, 606.

Pike was a director of the Stockport-based homeless charity, The Wellspring, from 1 March 2018 to 7 February 2019. [8]

Personal life

On 26 December 2013, Pike escaped serious injury as her car spun off the A1 on black ice as she was driving from Scotland to Manchester, and was taken to hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[9] She has a son named Reggie born on 1 October 2017.[10][11]

References
  1. "Natalie Pike. Miss Stockport. Miss England finalist 2004". Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  2. "Beauty and the Geek UK - Contestants - Natalie". Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. FHM UK edition 03/2005 Uniform Special, triple covers.
  4. Zoo Magazine 24–30 March 2006 - High Street Honeys
  5. "Natalie Pike". dontpanicspeakerbureau.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. "BBC Radio 5 live | Fighting Talk: Champion of Champions - Neil Delamere, Natalie Pike, Mina Rzouki, Charles Dagnall BBC Programme Explorer". BBC Programme Explorer. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. "BBC Radio Manchester - Talking Balls". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. "Natalie Sheila Hannah PIKE". Companies House. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  9. City's match day presenter survives Boxing Day horror smash on A1 Manchester Evening News, 27 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. Davidson, Tom (14 March 2018). "Manchester City presenter heartbroken after her "beautiful, gentle, kind" dog Silva drowns in canal tragedy". The Mirror. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  11. Carey, Alexis (27 November 2018). "Beauty queen who lost her title over topless photos blames 'body shaming'". The New York Post. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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