Becky Want

{{Short description|English broadcaster (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{overly detailed|date=April 2020}} '''Rebecca Elizabeth Want''' (born 13 June 1961, Hyde, Cheshire<ref>Since April 1974 in Greater Manchester</ref>) is a radio and television broadcaster who currently presents [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gdtllt The Late Show] on BBC Local Radio.

==Broadcasting == Stints as a broadcaster at Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent and Piccadilly Radio and Key 103, in Manchester, led Becky to a presenting role at Granada on its new Breeze lifestyle television channel, until it closed in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-20 |title=Becky Want: a friendly voice on your radio |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cheshire/24884520.becky-want-bbc-radio-manchester-radio-presenter/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=Great British Life |language=en}}</ref>

Want was a features presenter on the North West regional news magazine programme Granada Tonight in the early 1990s and was also a face on 'What's New' alongside Tony Wilson.

Following the closure of Granada Breeze, Becky landed a presenting job at BBC Radio Manchester including hosting the flagship breakfast show.

On the BBC she has presented ''Inside Out'' for BBC North West

In 2023, Want was announced as the presenter of the new BBC Local Radio all-England late show.<ref>https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/07/becky-want-and-jo-good-to-host-new-local-bbc-radio-late-show/</ref>

She has made a range of films for Morning Live.

==Charity work== She is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=9 June 2009 |title=Profile: Becky Want |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8091000/8091615.stm |access-date=8 January 2015 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=Charity>{{cite web|title=Charity|url=http://www.beckywant.co.uk/professional-speaker-charity-events/|website=Becky Want Official Site|accessdate=8 January 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000057/http://www.beckywant.co.uk/professional-speaker-charity-events/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She ran the London Marathon in 2010 for Manchester's Christie Hospital<ref name=Charity/><ref>{{cite web|title=Becky Want - 26/04/2010|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007fjfc|website=BBC Radio Manchester|access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref> and in 2011 she ran the Great Manchester Run for the same charity.<ref name=Marathon>{{cite news|title=Great Manchester Run: Muamba starts race for 40,000|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12430651|accessdate=8 January 2015|agency=BBC News|date=15 March 2011}}</ref>

She took part in Comic Relief 2011 and was challenged to perform as a stand-up comedian<ref name="Charity" /> at the 'Frog and Bucket' comedy club in Manchester.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bourne|first1=Dianne|title=Radio's Becky Want takes to stand-up comedy for Comic Relief|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/radios-becky-want-takes-to-stand-up-855513|accessdate=8 January 2015|agency=Manchester Evening News|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> She is listed as a key supporter of the Moore Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Becky Want - Supporter|url=http://www.moorefoundation.org.uk/about-us/team/|website=Moore Foundation|accessdate=8 January 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035758/http://www.moorefoundation.org.uk/about-us/team/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life== She studied drama at university and starred in a Beryl Bainbridge production on BBC One<ref name="BBC" />

She has a son.<ref name="BBC" />

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gdtllt ''The Late Show''] (BBC Local Radio)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Want, Becky}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hyde, Greater Manchester Category:English radio DJs Category:English television presenters