# Gill Pyrah

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'''Gill Pyrah''' (born 16 June 1957 in [Manchester](/source/Manchester)) is an [English](/source/England) broadcaster and journalist. She presented local programmes for [BBC](/source/BBC) [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she has worked for the ''[Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph)'', been a guest presenter on the Radio 4 programme ''[Midweek](/source/Midweek_(BBC_Radio_4))'' and chaired the literary quiz ''[Slightly Foxed](/source/Slightly_Foxed)'' on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4).

Pyrah was in the news during the 2004 [Chelsea Flower Show](/source/Chelsea_Flower_Show) after an incident between garden designer and television presenter [Diarmuid Gavin](/source/Diarmuid_Gavin) and the contestant in the neighbouring garden, ''[Gardeners' Question Time](/source/Gardeners'_Question_Time)'' panellist [Bunny Guinness](/source/Bunny_Guinness). According to press reports it was Pyrah's questions to Gavin about the cost of his garden and whether it was connected to commitment to getting a gold medal that led to his storming off from a live interview.<ref>{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Clover |title= Border clashes at Chelsea Flower Show |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/22/nbloom22.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/22/ixhome.html |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=2004-05-22 |accessdate=2008-02-19 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

She appeared on ''[Have I Got News for You](/source/Have_I_Got_News_for_You)'' in 1990 and presented six editions of ''[Top Gear](/source/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series))'' in 1979–80. Pyrah also presents reports on ''[Gardeners' Question Time](/source/Gardeners'_Question_Time)''.

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==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/midweek_20050706b.shtml Photo on Midweek page]
*{{IMDb name|1506856}}
*[http://www.gillsrsd.com/ GillsRSD.com]

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