Rebecca Pike

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Rebecca Pike is a business and economics correspondent for the BBC. She has worked as a reporter on a number of Radio and TV news programmes, including the Today programme, Radio 4’s Six o’clock News, Radio Five Live, BBC 1’s TV news bulletins and BBC News 24.

Pike attended Bedales School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

She started her career at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton before moving to the Daily Telegraph. She became the business presenter on the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show in 2006. Nicknamed Foxy (the Business Fox), she is on air with Chris Evans from Monday to Friday for her two daily slots at 5.30pm and 6.30pm.

Rebecca co-presented the Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations ceremony in 2008.

[edit] Fox the Fox

The Drivetime Show features her popular "Fox the Fox" feature – which involves Rebecca answering difficult questions submitted by listeners in less than one hour. The much-asked about theme tune of the slot is “Outfox the Fox”, featuring Danny Kaye.