| Suzi Perry | |
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| Born | Suzi Perry 3 May 1970 Cosford, Shropshire, England |
| Residence | Birmingham / France |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Wolverhampton Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Model, television presenter, columnist |
| Spouse | Steve Bullock (divorced) Bastien Boosten (6 August 2009) |
| Website | |
| http://www.suziperry.com/ | |
Suzi Perry (born 3 May 1970) is an English television presenter, best known for covering MotoGP for the BBC for 13 years and The Gadget Show.
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Suzi Perry is a British television presenter and model. She was born in an RAF hospital in Cosford, Shropshire, England; the daughter of a music promoter – her godfather was guitarist Mel Galley.[1] Raised in Finchfield,[1] she attended Smestow school in Wolverhampton, and had a school job as a lighting technician at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.[1] She went on to study business studies and finance at Wolverhampton Polytechnic[2] (now the University of Wolverhampton).
After college she had a break in modelling and spent 15 months in Japan and 18 months in London.
Perry's television career is most known for 15 years spent as a presenter for BBC coverage of MotoGP motorcycle racing. She is currently a co-host of The Gadget Show.
Perry is now known as a motor sports correspondent, reporting on motorcycle racing for BBC News and also appears in other sports-related programmes, including Wimbledon, The Boat Race, The London Marathon, Royal Ascot and The Great North Run.
She also helped to present the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Perry presented coverage of MotoGP for BBC Sport, although in February 2010, she announced that she was stepping down from Moto GP coverage due to the other commitments and the excessive travelling involved. She was replaced by Jennie Gow.[3]
She was also part of the BBC presenting team at the 2010 Epsom Derby[4] and Royal Ascot[5] and was due to be part of the 2011 Grand National presenting team but was replaced at the last moment by Dan Walker who happened to be at Aintree presenting Football Focus on the same day. No explanation was offered by the BBC as to the need for the change.
Perry appeared on the 2002-03 revival of Treasure Hunt, where she took the 'skyrunner' role made famous by Anneka Rice.
Since 2004 she has been a co-presenter for Channel 5's The Gadget Show, a hi-tech weekly programme, alongside Jason Bradbury, Jon Bentley, Ortis Deley and the most recent addition to the team Pollyanna Woodward. She was temporarily replaced by Gail Porter whilst she recovered from an ectopic pregnancy, and returned to The Gadget Show in August 2009. She also created the current theme music for the Gadget Show in 2011.
On 15 May 2008, she appeared on Through the Keyhole on BBC Two, allowing Lisa Snowdon to look around her property before being identified by the panel. In 2010 she appeared on ITV's All Star Mr and Mrs with husband Bastien.[6]
Her other shows include Housecall, Superstars, City Hospital, How to take Stunning Pictures and Holiday.
Perry was married to Steve Bullock, a model from Sheffield, for four years.[1] On 6 August 2009 Perry married her Dutch boyfriend, Bastien Boosten (whom she met whilst filming the The Gadget Show). Perry was the first celebrity bride to post her wedding pictures on Twitter.[7] Perry had an Elvis impersonator conducting the 30 minute ceremony. The pair appeared together on All Star Mr and Mrs in 2010.[6] She currently lives in the South of France and has a home in Birmingham used for when she is filming.[1][8]
In February 2009, Perry suffered a ruptured ectopic pregnancy two and a half months into her pregnancy. She was taken to West Middlesex Hospital from a London film studio, where after losing four pints of blood she underwent surgery.[1][9]
She is a supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]
In 2006 Perry appeared as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. On 12 July, after being voted off the show, she revealed that she had fallen off her horse a total of 12 times.[10][11]
Perry is a patron of Promise Dreams, a charity based in her home town of Wolverhampton that was launched in 2001. Promise Dreams raise money for children who are seriously or terminally ill and provide treatment, help and support for both them and their families.[12] Perry is also a patron of the National Association for Bikers with a Disability.[13]
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