Lliana Bird

Lliana Bird
Born (1981-08-17) 17 August 1981
London,
England
Nationality British
Other names Birdy
Occupation Radio presenter, writer, actress, co-founder of Help Refugees
Years active 2009–present

Lliana Bird, or Birdy (17 August 1981), is a British radio presenter, writer, actress and co-founder of charity Help Refugees, currently presenting on Radio X.[1]

Career

Radio

Bird currently presents the Friday and Saturday evening shows on Radio X.[2] She has also previously contributed to Capital Radio, Virgin Radio, and BBC Three Counties Radio.[3][4] She is also a regular guest on LBC,[5] BBC 5 Live and BBC London.

In 2010 she presented a series of radio documentaries about independent record labels entitled "Independents Day".[6] She presented on XFM from 2007 until 2015, when the station rebranded as Radio X.[7] Bird was the final live presenter on Xfm, delivering the final live link and playing the song that the station began on, MC5'S 'Kick Out The Jams' [8]

Bird presents a weekly podcast entitled Geek Chic's Weird Science which was selected as iTunes Best of 2014.[9][10]

Television

Bird can regularly be seen on Sky News and BBC Breakfast [11] a guest expert/commentator. She previously presented TFTV and XFM's online station, XFM TV. In 2014 she presented a conservation series about London Zoo.[12] In 2016 she was a guest on BBC's Springwatch.

Theatre and TV

Bird has also worked as an actress in various productions, including Fiddler on the Roof at The Lyric Theatre, Boom-bang-a-bang at the Etcetera Theatre,[13] and The Christmas Cock-up at The Cockpit Theatre.

In 2009, Bird set up a theatrical production company called Bird & Be with Phoebe Barran.[14] Their first production was a run of Orlando Wells' The Tin Horizon at Theatre 503, which received positive reviews from critics.[15]

In 2013 she co-produced Orlando Wells' adaption of Patrick Hamilton's The Duke in Darkness, which ran from 16 April to 11 May at the Tabard Theatre.[16][17]

Bird has appeared in episodes of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy Series 1 and 2.

Writing

Bird writes for The Huffington Post on a variety of social issues.[18]

In 2016 she released a critically acclaimed book, The Mice Who Sing for Sex (and other weird tales from the world of science) with Dr Jack from her Geek Chic's Weird Science podcast.

Charity work

Bird is the co-founder of Help Refugees, a humanitarian organisation providing aid to refugees across Europe and beyond.[19] Help Refugees was named as one of the NESTA New Radicals and won Liberty's "Jo Cox, More In Common" award. They were also named as Foreign Policy's "Global Thinkers 2016".[20]

In 2016, Bird hosted the London Peace Talks.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Full line-up for Global’s Radio X confirmed". RadioToday. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lliana Bird - Friday and Saturday 10PM - 1AM". Radio X. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lliana Bird" (PDF). John Noel Management. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lliana Bird". Voices.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Help Refugees (4 August 2016). "Help Refugees' co-founder Lliana Bird speaks to LBC about the recent Home Affairs Committee report". YouTube.
  6. ↑ Bird, Lliana (3 July 2015). "Why I'm Celebrating 'Independents Day' This 4th July". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Armstrong, Stephen (31 July 2014). "The surreal thing: the return of Noel Fielding". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Renshaw, David (14 September 2015). "XFM closes with MC5’s ‘Kick Out The Jams’ played as last song". NME. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Lewis, Jack (31 October 2014). "Geek Chic Weird Science Podcast presented by Dr Jack & Lliana Bird". Dr Jack Lewis. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Geek Chic's Weird Science". iTunes Preview. Apple Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Help Refugees co-founder Lliana Bird on BBC Breakfast". YouTube. 15 January 2016.
  12. ↑ ZSL - Zoological Society of London (6 July 2013). "'Keeper for a Day' with XFM's Lliana Bird - Part 4". YouTube.
  13. ↑ Davies, Russell (13 May 2010). "Boom-bang-a-bang opens in London". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lliana Bird". ZoomInfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Theatre503 Presents The Dark Comedy THE TIN HORIZON 4/15-5/9". BroadwayWorld.com. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Duke in Darkness". Theatricalia. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Best, Jason (19 April 2013). "The Duke in Darkness review at Tabard London". The Stage. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Lliana Bird". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  19. ↑ Anthony, Andrew (12 June 2016). "Accidental activists: the British women on the front line of the refugee crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ↑ Foreign Policy (2016). "Global Thinkers 2016 Podcast". genfb.
  21. ↑ Bird, Lliana (11 March 2016). "You Don't Need Permission to Help Others". Peace Talks.
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