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'''Liz Green''' is a British-Irish<ref name=":0">Liz Green, [[Twitter]] [https://twitter.com/lizgreenlive?lang=en Biography]. Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually."</ref> broadcaster and journalist who worked for [[BBC Radio Leeds]].
'''Liz Green''' was a British-Irish<ref name=":0">Liz Green, [[Twitter]] [https://twitter.com/lizgreenlive?lang=en Biography]. Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually."</ref> broadcaster and journalist who worked for [[BBC Radio Leeds]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Green was born<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sutcliffe |first=Robert |date=2017-10-12 |title=Liz Green told to visit Huddersfield after criticising it |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/liz-green-puts-boot-huddersfield-13753289 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[YorkshireLive]] |language=en}}</ref> and grew up in [[Huddersfield]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-12-26 |title=Liz Green |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226152528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[BBC Radio Leeds]]}}</ref> and has British and Irish heritage.<ref name=":0" />
Green was born<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sutcliffe |first=Robert |date=2017-10-12 |title=Liz Green told to visit Huddersfield after criticising it |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/liz-green-puts-boot-huddersfield-13753289 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[YorkshireLive]] |language=en}}</ref> and grew up in [[Huddersfield]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-12-26 |title=Liz Green |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[BBC Radio Leeds]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226152528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml |archive-date=2007-12-26 }}</ref> and has British and Irish heritage.<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
==Career==
Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as ''The Hot Seat,'' a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called ''Up Close'' is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the [[Dalai Lama]], [[David Cameron]] and [[Nick Clegg]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Green won the BBC's ''Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year'' (Gold) in 1994.<ref>Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC.</ref>
Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as ''The Hot Seat,'' a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called ''Up Close'' is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the [[Dalai Lama]], [[David Cameron]] and [[Nick Clegg]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Green won the BBC's ''Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year'' (Gold) in 1994.<ref>Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC.</ref>


Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on [[BBC Radio Leeds]] for five years. The show won Bronze at the [[Audio and Radio Industry Awards]] in 2017. The same year, she was criticised by [[Barry Sheerman]] after she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.<ref name=":1" />
Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on [[BBC Radio Leeds]] for five years. The show won Bronze at the [[Audio and Radio Industry Awards]] in 2017. The same year, she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.<ref name=":1" />

In 2022, Green was negotiating with the BBC to leave their employment.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pidd |first=Helen |date=2022-10-12 |title=Senior female BBC employees say corporation ‘ignored’ harassment by DJ |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/12/senior-female-bbc-employees-say-corporation-ignored-harassment-by-dj |access-date=2023-03-10 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Earlier the same year, former BBC employee [[Alex Belfield]] was imprisoned for harassing others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-14 |title=Alex Belfield: MP seeks inquiry over female BBC staff harassed online |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-63255908 |access-date=2023-03-10}}</ref> Green, [[Stephanie Hirst]], and two others who were targeted by Belfield have called for an investigation into the BBC's handling of workplace harassment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaplin |first=Riannon |date=3 March 2023 |title=Jeremy Vine on privacy, student journalism, and starting “the most unfashionable punk band in the country” |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/25166 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[Varsity (Cambridge)]] |language=en}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/local_radio/ BBC Radio Leeds]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/02/10/radio_leeds_presenter_green_feature.shtml Liz Green]
*[https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/broadcasting/2017/10/bbc-radio-5-live-wins-6-gold-awards-radio-industry-%E2%80%9Coscars%E2%80%9D Audio and Radio Industry Award winners]
*[https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/broadcasting/2017/10/bbc-radio-5-live-wins-6-gold-awards-radio-industry-%E2%80%9Coscars%E2%80%9D Audio and Radio Industry Award winners]



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Liz Green was a British-Irish[1] broadcaster and journalist who worked for BBC Radio Leeds.

Early life

Green was born[2] and grew up in Huddersfield[3] and has British and Irish heritage.[1]

Career

Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as The Hot Seat, a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called Up Close is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the Dalai Lama, David Cameron and Nick Clegg.[citation needed] Green won the BBC's Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year (Gold) in 1994.[4]

Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on BBC Radio Leeds for five years. The show won Bronze at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in 2017. The same year, she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Liz Green, Twitter Biography. Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually."
  2. ^ a b Sutcliffe, Robert (2017-10-12). "Liz Green told to visit Huddersfield after criticising it". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ^ "Liz Green". BBC Radio Leeds. 2007-12-26. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. ^ Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC.