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| Born | 12 March 1975 Southend-on-Sea, England |
| Known for | The Geoff Show |
| Occupation | Radio Presenter |
Annabel Port (born 12 March 1975, Southend-on-Sea) is a British radio presenter who currently acts as a side kick and deputy producer to Geoff Lloyd on The Geoff Show, broadcast on from Monday to Thursday on Virgin Radio from 10 pm to 1 am. She is known for her witty sense of humour and eccentric behaviour. She previously read the travel reports on the Pete And Geoff Breakfast Show which she hosted along with Lloyd and Pete Mitchell before the latter's departure in December 2005.
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Education
Annabel was educated at the now Oxford Brookes University
Career
Prior to working in radio, she taught English to Poles and Mexicans for three years, spent six months doing data input, one week cleaning an old people's home and to her knowledge holds the national record for the 6 years she held a paper round (until the unusually mature age of 18). Annabel is a former presenter of Whipps Cross Hospital Radio. In January 2001 she came to Virgin Radio on a work experience placement and was spotted by Lloyd. Since then she has auditioned to be Michael Hutchence's replacement in INXS and has been to circus school. In a show broadcast on 9 September 2005, Sir Paul McCartney assisted her in completing a song about beef tomatoes[1].
Annabel at Virgin Radio
Annabel has worked on 'The Geoff Show' since its inception in January 2006 and has devised and presented a number of radio features, including "Porting Controversy", as well as a velvety broadcast voice on the infamous "Dirty Book At Bedtime"[2]. In January 2007, Annabel became the Head of Showbusiness on The Geoff Show, and is still a prominent and notable member of the Virgin Radio team and Geoff Show symposium. Before 'The Geoff Show', Annabel also presented features on the Virgin Radio Breakfast Show, which included "Annabel's Animals" where Geoff was asked to guess the identity of animals brought to the studio by local zoos. A more regular feature was "Annabel's Friday Song". This is where the aforementioned tomato song with Sir Paul McCartney was aired. This feature is now occasionally resurrected on 'The Geoff Show' when the show does a podcast only show, albeit a "bawdy" song not fit for broadcast on UK radio.
References
- Prophet, Sheila. "Mirror Works: Port with stilts on; HOW ANNABEL BECAME A RADIO STUNT QUEEN.", Daily Mirror, November 20, 2003.
