Magenta Devine
Magenta Devine | |
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| Born | Kim Taylor 4 November 1957[1] Hemel Hempstead, England[1] |
| Died | 6 March 2019 (aged 61)[1] London, England |
| Occupations | Television presenter and journalist |
| Years active | 1986–2019 |
| Notable credit(s) | Network 7, Rough Guide, Reportage, Young, Gifted and Broke[1][2] |
Magenta Devine (born Kim Taylor;[3][4] 4 November 1957 – 6 March 2019)[1] was a British television presenter,[3] journalist[5] and music promoter[6] best known for presenting the travel programme Rough Guide and youth programme Reportage on BBC2 in the 1990s.[7][1] She later presented Young, Gifted and Broke for ITV.[2][1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Devine originally worked for Tony Brainsby, a publicist for Queen, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake.[8] While still living with boyfriend (ex-Generation X bassist) Tony James, she became the music promoter for James's new band Sigue Sigue Sputnik.[9] She began her television career in 1986 as a presenter of BBC Wales's pop music show Juice.[10] Following her breakup with James, producer Janet Street-Porter booked Devine to be a presenter on Channel 4's youth programme Network 7.[1][9][11] She then moved after Street-Porter to BBC2 to present DEF II, of which Rough Guide was a feature before it became a separate programme.[1][9]
Devine appeared on Richard & Judy in 2004, and on Extreme Celebrity Detox in 2005.[5] Her voice-over work included advertisements for Peugeot, Motorola, Toyota, and Sea France.[12] In 2006, Devine fronted an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) campaign that urged consumers in the travel market to book with a member of Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA).[13] In 2001, she narrated a BBC Four programme, The New Romantics – A Fine Romance, on the New Romantic movement.[2][14]
Apart from being a television presenter, she also was UN Goodwill Ambassador in 1998, and campaigned for women's rights.[5]
Later life and death
[edit | edit source]Devine sought treatment in the 1990s for heroin addiction and depression.[1][9] In 2003, she was declared bankrupt by London's High Court.[12]
Devine died on 6 March 2019, after a short illness for which she was undergoing treatment at a central London hospital. She was 61 years old.[9]
Television programmes
[edit | edit source]- BBC Wales's pop music show Juice, presenter[10]
- Channel 4's youth programme Network 7 (1987)[1][2][9][11]
- BBC2's DEF II[1][15]
- BBC2's Rough Guides to the World[1][2][9][13]
- BBC2's Reportage (1988—94)[16][better source needed]
- Young, Gifted and Broke ITV documentary series[1][2][9]
- This Morning with Richard & Judy (1996) interviewee[2]
- Extreme Celebrity Detox (2005)[2][5]
- BBC Four programme The New Romantics – A Fine Romance (2001) on the New Romantic movement as narrator[2][14]
- Big Mouth (2005), an aftershow of Big Brother, as guest panellist[2][5]
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External links
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- 1957 births
- 2019 deaths
- British television personalities
- English television presenters
- English travel writers
- British women travel writers
- English voice actresses
- Mass media people from Hertfordshire
- Music promoters
- People educated at Dr Challoner's High School
- People from Hemel Hempstead
- Women music promoters