Jill Kenton Biography
Introducing... Jill Kenton
Jill Kenton is a confident and versatile television and radio presenter. She draws her expertise in fashion from over a decade in the industry, but is equally comfortable with general lifestyle topics. Jill’s clear voice with its husky tones is very original, and she’s available for both presenting and voiceover work.
Jill’s career continues to go from strength to strength. She appears regularly on BBC One’s BBC Breakfast, where in April she gave us the low down on Men in Heels/Cuban Heels. Recently she worked on an exciting new show called Raise Your Game, which offers insights into the lifestyles of sports stars.
This year Jill is delivering a daily afternoon show on Hayes FM Radio. As well as driving the desk, she presents entertainment, music, local news and traffic updates. In addition she hosts a weekly evening show, The Wire, on Jcom Radio and is a regular contributor to BBC Five Live and BBC London Live (on the Joanne Good Show), reporting on topics from sports bras to Liz Hurley to people’s eating habits.
Last year Jill hosted an innovative six-part series on Sky called Dress My Mate, in which she challenged friends to select each other’s outfits. She also presented a corporate in-house DVD for Lloyds TSB, which was distributed to branches throughout the UK. In the film Jill offers expert advice on hair, make-up, the company dress code, and projecting the right image.
Before launching her career as a presenter, Jill was Marketing Director at lingerie company Rigby & Peller. There she worked with Trinny and Susannah, and made specialist contributions to programmes including Fit Farm (Channel 4), Bra Wars (Discovery), Ten Years Younger (Channel 4), and Extreme Makeovers (Discovery).