Janet Street-Porter
- Profession: Journalist and Editor
- Place/Date of Birth: London, 27 December 2020
Courtney Love is not known for being exactly shy, but she sang for her audience (which included Janet, Richard Branson and the Duke of York) dressed in a Donald Duck costume, then stripped to her underwear as a finale. Nice.
The show was organised by Hollywood star Kevin Spacey and Elton John to raise cash for the Old Vic Theatre, where the event took place.
The worlds worse accent! - 15/01/03
In a shock move - Janet Street Porter has been voted as having the world’s most annoying female voice.
She was voted ahead of Ruby Wax, Margaret Thatcher, Big Brother’s Jade Goody and Bjork, to the coveted top spot. Chris Eubank was Janet’s male counterpart - being voted the world’s most annoying male voice. He came ahead of such favourites as Lloyd Grossman, Michael Jackson, Jeremy Beadle and David Beckham.
But the two number one most sexiest accent belong to the Scots burr of Sir Sean Connery and to the Aussie tones of song bird Kylie.
Cup of Tea - Janet? - 11/12/02
Barbican lady Janet Street porter will be competing on Mastermind with her specialist knowledge of British Teapots 1735 - 1970. Yes, really.
After a five-year break Mastermind is back - the game show where you can choose anything you like as your specialist subject, be it eccentric or banal - Brazilian literature pre 1800 or how many kebab shops there are down Green Lanes. Though what it says about you is another matter.
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In the 1970’s she did some broadcasting on LBC Radio and from there progressed to presenting, devising and producing shows for London Weekend Television (including the Six O’clock Show). Janet was BBC Head of Youth and Entertainment Features from 1988-1994, was the MD of cable channel Live TV for a year and co-founded Screaming Productions in 1996. She currently works as editor of the Independent on Sunday.A little known fact is that comedienne Caroline Aherne used to be Janet’s secretary!
An award winning broadcaster, she was winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for originality in 1988, and the Prix Italia for her production of opera The Vampyr in 1993. She has also been nominated for the Carlton TV Mae West Award for the most outspoken woman in the industry - go Janet!
She has been caricatured many times for her infamously large teeth and her strong accent - but this worked well in her favour when her pronunciation of the word ’youth’ while at the BBC lead to the national phrase ’yoof TV’.
She has been married three times; Street Porter is the surname of her first husband - Tim. She is also a keen walker and is the vice-president of the Rambler’s Association. Although she has homes elsewhere - she rents a two bedroom pad near Barbican.
March 2007