Trish Adudu

Career

Adudu began working in television as an assistant producer of BBC's sport show Grandstand and the BBC's football show Match of the Day. She then presented on Janet Street Porter's series Reportage. From 1997 she worked as Channel 5's main sports presenter for six years. Five News was based in the ITN Building in London's Grays Inn Road, Adudu was known for her singing in the lifts of the building with "Soap Expert" Chris Stacey, who also worked in the building. This raised eyebrows from senior ITN staff most notably Sir Trevor McDonald. She appeared on the daytime shows Loose Women between 1999-2002 and Inside Out.

Adudu spent much of 2013 and 2014 working with OH TV on Real Talk and other programmes. In May 2014, she presented a report for The One Show. In August of the same year, she returned to The One Show and also presented a segment of Inside Out.

From 2 March 2013, Adudu also worked as a Saturday breakfast presenter for the BBC local radio station BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. Since 1 December 2014, she has presented weekday afternoons 13:00-16:00 and has spent time covering breakfast alongside Pete Morgan on the station.

In October 2010, Adudu appeared on the BBC Two programme, The Big Silence.

Since June 2014, Adudu has been presenting some weekend editions of Midlands Today. She worked as a Media Teacher at Henley College Coventry in. She left the college in 2014 Coventry.

Personal life

Adudu's birthday is 30 May and she is engaged with two sons, Tyler and Kennedy, and chairs the parents' association at her children's school. She lives in Coventry. Her mum is from Jamaica and her Dad was from Nigeria