Carol McGiffin

Carol Deirdre McGiffin (born 18 February 1960) is an English radio and television broadcaster, who appeared on the daytime talk show Loose Women from 2000 until her first departure in 2013 and again from 2018 until 2023. McGiffin appeared on the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother. Early life McGiffin was born in London and brought up in Maidstone, Kent, to John McGiffin and Heather Barham. She grew up with her two sisters Kim and Tracy and her brother Mark. Career She started her broadcasting career in 1984 as a producer on cable channel Music Box and moved on to presenting in 1988 as co-host of the Chris Evans shows on GLR. Her style then and characterised today is based on comedic observation of men. In 1995 McGiffin was a founding member of the Talk Radio UK team, co-presenting the popular weekday evening show The Rude Awakening with Moz Dee. When the show ended in September 1995 she became the station's music expert for around six months, hosting her own Friday evening review slot and appearing every week on Jonathan King's programme. In late 1996 she reappeared on Liberty Radio, co-hosting the breakfast show with Richard Skinner for six months. In 1997 and 1998 she returned to Talk Radio to present the breakfast show alongside Paul Ross, who had previously presented the breakfast show alone. She also co-presented the station's Saturday afternoon programme with Nick Abbot during the summer when the football coverage was being rested.