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Steph McGovern

The journalist and broadcaster on her music heritage.

The journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern is one of the most recognisable faces and voices and is currently on the run from Bear Grylls in new Netflix show Celebrity Bear Hunt.

She grew up in Middlesbrough and went to a truly egalitarian school which believed that all children have skills, whatever their family’s background. A classic swot but also the class clown, she just wanted people to like her; ‘standard TV presenter syndrome’ - her words, not ours!

Steph began her career as an engineer before moving into financial journalism, becoming a business correspondent for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, and has always been discreet about her private life...but we do know that she’s a former champion Irish dancer and still keeps her foot in.

Will there be a flavour of that dance heritage in her Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: Starman by David Bowie
Pass on: C'est La Vie by B*Witched

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

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