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This article is about the BBC London broadcaster. For the badminton player, see Joanne Goode. For the XFM, Capital and BBC 6 Music presenter, see Jo Good.

JoAnne Good
Born
JoAnne Dorothy Good

(1955-01-15) 15 January 1955 (age 69)
Lewisham, London, England
Career
ShowThe Late Show
StationBBC Radio London
NetworkBBC Radio
Time slotFri – Sat; 10pm–1am GMT/BST
CountryUnited Kingdom

JoAnne Dorothy Good (born 15 January 1955)[1] is a British radio presenter, television presenter, broadcast journalist and actress.

Career

Actress

As an actress, she is best known for her role as Carole Sands in the ITV soap Crossroads from 1981 to 1984. She played a schoolgirl in the 1978 cult British horror film Killer's Moon, and filmed an interview for the 2008 DVD release.[2] She also appeared in the all-star black comedy film Eat the Rich in 1987 and in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Go West Young Man" in 1981. She provided the voices of Lillie Lightship, Sally Seaplane and Pearl in Tugs, a show created by Robert D. Cardona, David Mitton and the original model makers of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. On stage she has played the title role in Educating Rita, co-starring with Norman Bowler,[3] and for several years in the 1990s worked as part of Derek Nimmo's touring company, performing all over the world.[4] She played several parts in The Bill, most recently in 2008,[citation needed] and was an extra in the Sex and the City film.[5]

Radio and TV presenter

Good started as a radio presenter on BBC Southern Counties Radio in Brighton and occasionally did reports for the television programme BBC South Today. Good joined BBC London 94.9 in October 2003 and has remained there since. She originally presented the Overnight slot, followed by the Breakfast Show which she presented from 2005 till 2010 when she was asked to present her own late show titled The Late Show with Joanne Good. Good presented the show for just under three years.

In 2007 Good auditioned unsuccessfully for a role on Loose Women[6] and in 2010 she was considered as a replacement for Christine Bleakley on The One Show, the BBC's live evening televised magazine show on BBC One.[7]

In addition to her radio work, Good has also been featured in Sky One show A Different Breed along with friend and fellow dog fanatic Anna Webb. The show showed Jo and Anna at dog events and featured extracts from her Late Night show and its 'Barking at the Moon' segment which was broadcast every Thursday night from 10:00 pm to midnight.[8]

In November 2012 Jo began presenting the afternoon slot, 3:00 pm till 5:00 pm (later extended to 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm), on BBC London 94.9 and presents the late show every New Year's Eve on the same station, and she returned to the late show slot on 13 September 2021.[9]

Jo presents regular reports for the BBC London current affairs television programme Inside Out, shown on BBC1 weekly whilst occasionally making reports for the South East edition show from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm (from January 2016). She also works a regular columnist and magazine and newspaper writer.[10]

Good sat in for Alex Lester on BBC Radio 2 during August 2014 and has appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show as a pet expert.

She has a weekly video blog Middle aged minx and has written a book called Barking Blondes, which was released in 2013. The book is a memoir of her broadcasting years and her love of her dog.[11]

Personal life

Good's family emigrated to Australia when she was four, and returned when she was twelve.[4]

She married actor Richard Piper in 1978,[12] and they were together for four years. After her divorce from Piper, Good was in a relationship with her Crossroads co-star David Moran.[13] Her partner and fellow BBC London 94.9 presenter Big George[14] died in May 2011.

Her friends include Julie Burchill[15] and Julian Clary.[6]

Good has been critical of how women in radio continue to play subservient roles to men.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Killer's Moon Mary Credited as Jo-Anne Good
1987 Eat the Rich Jaqueline

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Potter Office girl Credited as Jo-Anne Good
Dave Allen at Large Credited as Jo-Anne Good
1981 Seconds Out Nancy Episode: "Round 1"
Only Fools and Horses Michelle Episode: "Go West Young Man"
1981–1982 Crossroads Carole Sands Recurring role
1983 All for Love Sarah Episode: "Fireworks for Elspeth"
1984 Up the Elephant and Round the Castle Shop assistant Episode: "A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush"
1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Girlfriend Episode: "The Squeeze"
1987 Ffizz Miss Clarke Episode: "Play It by the Book"
Last of the Summer Wine Vi Episode: "Big Day at Dream Acres"
1994 A Dark Adapted Eye Shoppers Episode: #1.2
1995 An Independent Man Secretary Episode: "Horse Power Politics"
Shine on Harvey Moon Mrs. Cooper Episode: #5.8
1996 Sometime, Never Jane Episode: "Respect"
1997 The Detectives Sister Watts Episode: "Cardiac Arrest"
1999 Forgotten Rose the landlady 2 episodes
Maisie Raine Katrina Episode: "Can't See for Looking"
1997–2000 Casualty Mrs. Ross

Paula Johnson

2 episodes
2000 Daylight Robbery Prison Escort Episode: #2.2
Silent Witness TV reporter Episode: "The World Cruise: Part 1"
2004 Heartbeat Jennifer Episode: "Wrecked"
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Elena 2 episodes
2005 Doctors Liz Slade Episode: "0 – 60"
1989–2008 The Bill Mrs. Lowry

Mrs. Hazel Mrs. Abbott Cherry Towner Judy Hearn Cynthia Graham Beverley Reynolds Elaine Marshal

11 episodes
2009 Waving at Trains Susan Voice

Animation

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Tugs Lillie Lightship

Pearl

Sally Seaplane

References

  1. ^ England and Wales Birth Index 1916-2005, Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1955, Registration district: Lewisham, Inferred County: London, Volume Number: 5d, Page Number: 42
  2. ^ "10,000 Bullets » Killer's Moon". 10kbullets.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Appearances". JoanneGood. 15 September 1981. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b Calder, Simon (9 January 2010). "My Life in Travel: JoAnne Good, broadcaster and actress". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. ^ "JoAnne's BBC London 94.9 outside broadcast 23rd November 2007". Joannegood.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  6. ^ a b "OK! Magazine: First For Celebrity News :: Food :: Julian Clary and Jo Good". Ok.co.uk. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  7. ^ "ATV Network Today". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Sky One".
  9. ^ New daytime schedule announced for BBC Radio London
  10. ^ http://www.joannegood.co.uk/joannegoodclippings.htm [bare URL]
  11. ^ "Jo Good". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  12. ^ England and Wales Marriage Index 1916–2005
  13. ^ "Motel Affair Turns into a Real-Life Love".
  14. ^ "George and Jo the coolest couple in London? – the London Daily News". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  15. ^ Burchill, Julie (16 December 2000). "Thesps are sex workers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  16. ^ "Women 'forced to play sidekick to male hosts'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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