• About

    Lauren Layfield

    TV Presenter | BBC Radio 1 Host | Journalist | DJ | Author

    Lauren Layfield is a British-Guyanese television presenter, BBC Radio 1 broadcaster, journalist, DJ, author and live-event host. Warm, quick-witted and highly experienced in live broadcasting, Lauren works across music, entertainment, factual programming, youth culture and sport.

    Lauren joined BBC Radio 1 in 2024 as co-host of Life Hacks and The Official Chart: First Look. From September 2026, she takes sole charge of an expanded three-hour edition of The Official Chart: First Look, broadcasting live from Birmingham every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. The programme gives listeners the earliest indication of how the week’s UK Singles Chart is taking shape and becomes the first Radio 1 show of its kind to broadcast from the city. Before joining Radio 1, Lauren spent five years at Capital, presenting Early Breakfast and regularly covering Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp.

    On television, Lauren is an accomplished live presenter and reporter. She has regularly contributed to BBC One’s The One Show and Morning Live, fronting films on subjects including cosmetic surgery and cyberflashing and developing a particular reputation for handling stories affecting women and younger audiences with warmth, clarity and authority.

  • Lauren co-hosted BBC Three’s live Game On! for BBC Children in Need alongside Vick Hope and Steffan Powell. The two-hour studio special brought together the worlds of gaming and charity and won a Broadcast Digital Award in 2024. Lauren has also been part of the BBC’s Eurovision presenting team, hosting the BBC Official Eurovision Pre-Party Live with Tia Kofi and appearing across the BBC’s wider Eurovision programming. In 2022 and 2023, she served as a commentator for Junior Eurovision, broadcasting live on BBC Two.

    Lauren began her television career at CBBC, where she became one of the channel’s most recognisable presenters. Her credits include the BAFTA-winning makeover series The Dengineers, weekly music show The Playlist, comedy panel show The Dog Ate My Homework and live presenting from CBBC HQ.

    A BJTC-qualified journalist, Lauren also fronted the BBC Newsround documentaries Let’s Talk About Sexism and Let’s Talk About Periods, with the latter nominated for both a Royal Television Society Award and an International Emmy Award.

    An enthusiastic football fan, Lauren has presented for Match of the Day and MOTDx and created content for the Premier League, the England Lionesses and Manchester City FC. Her wider television and radio appearances include Celebrity Mastermind, The Weakest Link, Celebrity Bridge of Lies, The House of the Dragon Finale Special, BBC Radio 2, Woman’s Hour and BBC Radio 5 Live.

    Alongside broadcasting, Lauren is an author, live-event host and experienced DJ. Her debut teen novel, Indi Raye Is Totally Faking It, was published by Hachette UK in 2023. She has hosted events for BAFTA, the V&A, Bath Literature Festival and AllBright; created campaigns and content for brands including Coca-Cola, Adidas, Barclaycard and Sky Q; and DJed at festivals, major sporting events and brand launches.

    Lauren is an ambassador for mental health charity YoungMinds and period-poverty organisation Bloody Good Period. Online, she is also instantly recognisable from the wildly viral “Normal Men, Innocent Men” CBBC clip, a moment that continues to introduce her to entirely new audiences.

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