Alice Levine

Alice Levine is an English radio and television presenter, writer and narrator.

Early life and education

Levine was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. She studied English at the University of Leeds, where she met Jamie Morton and James Cooper, her collaborators on My Dad Wrote a Porno. Levine played an active part in Leeds Student Television, the university's TV station.

Career

Levine's first television job was hosting Celebrity Bites for MTV, which led to other shows including coverage of their Europe Music Awards. She hosted Big Brother's Bit on the Side with Jamie East, from the reality show's revival in 2011 on Channel 5, until 2013. On 7 January 2013, Levine joined BBC Radio 1 to present a show with Phil Taggart in the John Peel slot. The show was broadcast from 10p.m. to midnight on Mondays to Thursdays. In August 2014, she left her weeknight slot with Taggart to present a solo weekend afternoon show on the station taking over from Huw Stephens.
In 2014 Levine hosted Barclaycard Mercury Music Sessions for Channel 4, as well as the Mercury Music Prize itself. She has since presented music and arts coverage for a number of major events such as Glastonbury for the BBC, backstage at the BRIT Awards for ITV2 for three years. Levine was also the red carpet and backstage host for the BAFTA Craft Awards, followed by the BAFTA TV Awards in May the same year. She is one of the three co-creators of the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno. She also co-hosted a series of Channel 4's reality show, The Circle, with Maya Jama.
On 15 July 2020, Levine announced that she was leaving Radio 1 after nine years at the station. She revealed the news via an Instagram post. Her last show was on 9 August 2020 after a series of three farewell shows. Levine co-hosted the 15th series of the BBC Radio 4 programme The Museum of Curiosity alongside John Lloyd, broadcast from September to October 2020.
Levine presented Levine on Love in 2017, a series for the BBC in which she explored the world of modern romance. In February 2019, Channel 4 broadcast Sleeping with the Far Right, a film in which Levine lived for a week with a British nationalist. In September 2021, she presented the first series of the Channel 4 show Sex Actually with Alice Levine , which was co-produced by documentary maker Louis Theroux. A second series began airing on 27 February 2023.
Levine has appeared on many comedy shows, including Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC2, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled for Dave, Room 101, Travel Man with Richard Ayoade, QI, and Would I Lie to You?. In 2018, Levine was one of five contestants in the sixth series of the comedy game show Taskmaster.
In April 2021, Levine began hosting Wondery true crime podcast British Scandal with Matt Forde. The series was nominated for Best Entertainment Podcast and won The Spotlight Award at the British Podcast Awards in 2022. In the same year Levine presented Very Modern Quests, a role-playing improv podcast released as an Audible Original. The series featured participants such as Greg James, Joe Lycett and Phil Wang.
In 2024, Levine produced and presented The Price of Paradise, a true story based around 2002 TV show No Going Back. She co-founded and runs the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival.
In addition to her broadcast work, Levine co-founded a food and lifestyle brand, Jackson & Levine, with business partner Laura Jackson, which led to two ranges for Habitat. As a pair, in 2014 they wrote a food column for Company magazine, and published a book, Round to Ours.

Awards and nominations

Levine won the Music Week Best Music Show Award for her solo weekend show on BBC Radio 1.
Levine has also received many awards and nominations as the co-creator and presenter of My Dad Wrote a Porno, dubbed the "most successful podcast in British history," including British Podcast Awards, and a Webby Award in 2019 in the comedy category.

Filmography

;Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	B-box	Main presenter	Web show
2010	Celebrity Bites	Main presenter
2011–2013	Big Brother's Bit on the Side	Main weekend presenter
2012–2013	The Hot Desk	Presenter
2013	Crazy Beaches	Narrator
2013	Red Bull Soap Box	Co-presenter	with Ed Leigh
2013–2019	Radio 1's Big Weekend	Co-presenter	with various
2014	Invasion of the Job Snatchers	Narrator	1 series
2015	Girls Can Code	Presenter	2 episodes
2015	My Dad Wrote a Porno	Herself	Special; also executive producer
2015, 2017	Glastonbury Festival	Presenter
2016	Debatable	Panel member	4 appearances
2016	Books That Made Britain	Presenter
2016	Bargain Hunt	Contestant	Children in Need special
2016	Celebrity Advice Bureau	Herself	3 episodes
2016–2017	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Panellist
2017–2019	Brit Awards	Backstage presenter
2018	Taskmaster	Contestant	Series 6; Episodes 1–10