Becky Want

Rebecca Elizabeth Want is a radio and television broadcaster who currently presents on BBC Local Radio.

Broadcasting

Stints as a broadcaster at Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent and Piccadilly Radio and Key 103, in Manchester, led Becky to a presenting role at Granada on its new Breeze lifestyle television channel, until it closed in 2002.
Want was a features presenter on the North West regional news magazine programme Granada Tonight in the early 1990s and was also a face on 'What's New' alongside Tony Wilson.
Following the closure of Granada Breeze, Becky landed a presenting job at BBC Radio Manchester including hosting the flagship breakfast show.
On the BBC she has presented Inside Out for BBC North West
In 2023, Want was announced as the presenter of the new BBC Local Radio all-England late show.
She has made a range of films for Morning Live.

She is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust She ran the London Marathon in 2010 for Manchester's Christie Hospital and in 2011 she ran the Great Manchester Run for the same charity.
She took part in Comic Relief 2011 and was challenged to perform as a stand-up comedian at the 'Frog and Bucket' comedy club in Manchester. She is listed as a key supporter of the Moore Foundation.

She studied drama at university and starred in a Beryl Bainbridge production on BBC One
She has a son.