Biographies

Presenter, Radio 5 Live

Peter Allen co-presents Drive ( weekdays from 4-7pm) on BBC Radio 5 Live with Anita Anand who joined him on the programme in 2007.

Peter was a founding voice on the station when he presented 5 Live Breakfast with Jane Garvey at 5 Live's inception in 1994.

As a broadcasting partnership during 13 years together between them Peter and Jane won four Sony Gold Awards in a team described by The Times as "made in broadcasting heaven".

Peter has been voted Xtracts magazine Broadcaster of the Year.

Peter has unrivalled experience of news and current affairs, having spent 40 years in the profession, including stints as a 'ten pound pom' when he emigrated to Australia and worked for the Sydney Telegraph.

In television, he has covered news and politics for London Weekend Television and Granada, and was Chief Political Correspondent at ITN prior to joining the BBC.

During his career he has covered events such as the death of Diana Princess of Wales; the fall of the Callaghan Government in 1979; the resignation of Margaret Thatcher in 1990; both Gulf Wars; and the bombing in New York on 9/11.

For 5 Live he has broadcast from various parts of the world including Baghdad as the 2003 US invasion started.