Wikipedia

Rachel Schofield

Rachel Schofield
Schofield at the 2023 Chiswick Book Festival
Born
Rachel Katherine Schofield

February 1976 (age 49)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
EducationSt Margaret's School, Exeter
Alma materDurham University
OccupationJournalist
EmployerBBC
TelevisionBBC News
Spouse
​
(m. 2002)​
Children2
RelativesTim Vine (brother-in-law)

Rachel Katherine Schofield (born February 1976 in Winchester, Hampshire)[1][2] is an English career coach and former journalist and news presenter.

Education

[edit]

Schofield grew up in Tipton St John, Devon,[3] and was educated at St Margaret's School, Exeter, an independent school for girls.[4]

She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages[5] (French, German and Italian) at Durham University (St John's College),[6] where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–98, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99, she did a Broadcast Journalism course[7] at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Communication).

Radio and television career

[edit]

She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North. She then moved to be a reporter for BBC Radio 4 before joining BBC News. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a freelance basis.

At the beginning of September 2020, she co-hosted the Jeremy Vine show for one week, standing in for the regular show co-host Storm Huntley.[5]

Personal life

[edit]

She met the then Newsnight reporter Jeremy Vine in the run-up to the 2001 general election when he was touring Britain in a VW camper van.[8] The couple married on 14 September 2002 in Tipton St John, Devon.[3] They live in Chiswick, west London,[9] and have two daughters, born in 2004 and 2006.[10][11][12]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Q and A with Rachel Schofield". TV Newsroom. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Rachel VINE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "My Sidmouth with BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine". Sidmouth Herald. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  4. ^ https://penguinmichaeljoseph.myblog.arts.ac.uk/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Who is Jeremy Vine's wife Rachel Schofield and how long will she be co-presenting the show for?". Evening Standard. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ St John's College 2009 Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Broadcast Journalism Archived 8 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Tweedie, Neil (30 April 2008). "Jeremy Vine: 'Being treated badly once in your career is a good thing'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  9. ^ Crossan, Rob (9 August 2025). "Jeremy Vine: 'People call me an idiot for riding a penny-farthing'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  10. ^ Tweedie, Neil (29 April 2008). "Jeremy Vine: 'Being treated badly once in your career is a good thing'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^ Bond, Kimberley. "Who is Jeremy Vine's wife Rachel Schofield and how long will she be co-presenting the show for?". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. ^ Crossan, Rob (24 November 2024). "Jeremy Vine: 'I regret calling Jeremy Clarkson a muppet on Twitter'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
[edit]