Claire Annette Sturgess (born 15 September 1966)[1] is an English DJ and voiceover artist.
[2] She was a presenter on BBC Radio 1[3] from 1993, after working as a production assistant on the Simon Bates mid-morning show.
Firstly, she sat in for Mark Goodier for one week in February 1993 before taking over the Friday Rock Show from Tommy Vance in April that year [4] as well as the 1-4 AM overnight slot on Sunday nights/Monday mornings.
Sturgess moved to the weekday overnight slot in 1996 and remained there until leaving Radio 1 in July 1997.
In 2015 Claire Sturgess joined Absolute Radio, taking the 4-6 pm slots on both Saturdays and Sundays, the latter being a request show.