[2] The group's album At The Club reached the top 10, although her greatest chart success came when she performed vocals on Mint Royale's single "Don't Falter".

Laverne has presented numerous television programmes, including 10 O'Clock Live for Channel 4, and The Culture Show and coverage of the Glastonbury Festival for the BBC.

Laverne, Du Santiago and Montrose became as known for their funny and acerbic onstage banter and interview style as for their music, making all three of them popular contestants on comedy panel shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

[14] Laverne's first television presenting role was for Play UK's series The Alphabet Show, with Chris Addison, made while Kenickie were still together.

She subsequently presented Planet Pop and Loves Like A Dog for Channel 4, Fanorama for E4, Party in the Park with Melanie Brown and Pop for Five and Orange Playlist for ITV, as well as reporting for RI:SE, leading the house band on Johnny Vaughan Tonight and appearing as an expert in a music special of BBC One's Test the Nation.

In 2003, Laverne was a regular team captain, along with Jason Byrne, on Elvis Has Left The Building, a comedy music panel show hosted by Colin Murphy for BBC Northern Ireland.

In 2005, she became host of ITV's Saturday morning music show CD:UK, along with Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts.

In March 2008, Laverne appeared on the Lily Allen and Friends show with fellow Sunderland musicians the Futureheads, and on Would I Lie to You?.

From 2006 to 2010, she was a regular presenter with the weekly BBC arts magazine programme The Culture Show, alongside Mark Kermode.

[citation needed] In May 2022, the BBC announced that Laverne would be one of the guest presenters to take over Richard Osman's role on Pointless.

[19] She became host of the XFM breakfast show on 31 October 2005 after Christian O'Connell moved to Virgin Radio, but left suddenly in April 2007 to pursue her television interests.

Laverne joined BBC Radio 6 Music in June 2008 to present a Saturday weekend show[20] before taking over the Monday to Friday morning (10:00 to 13:00) slot from George Lamb in November 2009.

[21] From January 2019, Laverne replaced Shaun Keaveny on the 6 Music Breakfast Show in a station schedule re-shuffle, which airs Monday – Friday, 07:30 to 10:30.

[22] In September 2018, Laverne took over as host to Radio 4's Desert Island Discs when Kirsty Young took time off because of fibromyalgia treatment.

[24] The site was co-founded with writer and magazine editor Sam Baker and included features from Sali Hughes and Viv Groskop.

[citation needed] In late 1996, on a children's TV programme, Laverne referred to the Spice Girls as "Tory scum" for their support for the Conservatives.