[1] In 1986 Kershaw's day job with British Telecom saw her move to London to set up "Livewire", a dial-in pop service which superseded Dial-a-Disc.

In 1984 Kershaw formed a band called Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits with her friend and neighbour Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman.

[8] It was subsequently revealed by journalists and listeners that other shows presented by Russell Brand, Jo Whiley, Tony Blackburn and Dermot O'Leary were also involved in the same endemic production practices.

She left the breakfast show at BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on Friday 17 July 2009 when the management decided to change the hosts.

In October 2012, Kershaw told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that she had been routinely groped while working as a Radio1 DJ in the 1980s.

[14] Kershaw voted for Brexit and was described by The Daily Telegraph as "an unabashed cheerleader" for Boris Johnson, who she called "fiercely intelligent" and "the best kind of Tory - a philanthropic Conservative".