Janet Street Porter

Janet Vera Street-Porter is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality. She began her career as a fashion writer and columnist at the Daily Mail and was later appointed fashion editor of the Evening Standard in 1971. In 1973, she co-presented a mid-morning radio show with Paul Callan on LBC. Street-Porter began working in television at London Weekend Television in 1975, first as a presenter of a series of mainly youth-oriented programmes. She was the editor and producer of the Network 7 series on Channel 4 in 1987 and was a BBC Television executive from 1987 until 1994. She was an editor of The Independent on Sunday from 1999 until 2002, but relinquished the job to become editor-at-large. Since 2011, Street-Porter has been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women. Her other television appearances include Question Time, Have I Got News for You, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Deadline, Celebrity MasterChef, and A Taste of Britain.

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Loose Women: Janet Street-Porter fires back today as Linda Robson brands her ‘serial cheat’

Loose Women: Ruth Langsford forced to justify herself after remark to Janet Street-Porter

Linda Robson shocks Loose Women co-stars with rude behaviour as Janet Street Porter gives her telling off

Loose Women today: Coleen Nolan steps in as Brenda Edwards claps back at Janet Street-Porter for ‘harsh’ remark about Brits

Loose Women: Janet Street-Porter under fire for shock remark about Matt Hancock

Janet Street-Porter says ‘nice’ Charlene White is being ‘used’ by Matt Hancock

Janet Street-Porter apologises to Kelle Bryan as she mistakes her for Brenda Edwards live on Loose Women

Loose Women star Janet Street-Porter slams Gorka Marquez’s ‘patronising’ speech to Helen Skelton

Janet Street-Porter causes uproar with awkward dig at Holly and Phil

Loose Women viewers spot Janet Street-Porter make a sly dig at Holly and Phil's 'queue-gate' drama

Janet Street-Porter booed by Loose Women audience today after savage Holly and Phil ‘dig’

Janet Street-Porter makes heartbreaking confession about ‘unexpected’ death of friend

Loose Women star Janet Street-Porter branded ‘absurd’ on Twitter as furious row erupts in studio

Janet Street-Porter lashes out at neighbours during heated Loose Women debate

Janet Street-Porter brands Helen Skelton ‘needy’ amidst Strictly rumours

Janet Street Porter slams Helen Skelton on Loose Women for signing up to Strictly to find love

Loose Women star Linda Robson ‘snarls’ at Janet Street-Porter as tensions rise in on-air clash

Janet Street-Porter’s four husbands – and why she divorced them all

Janet Street-Porter attacked by Loose Women viewers for ‘fat shaming’ British women

Stacey Solomon given Janet Street Porter's wedding garter during Loose Women hen do