Background
Brambles was born in Essex, England and grew up in Ayrshire, Scotland, where she went to secondary school at Ayr Academy in Fort Street, Ayr.
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Career
She also began her radio career on local radio station West Sound in Ayr when she was 19. She then joined Capital Radio as its youngest DJ, and after a year on the evening show joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1988 as the first female presenter to get her own prime time show on the national popular network She took on the Radio 1 early show, initially at weekends, before graduating to the weekday equivalent. She also joined her colleagues on the Top of the Pops presentation roster.
When Sybil Ruscoe left her role as Simon Mayo"s weather and travel reporter on the breakfast show, Brambles took over that slot, thereby keeping her on air every day over two separate programmes.
On her own shows she sometimes worked standing up to maintain a more "live" feel, claiming she found it difficult to keep her demeanour lively enough if she was seated. The combination with Mayo worked well but a minor revamp in 1990 saw Brambles progress to a 90-minute drivetime show and then, when Gary Davies went to weekends, promotion to the important lunchtime slot.
The marriage ended in 1999. There was a plan to make her an American showbiz reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation but this never transpired.
Instead she re-branded herself as the more maturely-spelt Jackie Brambles, and entered American broadcasting in San Francisco as a news radio morning anchor and occasional television news anchor for the Columbia Broadcasting System network.
She also worked as a media consultant to several high profile companies in Silicon Valley, including Intel, Oracle and Sony. Following a move to Los Angeles in 1999, she took on the role of foreign correspondent for, interviewing almost every major star in Hollywood as well as covering major news events including two presidential elections and the events of 9/11. After leaving, she made several guest appearances on in 2005.
During Kaye Adams pregnancy in 2006, Brambles hosted the show in Adams" place, which led to her becoming the new leading host of the show.
On 7 August 2009, she closed her final show. Brambles owns her own digital media business called Broadstance Digital Media Production.
In June 2009, Brambles was a commentator on the political show This Week. Her topic was girl power.
Throughout 2009–2010, Brambles was also guest presenter of various shows on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Scotland.
From September 2010 and Summer 2012 she has been a regular guest presenter of the Independent Television Breakfast programme Lorraine.
