Background
Emma Freud was born in London on 25 January 1962 and is the daughter of politician and broadcaster Sir Clement Freud and June Flewett, known as the actress Jill Freud. She is the great-granddaughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
Emma Freud was born in London on 25 January 1962 and is the daughter of politician and broadcaster Sir Clement Freud and June Flewett, known as the actress Jill Freud. She is the great-granddaughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
Freud was educated in London at the all-female Queen"s College school and is an alumna of Royal Holloway College.
Her younger brother is Matthew Freud, the ex-husband of Rupert Murdoch"s daughter Elisabeth Murdoch. In 1986, Freud also appeared as Princess Diana in a Thames special, spoofing the Royal Variety Performance, alongside impressionist Mike Yarwood, who appeared as Prince Charles, among other roles. Radio On the radio, she has been a regular contributor to Radio 4"s Saturday miscellany Loose Ends, hosted originally by the late Ned Sherrin, now by Clive Anderson.
In 1988, she was one of the launch presenters of GLR, where she presented the weekday 10.00 am programme.
One of her producers during this period was Chris Evans. She also appeared on Just A Minute on 14 April 1990, playing against her father, who was a show regular.
In 1993, Freud first appeared on Radio 1, deputising for Nicky Campbell on his late night show Into The Night. Later that year, she was invited by the network"s new controller Matthew Bannister to reinvent the lunchtime programme previously presented by Jakki Brambles.
From January 1994, Emma appeared on the station every weekday between noon and 2.00 pm, presenting a mix of music, interviews and interactive news features.
Her programme was praised by some but it proved unpopular with many who preferred the old mainstream popular fare. In Simon Garfield"s 1998 book on Radio 1, The Nation"s Favourite, Bannister claims that Freud was "treated very badly by people at the station, especially other women".