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Pike attended Bedales School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
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Rebecca Pike
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Pike started her career at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton before moving to the Daily Telegraph. She joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a News Trainee. She then became a business and economics reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation. She has worked as a reporter on a number of radio and television news programmes, including the Today programme, Radio 4"s Six O"Clock News, Radio 5 Live, British Broadcasting Corporation One"s television news bulletins, British Broadcasting Corporation World Service and the British Broadcasting Corporation News channel.
In 2009 she worked as a presenter of Wake Up to Money on Radio 5 Live.
In 2011 she appeared as the main overnight presenter on the British Broadcasting Corporation News channel and British Broadcasting Corporation World. She started on Drivetime on Radio 2 in 2006, when Chris Evans began hosting the show.
She was nicknamed "Foxy" after the popular "Fox the Fox" feature, in which listeners were invited to try and "outfox" her with difficult financial questions. She also presented the "Innovation Slot" on the Drivetime programme on Friday at 18:30.Pike left the British Broadcasting Corporation in December 2015.
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