Jenni Falconer
Jenni Falconer has been a familiar face and voice on British television and radio for almost 30 years.
On television, she is best known for presenting ITV1’s This Morning, The Martin Lewis Money Show, Entertainment Today and GMTV; BBC One’s The National Lottery Show; Channel 5’s Britain’s Worst Celebrity Driver Live and Wordplay; as well as Sky1’s Cirque de Celebrité. She has also hosted many of London’s biggest West End red carpet premieres.
Jenni currently hosts Smooth Breakfast, broadcasting live across the UK every weekday from 6–10am, making her the UK’s only solo female national breakfast show host. She began her radio career in 2000 on Heart’s Early Breakfast.
Born in Glasgow and raised in Berkshire, Jenni studied languages at university in Leeds before launching a presenting career that has included Holiday, Fantasy Homes by the Sea, How to Holiday and Only Fools on Horses, among many other programmes.
Passionate about fitness and movement, Jenni has become one of the UK’s best-known voices in the running community. A dedicated runner herself, she has completed numerous half marathons, two Great North Runs and an impressive ten London Marathons.
In 2019, she launched the hugely successful RunPod podcast, which has amassed more than 10 million downloads across 400+ episodes. Featuring guests including Sir Mo Farah, Eliud Kipchoge, Dame Kelly Holmes, Amanda Holden, Sam Ryder, Sadiq Khan and The Scummy Mummies, the podcast celebrates the physical and mental benefits of running and inspires people of all abilities to get moving. Jenni also shares her passion in her book, Runner’s High, published in 2023.
Away from running, Jenni hosts the popular travel podcast Routes by LNER where Jenni interviews well-known faces about their travel memories and experiences throughout their life and careers!! Furthermore, Jenni has also hosted 3 series of the ‘Women’s Golf Show’ podcast and works to encourage more females to try the sport, which she took up (and LOVES) 6 years ago.
Alongside her broadcasting career & motivating others to move, Jenni’s focus is very much on health & wellbeing. In 2020 she co-founded the supplement brand, Kollo Health, the most awarded collagen brand in the UK. Kollo Health goes from strength to strength and 2026 looks set to be a big year with even more products launching in throughout the year.
Jenni lives in London with her husband, James Midgley, and their daughter, Ella.
