Zoe Ball was born on 23 November, 1970 and was educated at Holy Cross Convent School in Chalfont St Peter.
After a variety of vacation jobs Zoe began her television career as a runner at Granada Television; she was quickly promoted
to a researcher on BSkyB on the children's programme 'Cool Cube'.
She then joined Action Time and spent two years as a researcher working on a variety of quiz shows for television. This led to
a job as a researcher/assistant producer on Channel 4's Big Breakfast.
After auditioning for Children's BBC, Zoe became the presenter of the 'birthday slot' which led to her being a regular
presenter of CBBC's music magazine programme 'The Ozone' (voted Best Music Show by Smash Hits), Short Change, a
series of consumer programmes for Children's BBC, a regular co-presenter of the 'Broom Cupboard' and host of 'Playdays'
on weekday mornings. Zoe was also chosen to co-host the one off BBC special 'An Afternoon on the Moon' which
celebrated the 25th Anniversary of man walking on the moon.
From Spring to Autumn '95 Zoe presented the BBC's Saturday morning Summer show 'Fully Booked' and has recently
finished the award winning BBC Art programme 'Smart' and her first Pantomime, starring as Cinderella in the record breaking
box office success at The Derngate Theatre in Northampton.
It was while presenting 'Fully Booked' that Zoe caught the eye of the Planet 24 producers and as a result she has taken over
from Gaby Roslin as a main presenter on The Big Breakfast. This move will make Zoe the most exciting new female television
presenter on British Television.