You are here

Magenta Devine

Broadcaster, Journalist
4 November 1957 to 6 March 2019

A British journalist and broadcaster who found fame as a presenter of youth TV, Devine made her debut on Janet Street-Porter’s current affairs show Network 7 (1987). She was best known for presenting BBC Two’s Rough Guides to the World (1988-1996), and later fronted Young, Gifted and Broke (1999-2001).

Read Magenta Devine's Guardian obituary here.