performers backstage. In the mid-1990s, she presented a programme on the BBC World Service, which was a mix of science and popular music called Pop Science. Long won the DJ celebrity special of quiz show The Weakest Link, shown on BBC One on 5 September 2009. She also presented The Janice Long Review Show on Vintage TV and The 2ube on local TV station Made in Liverpool. Honours In 2016 the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors presented Long with a Gold Badge award for her contribution to the music industry. She received an honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University, West Lancashire, in 2018, in recognition of her commitment to music. The same year, she was featured in the Royal College of Art’s First Women UK exhibition, celebrating 100 pioneering 21st-century British women. Long was also a patron of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Personal life and death In 1977 Janice married Trevor Long in Liverpool; they divorced in 1982. The couple appeared as winning contestants on the first edition of Yorkshire Television's game show 3-2-1 in 1978. In her early days at Radio 1 she entered a relationship with fellow DJ Peter Powell which lasted from October 1984 to July 1985. From 1987 until her death, she was in a relationship with Paul Berry; they married in September 2017 and had two children. Long died at home from pneumonia on Christmas Day 2021, at the age of 66, surrounded by her family. Many musicians and fellow broadcasters paid tribute to Long. BBC Radio DJ Greg James said, "She picked the greats and got them in session before other DJs had even heard of them," while his colleague Adele Roberts said Long had forged a path for women; television presenter Carol Vorderman wrote on Twitter, "Rest In Music lovely vibrant trailblazer Janice Long”. Peter Hook of the band New Order said she was "always a great friend", while Tim Burgess, frontman of The Charlatans, praised Long for her support of fledgling bands. References External links 1955 births 2021 deaths BBC Radio 2 presenters BBC Radio 6 Music presenters British radio DJs British radio personalities Radio presenters from Liverpool BBC Radio 1 presenters BBC Radio Wales presenters English television presenters Contestants on British game shows Top of the Pops presenters