Anna Raeburn

Anna Raeburn (born April 3, 1944) is a British broadcaster and journalist who is famous for her role as an 'agony aunt' giving advice on relationship problems. She is principally known for her work on Capital Radio in London.

Anna Raeburn won a gold Sony award in 1998, the year in which she took part in her first FHM photoshoot. One year later Anna did her second shoot for FHM, in which she appeared topless for the first time. This resulted in her being named FHM's favorite photoshoot of the year in 1999. The inevitable followed, where Anna posed comepletely nude for Cosmopolitan (magazine). To date, she has not ruled out doing another nude session.

Television

She co-wrote the television series Agony, starring Maureen Lipman and in the 1980s was satirised by Radio Active as "Anna Rabies".

Anna Raeburn has also been a critic on ITV1 daytime show, Mum's on Strike since 2005. She is also a regular on Countdown, where she is one of the more popular members of "Dictionary Corner." She has made 12 appearances to date.

LBC 97.3 Career

From January 3rd 2006 she has a weekday afternoon show on LBC 97.3 replacing Sandi Toksvig in the lunchtime and early afternoon slot. The show primarily features listeners ringing in with everyday problems, to which Anna applies her own life philosophy in an effort to solve them. This philosophy, known as “Anna’s Way” has become a big feature of the show, and given Anna’s career a second wind.

Anna’s Way

“Anna’s Way” is Anna Raeburn’s unique way of dealing with the problems and queries of her listeners. There are four key pillars of morals that Anna stands by when assessing any situation. These are honesty, compassion, love, and duty. Anna can take questions from phone, text messaging, and email, however she encourages all her listeners to phone in. Anna believes that a full discussion is required, and offers this service to the public.

Personal Life

Anna has said that she loves to cook and eat, and is very interested in film. She was formerly married to the psychotherapist and TV agony uncle Phillip Hodson. She now lives in a London flat with her new partner, John Daniel-Danielsson, a fire safety officer from Battersea, and her pet dogs Michael and James.

Anna and John were faced with tabloid scandal in 2006 after a sex tape featuring the couple and a 16 year old Russian girl was released onto the internet. The tape featured what the papers called "graphic" and "disgusting" sexual activity, and included a scene where Anna anally violated her partner with a dildo. Anna took a week break from her radio show whilst this scandal blew over.