Lynn Bowles
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Lynn Bowles is the BBC Radio 2 traffic reporter. She regularly works 06:00-1:30 and can be heard relaying the latest traffic news on a half hourly basis.
Born in Cardiff, Lynn graduated from University with a BA(Hons) in Communication Studies and a Post Graduate in Film Criticism, after which she became Assistant Managing Editor of OSRATI - a Kuwaiti weekly women's magazine.
Before joining the BBC, Lynn worked in New Orleans for a TV News Station, but traffic news called and she has presented travel news for, amongst others, Kiss 100, Choice FM and Invicta, even broadcasting from a helicopter. Lynn eventually became the daytime travel presenter on LBC before joining BBC Radio Five Live and the Drive programme.
During her time at Five Live she was nearly drowned by the station in a submerged helicopter. She also broadcast live from the M25 and managed to cause a traffic jam in the process, reported from Tanzania on Comic Relief day, and covered the American Motor Show in Detroit.
Lynn learnt to drive in a Land Rover and is fast becoming a mascot for the marque after competing in the 2004 run of the Macmillan 4x4 UK Challenge and co-presenting the Heritage Motor Centre Land Rover show in 2005 and 2006
