Rebecca Elizabeth Want (born 13 June 1960) is a radio and television broadcaster, based in Manchester. Want, originally from Hyde, currently presents of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester. She also presents Becky Want's Retail Therapy, a Saturday morning show broadcast live from various shopping centres in Greater Manchester, such as the Trafford Centre.

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  • Rebecca Elizabeth Want (born 13 June 1960) is a radio and television broadcaster, based in Manchester. Want, originally from Hyde, currently presents of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester. She also presents Becky Want's Retail Therapy, a Saturday morning show broadcast live from various shopping centres in Greater Manchester, such as the Trafford Centre. After studying drama at university, Want began her career in 1992 at Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent, presenting a Sunday afternoon show before joining Piccadilly Radio in Manchester as a weekend overnight presenter, later progressing to co-present the breakfast show. Want later joined Granada Television to present a wide range of regional programmes including the nightly regional news magazine Granada Tonight and feature series such as The Motor Show. She later joined Granada Sky Broadcasting's now-defunct lifestyle channel, Granada Breeze, as a presenter of Livetime and Predictions with Derek Acorah. She has also presented Inside Out North West for BBC North West and Homesearch for Channel M, where she was also a reporter and occasional presenter for the station's regional news service, Channel M News.
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  • Rebecca Elizabeth Want (born 13 June 1960) is a radio and television broadcaster, based in Manchester. Want, originally from Hyde, currently presents of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester. She also presents Becky Want's Retail Therapy, a Saturday morning show broadcast live from various shopping centres in Greater Manchester, such as the Trafford Centre.
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  • Becky Want
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