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- She became a presenter on Channel 4's breakfast show ' when it launched on 29 April 2002, staying with the programme until teaming up with Colin Murray, who had also worked on RI:SE, on 29 March 2003 to cohost Colin and Edith on BBC Radio 1. In April 2004 this show moved from a weekend morning slot to weekday afternoons, broadcasting between 13:00 and 16:00, after the departure of Mark and Lard from the station. In 2004, she co-presented BBC Scotland series Teen Commandments with Cameron Stout and on 11 March 2005 she won the TV talent show Comic Relief does Fame Academy, a charity music contest in which she sang Champagne Supernova with Jools Holland's band . Earlier in the competition she sang a version of Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone". The show also featured Al Murray, Kim Medcalf, Adrian Edmondson, Jon Culshaw, Konnie Huq, Dawn Steele, and other celebrities. In an interview with Sam Darcy in June 2009, Edith claimed that being in Fame Academy was the closest possible thing to "being in High School Musical" everyday. After occasional appearances in 2003, Bowman co-presented Top of the Pops up until the end of the series, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was away. In total she appeared on the show ten times including the final weekly episode. She returned to Top of the Pops for the 2006 Christmas special. Since 2005, she has been the voice of the television and radio adverts for the electrical store, Comet. In August 2006, Bowman became the sole occupier of the BBC Radio 1 afternoon 13:00 to 16:00 slot, with Murray taking over a Late Night Specialist slot. Edith has recently been on maternity leave, to have her first child and as a result of this, Nihal, Vernon Kay, Fearne Cotton and Sara Cox have been sitting in for her on a rotating basis since then. Edith returned to the airwaves following her leave, at the beginning of September 2008, initially taking over from Dick and Dom on the Sunday Morning Lie In from 10:00 to 13:00. She then returned to weekday afternoons on 3rd of November 2008. In July 2009 it was announced that Radio 1 were to change their daytime schedule, and this saw both Jo Whiley and Edith being moved to Weekend Afternoons and Weekend Breakfast respectively. Edith's current afternoon show will be presented by Greg James from September 2009. Initially casing controversy, listeners slated the station for being ageist, however the move will also mean both Edith and Jo can spend time with their newborn children. Both have been quoted as saying they feel they have taken their shows as far as they can, change is good and the move just means they can create a new show for a new market. She has also presented various music programmes for Channel 4 such as "Channel 4 presents... " and "TBA". Edith also appeared on children's art program SMart in 2007. Edith regularly appears on coverage of festivals such as Glastonbury, T In The Park and Reading and Leeds Festival, for both BBC Radio and TV.
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