# magenta devine born: kim taylor 4 november 1957 hemel hempstead england died: 6 march 2019 (aged 61) london england occupations: television presenter and journalist years active: 1986-2019 notable credit(s): 'network 7' / 'rough guide' / 'reportage' / 'young gifted and broke' 'magenta devine' (born 'kim taylor'; 4 november 1957 **+** 6 march 2019) was a british television presenter journalist and music promoter best known for presenting the travel programme 'rough guide' and youth programme 'reportage' on bbc2 in the 1990s. she later presented 'young gifted and broke' for itv devine originally worked for tony brainsby a publicist for queen thin lizzy and whitesnake. while still living with boyfriend (ex-generation x bassist) tony james she became the music promoter for james's new band sigue sigue sputnik. she began her television career in 1986 as a presenter of bbc wales's pop music show 'juice'. following her breakup with james producer janet street-porter booked devine to be a presenter on channel 4's youth programme 'network 7'. she then moved after street-porter to bbc2 to present 'def ii' of which 'rough guide' was a feature before it became a separate programme devine appeared on 'richard & judy' in 2004 and on 'extreme celebrity detox' in 2005. her voice-over work included advertisements for peugeot motorola toyota and sea france. in 2006 devine fronted an office of fair trading (oft) campaign that urged consumers in the travel market to book with a member of association of british travel agents (abta).[13] in 2001 she narrated a bbc four programme 'the new romantics **+** a fine romance' on the new romantic movement apart from being a television presenter she also was a goodwill ambassador in 1998 and campaigned for women's rights # later life and death devine sought treatment in the 1990s for heroin addiction and depression. in 2003 she was declared bankrupt by london's high court devine died on 6 march 2019 after a short illness for which she was undergoing treatment at a central london hospital. she was 61 years old # television programmes **+** bbc wales's pop music show 'juice' presenter **+** channel 4's youth programme 'network 7' (1987) **+** bbc2's 'def ii' **+** bbc2's 'rough guides to the world **+** bbc2's 'reportage' (1988-94) **+** 'young gifted and broke' itv documentary series **+** 'this morning' with richard & judy (1996) interviewee **+** 'extreme celebrity detox' (2005) **+** bbc four programme 'the new romantics - a fine romance' (2001) on the new romantic movement as narrator **+** 'big mouth' (2005) an aftershow of 'big brother' as guest panellist // republic of bob