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Bill Turnbull
William Robert Jolyon Turnbull (25 January 1956 – 31 August 2022) was a British television and radio presenter and journalist whose broadcasting career spanned over 4 decades. He began his career working for some radio stations including Radio Clyde and BBC Radio 4's ''Today''. He presented BBC News 24 and BBC Radio 5 Live before taking on his most notable role as one of the main presenters of ''BBC Breakfast'', a position he held for 15 years between 2001 and 2016. Later in his career, he presented the religious series ''Songs of Praise'' and game show ''Think Tank'', as well as being a presenter on the radio station Classic FM. Early life Turnbull was born in Guildford, Surrey, on 25 January 1956, the youngest of four siblings to William, a barrister of Scottish ancestry who worked in the City of London and Honor (née Wicks), a teacher. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Edinburgh, where he edited the student newspaper. He graduated from Cardiff Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildford
Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildford" is thought to derive from a ford (crossing), crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames that flows through the town centre. The earliest evidence of human activity in the area is from the Mesolithic and Guildford is mentioned in the will and testament, will of Alfred the Great from . The exact location of the main Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon settlement is unclear and the current site of the modern town centre may not have been occupied until the early 11th century. Following the Norman Conquest, a motte-and-bailey castle was constructed; which was developed into a royal residence by Henry III of England, Henry III. During the England in the Middle Ages, late Middle Ages, Guildford prospered as a result of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton (born 4 August 1970) is an English child therapist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC. Silverton was a regular presenter of ''BBC News at One'' and '' BBC Weekend News'', as well as making occasional appearances on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. In 2018 she participated in series 16 of BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing'', where she was paired with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec and finished in 8th place. In 2023 she became a qualified child therapist and stated the following year that she had been able to overcome decades of distress due to being sexually abused as a child. Early life and education Silverton was born in Waltham Abbey in Essex, England, the daughter of Terence "Terry" Silverton, a black-cab driver-turned-registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton. Silverton has two sisters. Silverton attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex, where she was Head Girl and a junior swimming champion. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972)The Donor, News and information for blood donors, Winter 2009, National Blood Service, England, page 55 is an English newsreader, TV presenter and journalist, best known for her roles as a studio anchor on Sky News, BBC News, Channel 5 and ITV News. As of September 2022, she is the president of the British Board of Film Classification. After two years on Sky News, Kaplinsky joined BBC News in 2002 where she co-hosted ''Breakfast'' until 2005, when she became the host of the '' Six O'Clock News''. In October 2007, Kaplinsky was recruited to help relaunch Five (now known as Channel 5), reportedly for the highest fee ever paid to a UK newsreader, where she presented a new look, retitled '' Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky'' for three years. After leaving Channel 5, she went on to join ITV News as a presenter. Kaplinsky has hosted light entertainment and factual programmes during her career, including ''Children in Need'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Raworth
Sophie Jane Raworth (; born 15 May 1968) is an English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster working for the BBC. She is a senior newsreader and is one of the main presenters of BBC News (mainly ''BBC News at Six'' and '' BBC News at Ten''). She has been a television presenter for state occasions and has also presented the BBC's Election Night coverage, alongside other presenters. In 2015, she became the new presenter of consumer affairs programme ''Watchdog'' and in 2016, began presenting ''Crimewatch'', both for BBC One. Early life and education Sophie Jane Raworth was born on 15 May 1968 in Redhill, Surrey to a florist mother and a businessman father. She grew up in Twickenham and was privately educated at Bute House Preparatory School for Girls, Putney High School and St Paul's Girls' School. After completing a joint honours degree in French and German at the University of Manchester, Raworth spent a year teaching English to teenagers in Toulouse before completing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Reid
Susanna Victoria Reid (born 10 December 1970) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of '' BBC Breakfast'' from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented '' Sunday Morning Live'' on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th series of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since 2014, Reid has been the lead presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme '' Good Morning Britain'' alongside Kate Garraway, Richard Madeley, Ed Balls and formerly Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard. Early life and education The youngest of three children, Reid was born in Purley, South London, and grew up in Warlingham, Surrey. She was educated at the independent Croham Hurst School, from 1975 to 1981, followed by the independent Croydon High School (1981–87) and St Paul's Girls' School (1987–89) in Hammersmith. Her parents separated and divorced when she was aged 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain (born 12 March 1973) is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. She is best known for having presented a range of BBC News programmes, most notably BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme. She has occasionally appeared as a relief presenter on the weekday edition of the '' BBC News at Ten'', and more rarely, the '' BBC News at Six''. She has hosted '' The Andrew Marr Show'', '' HARDtalk'', Impact and '' BBC Breakfast''. Early life Mishal Husain was born on 12 March 1973 in Northampton, England, to Pakistani parents. Her mother was a teacher and former producer for Pakistan Television Corporation, and her father was a urologist. She has a younger brother. She is the granddaughter of Syed Shahid Hamid, the first Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Husain was privately educated at the British School in Abu Dhabi; the family were also based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a period. Husain returned to England at the age of 12 to continue her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Montague
Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966),''Who's who'' is a British journalist and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme ''The World at One''. For 18 years, prior to April 2018, she was a regular presenter of another radio programme, ''Today''. Early life Montague was born to John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army, and Mary (née O'Malley) on Guernsey, a British Crown dependency and one of the Channel Islands. After attending Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls, she read biology at the University of Bristol, gaining a BSc. Career Montague's first occupation was as a stockbroker for County NatWest and then a Eurobond dealer with NatWest Capital Markets in London. She then went into business in London with the owner of men's clothing retailer Charles Tyrwhitt. Montague began her journalistic career with Channel Television in 1991. She joined Reuters in January 1995 and then became business correspondent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Sanderson
Valerie Sanderson (born 1960 in Nottingham) is one of the main presenters of ''The Newsroom'' (and previously '' World Briefing'') on the BBC World Service. Sanderson was one of the original presenters on BBC News 24 when it launched in 1997. Early life Sanderson studied at the University of St Andrews, then completed a postgraduate degree at Emory University as a Robert T. Jones Scholar in Atlanta, Georgia. BBC She joined the BBC in 1985 as a producer on Radio 4's ''Today'' programme. She has also been a reporter on the ''Today'' programme and BBC's ''Breakfast News''. She was on the '' Spotlight'' programme based in Plymouth from 1989 and helped to launch BBC Radio 5 Live in 1994. Sanderson was one of the launch presenters for BBC News 24 in 1997 and could often be seen presenting the 1-4pm slot on News 24 alongside Bill Turnbull or Chris Eakin. Sanderson was on air live at the news desk on September 11th 2001 reporting on the first plane that struck tower one and confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News 24
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air Public broadcasting, public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London, West End of London from which it is anchored during British daytime, with overnight broadcasts anchored from Washington, D.C. and Singapore. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30, as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989.About BBC News 24 TV Home On 22 February 2006, the channel was named ''News Channel of the Year'' at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards for the first time in its history. The judges remarked that thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrats (United States), New Democrat. Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968, and later from Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as state attorney general, followed by Governorships of Bill Clinton, two non-consecutive tenures as Arkansas governor. As governor, he overhauled the state's education system and served as Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist. Lewinsky became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her during her days as a White House intern between 1995 and 1997. The affair and its repercussions (which included impeachment of Bill Clinton, Clinton's impeachment) became known as the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. Following the scandal, Lewinsky engaged in a variety of ventures that included designing a line of handbags under her name, serving as an advertising spokesperson for a diet plan, and working as a television personality. She obtained a master's degree in psychology from the London School of Economics in 2006. In 2014, Lewinsky began speaking out as an activist against cyberbullying. Early life Lewinsky was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in an affluent family in Southern California in the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside Brentwood, Los Angeles, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
