Sue Carpenter (born 17 May 1956 in

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, England) is a United Kingdom former newsreader and television presenter. She graduated in English Literature and Icelandic at

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in 1977. After presenting regional BBC news programme '' Points West'', Carpenter was a newsreader on the BBC's '' Breakfast Time'' from 1985 to 1986.Points West through the ages
, BBC, retrieved 2011-04-22Jones, Ian (2003) ''Morning glory: a history of British Breakfast Television'', Kelly Publications, , p. 86 She later joined ITN, presenting many of their main bulletins, usually during the daytime and the early evening news. Her name is frequently mentioned, often comedically as a figure of infatuation, in the British television comedy programme series '' Bottom'', starring

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and

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, and in one episode a signed photo of her is portrayed as a prize in a game of

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. , Carpenter continued to present '' Transworld Sport'' on

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in voice only.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Sue 1956 births Living people British television presenters Alumni of King's College London BBC newsreaders and journalists ITN newsreaders and journalists