Fiona Foster is a British television presenter and journalist who has also spent several years working in the

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. She was the main presenter on the BBC World travel programme ''

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''.

Early life

Foster graduated from

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with a degree in Russian and French in 1983.

Career

Foster worked at BBC Radio Oxford in 1985. She also worked as a waitress and an announcer for Greyhound. In 1992, she co-presented emergency response programme "999", where she travelled with a camcorder on the frontline, capturing events and rescues as they unfolded. Foster was one of the launch presenters of

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's ''

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'' programme in 1993 together with

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, having previously worked as a financial presenter on the ''Breakfast Business'' segment of ''

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''.

ITV News

During the Iraq war in 2003 she presented for

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. She is currently a reporter on

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's current affairs programme ''

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''. Foster has also appeared in the ''

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'' television series. She has provided the voiceover for a number of programmes in the ''

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'' series such as ''Neighbours from Hell'' and ''Holidays from Hell''. Foster was the co-presenter of ITV's monthly programme "''Missing''" (similar to ''

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'' but featuring appeals on behalf of the National Missing Persons Helpline) alongside Alastair Stewart, which first aired in September 1993.

Other

She presents ''Don't Get Done in the Sun'', which was shown on

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from 20 May 2013.

Personal life

She has two daughters with her husband, Tristan Hickey, and they live in North London. In 2005 she appeared on the talk show ''

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'' to discuss her life, career and her love of poker.

References

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* British television presenters Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century births Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham {{UK-journalist-stub