Seamus McKee is a presenter of "Evening Extra" on

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. Previously he was a news presenter for

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, mainly working in radio. A former French and English teacher and sports presenter he has worked for the BBC fulltime since the early 1980s. On 13 September 2022 he provided television commentary for a service at

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attended by

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on his first visit to Northern Ireland as king. The British

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and

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also attended the service.

History

In 1984, during

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, there was controversy when he was named at an

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conference as one of an unrepresentatively large number of Roman Catholics working for the BBC.

Awards

He was named as News Broadcaster of the Year in the Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI) Radio Awards in 2014 and 2016.

References

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