Shaun Dominic Ley (born 14 June 1969) is a British journalist and newsreader for

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. A former regular presenter of '' The World This Weekend'' and '' The World at One'' on

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, he currently appears regularly on the BBC's domestic

'' and international BBC World News channels, as well as on BBC Weekend News'' bulletins on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...

. He also frequently hosts '' Dateline London'', and has presented a wide range of BBC programmes from '' HARDTalk'' to BBC Radio 4's '' PM'' and '' The World Tonight''. As of October 2021, Shaun Ley is a regular weekday evening presenter (20:00-21:00 & 22:30-23:00 & 23:30-00:00) on

. He sometimes hosts the afternoon news (14:00-17:00) occasionally and was the last main presenter of '' Dateline London'', before it ended in October 2022.

Early life

Shaun Dominic Ley was born on 14 June 1969. He was educated at two state schools in

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in south west England: at Lynton Primary School, in his home town of Lynton, and at

Ilfracombe College The Ilfracombe Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the North Devon town of Ilfracombe, England. Originally opened by then Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher Margare ...

, in the seaside resort of Ilfracombe on the

North Devon North Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. North Devon Council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and ...

coast, followed by the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 mill ...

, in central London.

Career

After a stint as a schoolboy presenter on the short-lived ''That's Life! Junior'' in 1980, Ley joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1990, and later worked on the regional news programme '' Points West''. He became Political Editor for the South East Cluster; based at

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appearing regularly on the then regional news programme for London and the home counties Newsroom SouthEast, as well as on the clusters radio stations BBC GLR 94.9, BBC Three Counties Radio, and BBC Radios Kent, and Essex. The region was divided in two in 2001 to form ''

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'' and '' BBC South East Today''. He then presented ''Around Westminster'', before becoming a national political correspondent for the BBC in 2001. He began presenting ''The World This Weekend'' in 2005.

Personal life

Ley is a longtime fan of the BBC series '' Doctor Who'' and in 2011 he presented and narrated ''When Worlds Collide'', a documentary accompanying the DVD release of '' The Happiness Patrol'', which looked into the series' political and ideological influences over the years.

References

External links

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BBC profile
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