SOPHIE RAWORTH

'Sophie Raworth' (pronounced ) (born 15 May 1968) in Redhill, and also known as 'Sophie Winter' is a newsreader on BBC Television in the UK. In April 2006, she became the main presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News, after the retirement of Anna Ford.

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Early life

Career

Personal life

References

External links

Early life

She grew up in Surrey and attended the independent Putney High School and St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. After completing a degree in French and German at the University of Manchester, Raworth spent a year teaching English to teenagers in Toulouse before studying for a postgraduate course in broadcasting and journalism at City University, London. BBC News Profiles: Sophie Raworth

Career

She joined the BBC in 1992 as a news reporter, first for Greater Manchester Radio and then as BBC Regions correspondent in Brussels in April 1994.
In May 1995, she became the regular joint presenter of BBC's ''Look North'' programme in Leeds, moving to BBC ''Breakfast News'' in 1997.
She then joined the BBC's early morning news programme Breakfast at its launch in 2000, which she presented alongside Jeremy Bowen on Monday-Thursdays. She then moved to the BBC Six O'Clock News in January 2003 which she presented alongside George Alagiah; she was a presenter on this bulletin until October 2005 when she went on maternity leave, and was replaced by Natasha Kaplinsky. In March 2006 Raworth was named as the main presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News, replacing Anna Ford on Monday-Thursdays. She took up the position in June 2006 after returning from maternity leave. She also can occasionally be seen presenting relief shifts on the rolling news channel BBC News 24
Raworth has also presented several BBC specials, including coverage of the Queen's Golden Jubilee and ''Our Monarchy - the Next 50 Years'', both alongside David Dimbleby. In addition, she has appeared on ''Tomorrow's World'' and entertainment programmes such as ''Dream Lives'' and the ''Judgemental'' quiz-show in autumn 2002.
In 2004 Raworth appeared on the BBC fashion show ''What Not To Wear'', in which she was given a makeover by style advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine. In 2006 she was part of the television coverage of the Children's Party at the Palace, an event to celebrate the Queen's 80th Birthday. Along with Huw Edwards, she presented some fake news updates for the programme, which led to many complaints from viewers.^[1] Raworth had a cameo role as a newsreader in the last series of the BBC comedy series My Hero.
In August 2007, it was reported by The Guardian that with the departure of Kirsty Young from Five News, the broadcaster is on the lookout for a big name to replace her, with Sophie being a possibility. Other names suggested included are Mary Nightingale or GMTV's Kate Garraway [1]

Personal life

Raworth is from Yorkshire. She married estate agent Richard Winter in December 2003, after being proposed to on the Amalfi Coast; they have two daughters and live in West London. She is good friends with Kate Gerbeau.

References

1. Complaints about BBC's fake news updates BBC Editor's Blog

External links

★ BBC News Profile of Sophie Raworth

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★ Sophie Raworth Profile TV Newsroom

★ Telegraph article April 2005

★ BBC Breakfast 2001 YouTube clip

★ BBC Six O'Clock News 2003 YouTube clip

★ Raworth Steps in for Ford