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'Sue Lawley' (born July 14, 1946) is an English broadcaster. She presented ''Desert Island Discs'' on BBC Radio 4 from 1988 until August 26 2006. (See [1])
Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England and brought up in the Black Country, she was educated at Dudley Girls' High School and graduated in languages from the University of Bristol and some time later started her career at the BBC in Plymouth. Whilst at university, due to peer pressure, she changed or moderated her "Dudley (Birmingham) accent", to one more closely associated with RP or Standard English. This may explain why her accent, to some ears, may sound slightly dated, as if from the 1960s, while retaining traces of her former local accent. This is also true of BBC journalist Joan Bakewell.
In 1972, she became well-known as one of the presenters of the BBC TV's news magazine ''Nationwide'' which she appeared on until the show came to a close in 1983. She has been a newsreader on radio and TV, in particular, the BBC's ''Six O'Clock News''. During a 23 May 1988 broadcast, the studio was stormed by lesbians protesting against Section 28; Lawley continued to read the news whilst co-presenter Nicholas Witchell restrained one of them. (See [2])
In 1981, she made a guest appearance in the ''Yes Minister'' episode "The Quality of Life", playing herself.
Lawley chairs the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and is also a board member of the English Tourism Council and the English National Opera
Her second marriage was in 1987, to Hugh Williams, a television executive. Her first husband was a lawyer.
★ BBC Biography
★ Julie Burchill Guardian article 1
★ [3]
Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England and brought up in the Black Country, she was educated at Dudley Girls' High School and graduated in languages from the University of Bristol and some time later started her career at the BBC in Plymouth. Whilst at university, due to peer pressure, she changed or moderated her "Dudley (Birmingham) accent", to one more closely associated with RP or Standard English. This may explain why her accent, to some ears, may sound slightly dated, as if from the 1960s, while retaining traces of her former local accent. This is also true of BBC journalist Joan Bakewell.
In 1972, she became well-known as one of the presenters of the BBC TV's news magazine ''Nationwide'' which she appeared on until the show came to a close in 1983. She has been a newsreader on radio and TV, in particular, the BBC's ''Six O'Clock News''. During a 23 May 1988 broadcast, the studio was stormed by lesbians protesting against Section 28; Lawley continued to read the news whilst co-presenter Nicholas Witchell restrained one of them. (See [2])
In 1981, she made a guest appearance in the ''Yes Minister'' episode "The Quality of Life", playing herself.
Lawley chairs the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and is also a board member of the English Tourism Council and the English National Opera
Her second marriage was in 1987, to Hugh Williams, a television executive. Her first husband was a lawyer.
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★ BBC Biography
★ Julie Burchill Guardian article 1
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