Anne Davies (British journalist)

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Anne Davies
Anne Davies 28 Jun 2012 Olympic torch relay Nottingham (cropped).jpg
at the 2012 Olympic torch relay in Nottingham
Born
Anne Christina Davies

(1958-10-03) 3 October 1958 (age 66) [1]
Sutton, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Television presenter, newsreader and journalist
Years active1981–present
Employer(s) BBC
BBC East Midlands
Known for East Midlands Today
GMTV
Children2
Website annedavies.tv

Anne Christina Davies DL (born 3 October 1958) is a British television presenter and newsreader, currently solo presenting BBC East Midlands Today . Her mother was born in County Mayo.

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Television and radio

Davies began work for BBC Current Affairs, working behind the scenes on Question Time , Panorama and The Money Programme . She moved to BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio Derby. Then, after training for a year on the ITN News Trainee Scheme, Anne became the regular newsreader for Central News East based in Nottingham. [2]

In 1993, she fronted the ITV Daytime Programme Look Good Feel Great with Diana Moran, the environmental series Earthdwellers Guide, and produced and presented fashion shows for the ITV network entitled Off The Peg. Anne then moved to GMTV , presenting the first breakfast programme [2] with Eamonn Holmes. By April she was presenting Sunday Best with Mike Morris. She left this show by January 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 she read the news for the News Hour, presented her own Cookery strand and the GMTV House, provided cover for Lorraine Kelly, and fronted Sunday Review.

Outside television

Davies has written numerous articles for national magazines including Woman's Weekly , My Weekly and Babycare & Pregnancy. In 1999 and 1991, she appeared at the Drury Lane Theatre in two special celebrity pantomimes for the Duchess of York's charity. She is the voice of the on-board bus announcements for Trent Barton's Indigo service. She recorded her voice for the service in 2008. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Anne Davies". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "TV ARK - Presenters". 18 June 2006. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "New voice for trentbarton buses". thisisnottingham.co.uk. Nottingham Post MediaGroup. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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