Pamela Armstrong (born 25 August 1951 in Kalimantan, Borneo) is a British journalist and news presenter.
Armstrong's career in journalism started with Capital Radio where she presented the daily news and current affairs programme London Today .
She also spent six months reporting on Operation Drake, the expedition that retraced the round-the-world voyage of the great explorer. She sailed in a square-rigged brigantine from Panama to Papua New Guinea taking in the Galapagos, Tahiti and Fiji on the way. [1]
She presented two series of the health programme Wellbeing on Channel 4. It proved highly popular and was one of the channel's earliest successes. She worked for ITN as a newscaster from 1983 to 1986. After leaving ITV in 1986, she joined the BBC where she co-presented Breakfast Time as well as hosting Britain's first chat show to be broadcast five days a week, The Pamela Armstrong Show. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Armstrong was educated in Sarawak, Indonesia and Britain. [1] [2]
Armstrong has written a book, Beating the Biological Clock. She now works as an after dinner speaker and in corporate communications. [6] [7] [1]