Sara Edwards

Last updated

Sara Elinor Edwards CStJ (born 1963 or 1964 [1] ) is a Welsh broadcaster. She has been a co-presenter of BBC Wales' early-evening news programme, Wales Today. She is the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed. [2]

Contents

Biography

Edwards was born in Wales and brought up and educated in London, where she studied medieval and modern history. [3]

She started her career with Capital Radio, contributed regular items to BBC Radio Four, and was a continuity announcer and newsreader for HTV West before joining BBC Wales News. She has regularly presented from the Royal Welsh Show and the National Eisteddfod, and has made several series for BBC 2W, [3] including documentaries on rivers, horses, architecture and on the countryside in general.

Her other television work has included presenting Children in Need for the BBC; a series on the Sotheby's Welsh Sale; and, in Welsh for S4C, Saith Diwrnod Ar y Sul, a weekly review of world news. She also co-hosted the BBC's Breakfast from Cardiff. In the summer of 2008 she presented the Bryn Terfel Faenol Music Festival and the BBC Wales Arts Review of the Year.[ citation needed ]

Her interviews for BBC Wales have included Prince Charles, Prince Albert of Monaco, Kyffin Williams, Dame Edna Everage and politicians including Geoffrey Howe, Ann Widdecombe and Dafydd Elis Thomas.

Edwards has also presented a number of radio programmes for Radio Wales, including Sara's People and Food Matters.

Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed

In 2016 Edwards was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed, [4] the first woman to serve in the role.

Other activities

Edwards is a Commander of the Order of St John and a supporter of St John Cymru Wales. She has presented gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards on behalf of The Duke of Edinburgh at St James's Palace.[ citation needed ]

Edwards is the Divisional Vice President of the NSPCC in West Wales, and is involved with Cancer Research Wales and the British Heart Foundation. She was previously on the council of the University of Wales, Lampeter and on the board of the Wales Youth Agency.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Sara Edwards was 42 when she and her former husband, military historian Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, became the parents of a daughter, born in Cardiff, 19 March 2006. [1] [5] Edwards and Riley divorced in 2017. [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Huw Edwards</span> Welsh journalist (born 1961)

Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader. He presents BBC News at Ten, the flagship evening news programme of the BBC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cerys Matthews</span> Welsh singer-songwriter

Cerys Matthews is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the "Cool Cymru" movement of the late 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josie d'Arby</span> Welsh actress, Television Presenter, writer, director, painter

Josephine d'Arby is a Welsh television presenter and painter from Newport, Wales. She has presented a number of high-profile shows and in 1999 became the youngest British woman to host her own chat show, doing so on Channel 5.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Raworth</span> English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster (born 1968)

Sophie Jane Raworth is an English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster working for the BBC. She is a senior newsreader and is one of the main presenters of BBC News. She has been a television presenter for state occasions and has also presented the BBC's Election Night coverage, alongside other presenters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sian Lloyd (news presenter)</span> Welsh television news presenter

Sian Wyn Lloyd is a Welsh television news presenter, currently working for BBC News as their Wales correspondent.

Huw Meredydd Stephens is a Welsh radio and television presenter, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Jamie Owen is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, writer and former BBC Wales Today presenter. He joined the BBC in 1989, first working at BBC Radio and then presenting BBC Wales Today between 1994 and 2018. He has presented other TV and radio programmes and has published several books.

Vivien Dale Victoria Lumsden was a newsreader on the Scottish TV news programme, Scotland Today for nine years. Before Scottish TV, she worked on BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland from 1984 to 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Owen</span> British news presenter

Lucy Owen is a Welsh television news reader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Noble</span>

Roy Noble, OBE, DL, K.St.J, Rotary Fellow is a Welsh radio and television broadcaster, writer and Bevan Commissioner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norman Lloyd-Edwards</span> British politician (born 1933)

Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards served as the Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Betsan Powys</span> Welsh journalist

Betsan Powys, is a Welsh journalist and former Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru.

Margaret Pritchard MBE is a former Welsh radio and television broadcaster, best known for her work at HTV Wales. She was born in Bethesda in Gwynedd and is a first language Welsh speaker. She attended the Welsh College of Music and Drama and later gained a degree in Social Science.

Eleri Siôn is a Welsh radio and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tina Daheley</span> English journalist and television presenter

Tina Daheley is an English journalist, newsreader and presenter who works for the BBC, both on television and radio. She currently reads the news on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball, often contributing to discussions during the show. She is also a relief presenter on the BBC News at Ten and BBC News at Six. In 2019 she became the voiceover presenter of Points of View.

Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden is a newsreader, radio news reporter and presenter. She has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live weekday breakfast show since 2011. She is also one of the main weekend presenters of BBC Breakfast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)</span> Welsh television presenter (born 1977)

Charlotte Alexandra Jones is a Welsh television presenter, best known for co-presenting the BBC One magazine programme The One Show. She presented Tumble (2014), Close Calls: On Camera (2015–2016) and Shop Well for Less? (2016–2020).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frances Donovan</span>

Frances Donovan is a journalist and presenter who has anchored television and radio programmes across major events for both the BBC and ITV, including the Rugby World Cup, the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and the BAFTAS.

Polly James is a Welsh radio and television presenter. She has presented for Absolute Radio, Radio X, and Capital South Wales. She has been a television sports broadcaster, covering darts for Sky Sports, as well as the Late Night Football Club, BBC One's chat show for the duration of Wales' participation in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 no byline (12 January 2006). "Newsreader's baby joy at 42 / WALES TODAY presenter Sara Edwards has announced she is expecting her first baby, at the age of 42". Wales Online . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ↑ HM LORD-LIEUTENANT OF DYFED, MISS SARA EDWARDS, CELEBRATES CADETS FOR THEIR AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITY (Reserve Forces and Cadets Association, 7 March 2019). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 BBC – Press Office – Sara Edwards (Archived 2008-01-22 at the Wayback Machine )
  4. ↑ "Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire)".
  5. ↑ no byline (23 March 2006). "Sara Edwards gives birth to a girl / BBC Wales newsreader Sara Edwards has given birth to a baby girl, it was announced last night". Wales Online . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.