Stuart Flinders

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Stuart Flinders (born 1960, in Bolton, Lancashire) is a journalist, reporter and occasional presenter who used to work for BBC North West Tonight.

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Early life

Flinders grew up in Bolton and is a supporter of Bolton Wanderers F.C. [1]

Career

In 1991, he joined BBC North West Tonight after being hired by Dave Guest.[ citation needed ] In 2008, he spent six months working for the BBC News channel and presented some weekend bulletins on BBC One during that period. He also occasionally presents BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours . Before working for the BBC, he spent a short period working for printed media in Australia. He also regularly presented concerts for BBC Radio 3 for around 10 years. [2]

He became the longest serving reporter on BBC North West Tonight.[ citation needed ] On 12 October 2020, after nearly 30 years on the programme, he left the BBC and the programme. [3] In November 2020, he anchored the US election results coverage for Sky News.

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References

  1. "North West Tonight - Stuart Flinders". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. Stuart Flinders (30 March 2009). "North West Tonight - Reporters - Stuart Flinders". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  3. "'Like a member of the family': Stuart Flinders leaves North West Tonight after 30 years". thisislancashire.co.uk. 13 October 2020.