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Jon Sopel (journalist)
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Jon Sopel (born May 22, 1959, London, England) is a leading television presenter and correspondent for the BBC. He was educated at Christ's College, formerly a boys' grammar school in Finchley, London, and at the University of Southampton.
Starting his broadcasting career in local radio, he went on to become the chief political correspondent for BBC News 24 and later spent three years as the BBC's Paris correspondent. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Sopel was the BBC's correspondent in Kuwait City.
In the past Sopel has been a presenter on Breakfast, Newsnight, HARDtalk, The Daily Politics and the BBC's weekend bulletins. He was given a regular presenting slot on BBC One in 2005 when he took over from Jeremy Vine as presenter of BBC One's The Politics Show, broadcast every Sunday at noon. In this role Sopel has interviewed Tony Blair, David Cameron, Jack Straw and Condoleezza Rice among others.
He currently co-presents BBC News 24 on weekday afternoons between 2pm and 5pm - alongside Louise Minchin each Tuesday-Thursday and alongside Emily Maitlis on Mondays - following his appointment as a presenter on the channel in 2003. He also makes occasional appearances on BBC One bulletins as a relief anchor for the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BBC Ten O'Clock News.
Sopel also wrote a biography of Tony Blair, with the publication of Tony Blair: The Moderniser in 1995.
The 2007 edition of Who's Who listed Sopel's hobbies as golf, travel and watching football. He is also an ambassador for the The Prince's Trust.
Sopel is an alumnus of the University of Southampton where he was Students' Union President [1]. He met his wife Linda while working at Radio Solent; the couple have a son and daughter and live in North London.
His son and daughter attended the British School of Paris whilst they lived there two years ago.
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