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Louise Minchin
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| Louise Minchin | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Louise Grayson |
| Born | Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Actress, presenter |
| Years active | 1997-present |
Louise Minchin (nee Grayson) is a newscaster and journalist in the United Kingdom, currently presenting on the rolling news channel BBC News 24 as well as appearing on the BBC One O'Clock News and BBC Breakfast.
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Minchin was born in Hong Kong and has a degree in Spanish from St Andrew's University. She has worked for the Latin American section of the BBC World Service during a year in Argentina, the Today programme, Five and various local radio stations. In 2006 she toured the country in a converted bus meeting England fans as part of the World Cup coverage for BBC News.
She started work for BBC Radio Five Live in 1998, where she presented many of the main programs including Drive and Breakfast. Since September 2003, she has been a regular News 24 presenter, initially working alongside Jon Sopel from 7pm-10pm. Minchin now presents from 2pm-5pm on Tuesdays-Thursdays with Sopel as well as Fridays with various presenters. In 2006-7, she covered for Kate Silverton as relief presenter on BBC Breakfast, while she in turn was covering for main anchor Sian Williams. When Williams returned Minchin continued to appear on the programme, mainly at weekends, as well as being promoted to the deputy anchor of the BBC One O'Clock News, which she now presents each Friday, as well as appearing when main presenter Sophie Raworth is away.
Minchin also presented In the Know, a BBC sports magazine programme on Saturday mornings on BBC One during the 2004 Athens Olympics alongside co-presenter John Inverdale. She has made an appearance on the BBC One drama Spooks as herself in a newsreading role.
She married Gastropub owner David Minchin (born c. 1964) in June 1998 in Basingstoke,[1] the couple have two daughters (born July 2001 and September 2004). The couple were thrown out of the restaurant Hell's Kitchen featured in ITV1, after David complained to Marco Pierre White about the cold asparagus served to them.[2] David has a set of bars called So Bars in Fulham and Richmond. He is a former pupil of the preparatory Marlborough House School in Hawkhurst. They live in Battersea.
- ^ Hell's Kitchen: Marco ejects famous diners What's On TV - Tuesday 4th September, 2007
- ^ Connie cast out of Hell's Kitchen The Sun - 4 September, 2007
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