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Sophie Raworth
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Sophie Raworth (born 15 May 1968) in Redhill, and also known as Sophie Winter is a newsreader on BBC Television in the UK. In April 2006, she became the main presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News, after the retirement of Anna Ford.
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She grew up in Surrey and attended the independent Putney High School and St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. After completing a degree in French and German at the University of Manchester, Raworth spent a year teaching English to teenagers in Toulouse before studying for a postgraduate course in broadcasting and journalism at City University, London. [1]
She joined the BBC in 1992 as a news reporter, first for Greater Manchester Radio and then as BBC Regions correspondent in Brussels in April 1994.[1]
In May 1995, she became the regular joint presenter of BBC's Look North programme in Leeds, moving to BBC Breakfast News in 1997.[1]
Raworth has also presented several BBC specials, including presenting the Queen's Golden Jubilee and Our Monarchy - the Next 50 Years, both alongside David Dimbleby.[1] In addition, she has appeared on Tomorrow's World and entertainment programmes such as Dream Lives and the Judgemental quiz-show in autumn 2002.
Raworth has been a household name since joining the BBC's early-morning show Breakfast with Jeremy Bowen at its launch in 2000. She moved to the BBC Six O'Clock News in January 2003 presenting alongside George Alagiah; she presented this bulletin until October, 2005. In 2004, Raworth appeared on a special episode of What Not to Wear, where Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine gave her a makeover. Raworth was named main presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News in March 2006, a position she took up in June 2006.
Raworth has also recently had a cameo role in the current BBC series of My Hero (alongside new Thermoman James Dreyfus) and Emily Joyce (Janet Sunday in the series).
Raworth (pronounced /'ɹeɪ.wəθ/) is from Yorkshire. She married the estate agent (from FPD Savills) Richard Winter in December 2003, after being proposed to on the Amalfi Coast; they have two daughters and live in west London. She is good friends with Kate Gerbeau.