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Badawi, Zeinab

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Zeinab’s broadcasting career began as an ITN newscaster, working on Channel 4 News (1989 – 1998). She also presented on the ITV Morning News in the 1990s and on the Channel 4 Daily in 1990.

In 1998, she joined the BBC and spent five years working on live political programmes based at Westminster. She then moved to radio, where she presented The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 and Newshour on the BBC World Service.

In April 2005, Zeinab was announced as the new presenter of BBC Four’s news programme, The World. The programme – also broadcast on BBC World News – was rebranded as World News Today in May 2007. She continued to present the programme until 2013.

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Avery, Philip

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Philip – born in 1959 – served with the Royal Navy as a forecaster (1984 – 1994). His broadcasting career began in 1996 with The Weather Network, based in Birmingham. Within months he moved to London to appear on The Weather Channel. He joined the BBC Weather Centre in April 1998 and became a BBC TV national weather forecaster in March 1999. He appeared on BBC TV’s Breakfast News and international TV channels, BBC Prime and BBC World.

Barbour, Sharon

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Sharon was brought up in New Zealand. She went to the Australian Film and TV School and worked as a reporter and presenter across Australia and New Zealand.

Her UK broadcasting career began at BBC Radio Humberside. She then joined BBC Radio 4’s File on 4, based in Manchester and the BBC’s Special Documentaries Unit where she worked on stories all around the world.

She later moved to Newcastle and read the Night Network News for BBC Radios Newcastle, Cumbria and Cleveland. Next stop was BBC News 24 where she performed a reporting role.

Sharon went on to present Look North for BBC North East/Cumbria. She’s currently a health correspondent with BBC network news.


Hill, Jane

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Jane has been a presenter on the BBC News Channel (formerly BBC News 24) since its launch in November 1997. She currently presents the BBC News at Five and is a relief presenter on the BBC News at One.

Ahmad, Asad

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Asad joined the BBC regional news trainee scheme in 1996.  In 1997 he got his first TV job reporting and presenting with the BBC in Birmingham.  He then moved to BBC Scotland where he was a reporter and presenter, working on programmes such as Newsnight Scotland, Reporting Scotland, and Newsline.

In 2000 he returned to London where he presented the news bulletins on Breakfast, sharing that role with Moira Stuart.  He also popped up occasionally on BBC News 24.

In May 2002, he became a presenter/reporter with BBC London News.

Ahmed, Samira

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Samira is a former BBC news trainee who went on to anchor news programmes on BBC News 24 and BBC World.  She was also a reporter for Newsnight and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

She joined Channel 4 News in April 1999 as a general reporter.  Samira is now one of the programme’s regular presenters.