Anne Davies (British journalist)
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BBC East Midlands
Anne Davies | |
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| Born | Anne Christina Davies 1958 (age 67–68)[1] |
| Occupations | Television presenter, newsreader and journalist |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Employer(s) | BBC BBC East Midlands |
| Known for | East Midlands Today GMTV |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | annedavies |
Anne Christina Davies DL (born 1958) is a British television presenter and newsreader, currently solo presenting BBC East Midlands Today. Her mother was born in County Mayo.
Davies began work for BBC Current Affairs, working behind the scenes on Question Time, Panorama and The Money Programme. She moved to BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio Derby. Then, after training for a year on the ITN News Trainee Scheme, Anne became the regular newsreader for Central News East based in Nottingham.[2]
In 1993, she fronted the ITV Daytime Programme Look Good Feel Great with Diana Moran, the environmental series Earthdwellers Guide, and produced and presented fashion shows for the ITV network entitled Off The Peg. Anne then moved to GMTV, presenting the first breakfast programme[2] with Eamonn Holmes. By April she was presenting Sunday Best with Mike Morris. She left this show by January 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 she read the news for the News Hour, presented her own Cookery strand and the GMTV House, provided cover for Lorraine Kelly, and fronted Sunday Review.