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Encyclopedia > Carolyn Quinn

Carolyn Quinn is a British journalist best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as a Political Correspondent and for presenting the Today Programme and PM. BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ... PM is an early evening (PM at five PM) news magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ...


Quinn attended the University of Kent where she obtained a degree in French. She has been a presenter of Today since 2004 and also presents PM on Saturdays, and covers the weekday edition when Eddie Mair is away. The University of Kent is a plate glass campus university in Kent, UK. // Disambiguation The original and main campus of the University is in Canterbury, and until 2003 the official title of the University was the University of Kent at Canterbury (or UKC). ... Eddie Mair (born November 11, 1965) is a Scottish BBC radio and television presenter. ...


Infamous for her banal interjections and dithering her way through interviews with high-profile politicians, her days with the BBC are thought to be numbered.


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  • BBC Profile

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Radio 4 - The Today Programme - Presenters (296 words)
Carolyn Quinn presents Today and the Westminster Hour on Radio 4 and fills in for Eddie Mair on PM.
After training and two years at Radio Solent, Carolyn became a reporter on the local radio desk for the BBC at Westminster.
Carolyn started presenting the Today programme in January 2004.
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Quinn comes with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Pittsburgh where she traveled the country as a varsity letterman for the women’s volleyball team.
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