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Fiona Bruce (born 25 April 1964 in Singapore) is a British journalist and television presenter in the United Kingdom. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to present many programmes for the corporation including the Ten O'Clock News, Real Story and Crimewatch UK, as well as appearing in programmes such as Call My Bluff[1]. is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The BBC Ten OClock News is the flagship evening news programme for British television channel BBC One and BBC News 24. ... Real Story is a current affairs programme which airs on the British television channel, BBC One at 19:30 GMT weekly on Mondays. ... Crimewatch UK is a long-running and high-profile British television programme, produced by the BBC, that reconstructs unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public, in order to help solve major crimes. ... Call My Bluff is a British game show between two teams of three contestants. ...

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Education

Bruce first attended St. George's British International School in Rome, then the sixth form of Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross, London where she modelled for the stories in the teenage girls magazine Jackie. [2] St. ... Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College was formerly a Grammar school, then a comprehensive City Technology College, now an Academy operating between two sites near New Cross Gate in South-East London. ... , New Cross is a district on the north tip of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Jackie was a weekly British magazine for girls which was published by D.C. Thomson of Dundee. ...


Bruce studied French and Italian at Hertford College, Oxford, during which she was a self-confessed punk, and for three years and one week had blue hair.[3] College name Hertford College Named after Elias de Hertford Established 1282 Sister College None Principal Dr John Landers JCR President Stephanie Johnston Undergraduates 376 Graduates 224 Homepage Boatclub Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Punks at a music festival The punk subculture is a subculture that is based around punk rock music. ...


Career

Fiona Bruce appearing in cartoon form for the BBC's 2005 General Election promotions.

Fiona Bruce began her career with the BBC in 1989 as a researcher and then as assistant producer on Panorama. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ...


Bruce's first onscreen appearance for the BBC was in 1992 as a reporter for Breakfast News. She also worked for BBC South East, appearing as an occasional presenter and reporter on Newsroom South East. During this time she also appeared on some weekend main BBC News bulletins and reported for Newsnight. BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and BBC News 24. ... BBC South East is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for Kent and East Sussex. ... The last incarnation of the Newsroom South East titles from October 1999 until September 2001 Newsroom South East was the name of the BBCs regional news programme for southeastern England. ... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22:30 and 23:20 on weekdays on BBC Two. ...


In 1999, as part of a major relaunch of the BBC's news output, Bruce was named secondary presenter of the Six O'Clock News bulletin. She presented the programme as cover for main presenter Huw Edwards as well as regularly on Fridays until a presenter reshuffle in January 2003 to coincide with the retirement of Michael Buerk and the move of Peter Sissons to BBC News 24. Both Edwards and Bruce moved to presenting the Ten O'Clock News and have presented the programme on their respective days since. By becoming presenter, she became the first woman to ever present the bulletin from launch in 2000. The BBC Six OClock News is the evening news programme which is broadcast daily on British television channel BBC One and BBC News 24 from 6:00pm until 6:30pm and is currently presented by George Alagiah and Sian Williams, who is standing in until the bulletin reverts to... Huw Edwards may refer to two United Kingdom public figures: Huw Edwards, the former Labour Party Member of Parliament Huw Edwards, the presenter of BBC ONEs Ten OClock News Huw Edwards, a character in EastEnders This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same... Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is a BBC journalist and newsreader, most famous for his reporting of the Ethiopian famine on 23 October 1984, which inspired the Band Aid charity record. ... Peter Sissons presenting the last BBC Nine OClock News bulletin Peter George Sissons (born 17 July 1942 in Liverpool) is a nationally known television newscaster in the United Kingdom. ... BBC News 24 is the BBCs 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom. ...


Following the murder of Jill Dando, Bruce took over the position of co-presenter on Crimewatch UK alongside Nick Ross. On 22 June 2007 it was announced that Bruce will replace Michael Aspel when he steps down as presenter of the Antiques Roadshow in Spring 2008.[4] Jill Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was a British television presenter who worked for the BBC for over fifteen years. ... Crimewatch UK is a long-running and high-profile British television programme, produced by the BBC, that reconstructs unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public, in order to help solve major crimes. ... Nick Ross (born in London on 7 August 1867) is a presenter of the BBC TV show Crimewatch UK. He is currently the worlds oldest TV presenter. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Michael Aspel (b. ... Antiques Roadshow is a British human interest television show in which antique appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents. ...


Jeremy Clarkson has commented that Fiona has "quite a nice bottom" during a section on the Peel P50 in Top Gear. Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... The Peel P50 was a microcar first released in 1962, by the Peel Engineering Company located on the Isle of Man. ... Top Gear may refer to: Top Gear (current format), a BBC television series about cars and motorsport in its new format (2002–present). ...


Criticisms

Bruce was criticised for showing "blatant bias" when interviewing Matt O'Connor, founder of Fathers 4 Justice for a BBC programme in 2004.[5] Bruce, a prominent campaigner for feminist charity Women's Aid, was accused of having an axe to grind on the issue of domestic violence. Many, including Mr O'Connor felt she let her own personal view on domestic violence as an issue of gender take over the programme [1]. Matt OConnor is the founder and leader of the pressure group Fathers 4 Justice. ... Fathers 4 Justice Logo Fathers 4 Justice (or F4J) began as a fathers’ rights organization in the United Kingdom. ... The Womens Aid Federation of England (Womens Aid) is a feminist United Kingdom charity[1] whose aim is to end domestic violence against women and children. ...


Women's Aid is well known for its criticisms of fathers' rights groups, and Bruce has featured in high profile advertising campaigns for the organisation. The fathers rights movement in the UK consists of a number of diverse pressure groups, ranging from charities (whose activities are regulated by the Charity Commission) and self_help groups to civil disobedience activists, who started to obtain wide publicity in 2003. ...


A BBC Committee investigating complaints into the programme concluded that there were some weaknesses in the programme when considered against the BBC's journalistic values of Truth and Accuracy, Serving the Public Interest, Impartiality and Diversity of Opinion, Independence and Accountability. [2]


References

  1. ^ She has also appeared as herself in Top Gear, stuck in a lift with a bubble-car driving Jeremy Clarkson.
  2. ^ Fiona Bruce Modelled for Jackie Magazine. Merry Media News (2007-04-09). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
  3. ^ 60 SECONDS: Fiona Bruce. Associated Metro Limited (2006-12-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
  4. ^ "Bruce to host Antiques Roadshow", BBC News, (2007-06-22). Retrieved on 2007-06-22. 
  5. ^ Was Real Story 'the real story'?. BBC (2004-11-25). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.

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