Matthew Amroliwala
British television newsreader (born October 3,1962)
Matthew Amroliwala
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Amroliwala in 2014
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1962 (age
60
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61)
Leeds
, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Alma mater | Durham University |
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Employer | BBC |
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Spouse | Jackie Long |
Children | 5 |
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Matthew Amroliwala (born 1962) [ citation needed ] is a British television newsreader, who is one of the chief presenters on the BBC News Channel . [1] He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the BBC News at One on BBC One . He also presented Crimewatch alongside Kirsty Young from January 2008 until March 2015.
Early life and education
Amroliwala was born Mehrwan F. Amroliwala in Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire, England and was educated at King's Ely , Cambridgeshire [2] and then Durham University . He graduated in 1984, having read Law and Politics. [ citation needed ]
Career
After working as a chartered accountant , he joined the BBC and, in 1990, became a BBC network television correspondent. In 1997, he joined the BBC News Channel as a presenter of the channel's evening programmes and from the beginning of 2001, he presented the late afternoon news programme, first with Jane Hill and then with Maxine Mawhinney . In April 2006, he was re-united with Hill on the 11 am–2 pm shift until March 2013 when the duo moved to the 2 pm–5 pm slot on Tuesday to Friday; Emily Maitlis co-presented on Mondays.
He has covered many major news stories, including reporting extensively from Northern Ireland . He has also reported from Bosnia on the fall of Srebrenica and travelled throughout the Balkans during the conflict in Bosnia. Since January 2008, he co-presented the programme Crimewatch with Kirsty Young and Rav Wilding (later Martin Bayfield ), specialising in the solved cases.
Since 8 September 2014, he has presented the flagship programme Global on BBC World News , the BBC’s international news channel. On 27 June 2016 he presented his first edition of World News Today on the channel and BBC Four . In February 2023, it was announced Amroliwala would become a chief presenter on the BBC’s new news channel for both UK and international viewers due to launch in April of 2023. [1]
Personal life
Amroliwala and his wife Jackie Long, a journalist, live in London; they have five children. [3]
References
- 1 2 "BBC unveils presenter line-up for news channel" . 2 February 2023 . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
- ↑ "King's Ely" . 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "BBC World News - Global with Matthew Amroliwala - Matthew Amroliwala" .
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Preceded by |
Main Presenter of
Global
2014–present |
Succeeded
by
Incumbent
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