Caroline Righton
| Caroline Righton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Caroline A Donovan 26 February 1958 Bristol, England, UK |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter, author |
| Notable credit(s) | TV-am, London Plus, BBC Radio Cornwall |
Caroline Righton (born 26 February 1958), is an English television presenter, author and fashion designer, best known for being a presenter on the daily Breakfast Television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show, The Channel Four Daily.
At the 2010 general election, Righton was the Conservative candidate for the new St Austell and Newquay constituency but lost to the Liberal Democrats.
Born Caroline Donovan in Bristol, Righton worked in several restaurants and hotels when she was a teenager; however, she had always intended to become a journalist. She worked as a Junior reporter for The West Briton and the Cornish Guardian. Also during this time, Caroline was presenting regional TV programmes for BBC South West in Plymouth. This work enabled her to gain vital experience, and she became one of the founding presenters of BBC Radio Cornwall in 1984. After presenting the Duchy Today programme with Ted Gundry, Righton became a producer of Radio Cornwall.
Righton transferred her skills as a radio presenter to television. She moved to Windsor, Berkshire and started presenting the BBC London regional early morning television show London Plus from 1985–87. In 1987, Righton moved to the already successful ITV breakfast station, TV-am, becoming a national television presenter for the first time, she presented the early part of TV-am before handing over to the main Good Morning Britain show. The on-air promotions at the time said that she was recruited "to get the early rising men tuning in to TV-am's first hour". She joined in April 1987 and left in October the same year.
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