George Alagiah
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George Alagiah OBE |
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Alagiah at the launch of Fairtrade's
Hadrian's Wall, 2009 |
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| Born |
George Maxwell Alagiah 22 November 1955 Colombo, Ceylon |
| Education | Van Mildert College, Durham |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter, newsreader, author |
| Employer | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Notable credit(s) |
BBC News at Six GMT |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Robathan (m. 1984) |
| Children | Adam, Matthew |
George Maxwell Alagiah OBE (/ˌæləˈɡaɪə/ born 22 November 1955) is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.
Since 3 December 2007, he had been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and had also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010. He was also the main relief presenter for the BBC Ten O'Clock News and had held this role since its launch in 2000, making him the longest serving presenter of the flagship news programme.
Alagiah was born in Colombo, Ceylon. His parents, Donald Alagiah, an engineer, and Therese, were Sri Lankan Tamil. In 1961 his parents moved to Ghana in West Africa, where he had his primary education at Christ the King International School. His secondary education took place at St John's College, an independent Roman Catholic school in Portsmouth, England, after which he read politics at Van Mildert College, Durham University. Whilst at Durham, he wrote for and became editor of the student newspaper Palatinate and was a sabbatical officer of Durham Students' Union. He worked on South Magazine from 1982 until joining the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), where he was the Developing World correspondent based in London and then Southern Africa correspondent in Johannesburg.
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