Justin Webb
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Justin Webb at a social event in Washington DC
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| Born |
Justin Oliver Prouse 3 January 1961 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Education |
Sidcot School London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC News, Today Programme |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Gordon |
| Children | Martha Webb, Sam Webb, Clara Webb |
| Parent(s) | Gloria Crocombe (later Webb) Peter Woods |
Justin Oliver Webb (born Justin Oliver Prouse, 3 January 1961 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British journalist who has worked for the BBC since 1984. Since August 2009, he has presented on the Today programme, and also regularly writes for The Radio Times.
In an article in the Radio Times in January 2011, Webb revealed that his natural father was Peter Woods who was formerly a reporter with the Daily Mirror and later became a BBC newsreader. Woods was married and Webb's mother, then Gloria Crocombe, was a secretary at the Daily Mirror and was divorced from her first husband at the time of the affair with Woods. Webb commented that his mother's split from Woods may have been as much her doing as his, saying "I do not believe she was abandoned." Woods provided financially for Webb but saw his son only once, when he was six months old. Webb took the surname of his stepfather when his mother remarried in 1964.
Webb grew up in Bath. He was educated at Sidcot School, a Quaker school in Somerset, and the London School of Economics, where he was editor of student newspaper The Beaver.
Webb joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1984 working in Northern Ireland for BBC Radio Ulster based in Belfast. He then worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, before becoming a foreign affairs correspondent based in London and covering news around the world. He reported on the Gulf War and the war in Bosnia, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first democratic elections in South Africa.
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