Selina Scott
| Selina Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Selina Mary Scott 13 May 1951 Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Journalist, newsreader, television producer, television presenter, author |
| Known for | The Sunday Post, North Tonight, News at Ten, Breakfast Time, The Clothes Show, Wogan, West 57th, Sky News, The Selina Scott Show, Sunday Mail (Scotland), Sky Arts 1 |
| Website | http://www.selinascott.com/ |
Selina Mary Scott (born 13 May 1951) is a former English television presenter, who was a major figure in the launch of breakfast TV in the UK.
Scott first came to public notice as a newsreader on ITV’s News at Ten during the Falklands War, and then became a presenter on the BBC's Breakfast Time programme with Frank Bough and Nick Ross in 1983. In the U.S., she worked on a current affairs programme for CBS, before joining Rupert Murdoch's satellite channel Sky.
Today Scott lives on a farm in her native Yorkshire and makes mohair socks. She has campaigned for animal welfare, better care for the elderly, and against institutional ageism in regard to older women.
Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, in 1951. Her mother, Betty (née Bumby), was formerly a journalist from Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
She completed her secondary education at the Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, where she was head girl, whilst living in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. She then continued her studies at the University of East Anglia, reading English and American Literature.
Initially resisting the temptation to continue a family trait working in journalism Scott succumbed and went to work on The Sunday Post in Dundee, Scotland, for two years. She then took up the post of press officer for the Tourist board on the Isle of Bute. She made her television debut on the nightly news programme Grampian Today, presenting from a North Sea oil platform and at the summit of Cairn Gorm. She later became one of the launch team for North Tonight.
Several months after North Tonight began, Scott, at the age of 29, progressed to national television, appearing first as a newsreader on ITV's News at Ten. In 1982 at the outbreak of the Falklands War Scott became the Forces' pin-up girl, causing viewing figures to soar. She then went on to launch breakfast television in the UK, joining the BBC's Breakfast Time programme in January 1983. She presented the show with Frank Bough and Nick Ross. Before TV-am began broadcasting in February 1983, Scott had already quit ITN to launch the BBC's rival show. She later presented The Clothes Show, and was a guest host on the chat show Wogan, named after its regular host Terry Wogan. Scott crossed the Atlantic in 1988, joining the US channel CBS and hosting a current affairs programme, West 57th.
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