Anna Foster (born 1979) is an English news reporter and presenter. She presented the drive time programme on 5 Live until 2021 and currently presents the BBC News at One and is the BBC's Middle East correspondent in Beirut.
Anna Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Occupation | Presenter |
Early life and education
editThe daughter of a surveyor father (who also served as a magistrate) and a mother who worked as a nurse, she and her brother were born in South Shields.[1] Educated in South Shields, while attending South Tyneside College doing her A-Levels, she worked as a Saturday girl on Metro Radio. She went on to study English at Collingwood College at Durham University, where she worked on student radio. She then undertook a postgraduate certificate in journalism at City University London.[1]
Career
editOn graduation she joined the BBC's trainee reporters scheme. She then joined BBC Radio Cleveland as a reporter for three years, before becoming a news presenter, and then co-presenting the drive-time show. She then joined BBC Radio 5 Live as a regional North East reporter, before relocating to London as a weekend news presenter, and also presenting on Newsbeat.
Foster joined the BBC Radio 5 Live Weekend Breakfast show on 23 April 2011, replacing Rachel Burden who moved to the weekday 5 Live Breakfast team alongside Nicky Campbell on 3 May.[2]
On 14 November 2012, Foster became the Wednesday-to-Friday co-presenter of 5 Live Drive (4–7 pm) alongside Peter Allen; Louise Minchin was the Monday and Tuesday co-host. Foster subsequently became the permanent co-host, alongside Tony Livesey who replaced Allen in October 2014.
Foster left Drive on 12 August 2021 to take up a new role as BBC Middle East correspondent in Beirut.[3][4]
In May 2024, the BBC announced that Foster was one of six well-known BBC presenters to start presenting the BBC News at One from its new home at Salford studios at the beginning of June 2024.[5]
Personal life
editShe married fellow radio presenter John Foster in October 2009 at Crathorne Hall near Yarm, North Yorkshire;[1] they have a son and a daughter.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Administrator, journallive. "Interview: Anna Foster, breakfast show presenter on Radio Five Live". www.thejournal.co.uk.
- ^ "Anna Foster joins 5 Live Weekend Breakfast". BBC.
- ^ "Anna Foster announces departure from BBC Radio 5 Live". RadioToday. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live". Twitter. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "BBC News at One to start broadcasting from Salford on Monday 3 June". BBC Media Centre. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Anna Foster hopes to help other mothers with the loneliness of pregnancy and miscarriage". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2023.