Suzanne Virdee
Encyclopedia
Suzanne Virdee is a British
television newsreader
known in the Midlands
area. She is one of the presenters of Midlands Today
on BBC One
and has appeared on BBC Breakfast as the programme's newsreader, until a change of studio and format in March 2006.
at the age of 18, working as a trainee reporter at the Solihull Times
. She passed her journalism exams and worked for Central News. She left the news programme and worked for the Sunday Mercury
and the Birmingham Mail
(then the Birmingham Evening Mail). She then moved to BBC WM
then back to Central News after only 16 months of working for the radio station
. She worked as a producer, presenter and reporter on Central News.
's West Midlands
regional news, Midlands Today
. She works alongside Nick Owen
. She also works with Michael Collie and Dan Pallet and she is good friends with minor newsreader Satnam Rana
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
television newsreader
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
known in the Midlands
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
area. She is one of the presenters of Midlands Today
Midlands Today
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which covers the north of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands county...
on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
and has appeared on BBC Breakfast as the programme's newsreader, until a change of studio and format in March 2006.
Career
Virdee became a journalistJournalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
at the age of 18, working as a trainee reporter at the Solihull Times
Solihull Times
The Solihull Times and the Solihull News are free newspapers distributed in Solihull.The Solihull News was originally founded in 1930 as the Warwickshire News, and currently delivers news and sport from the borough of Solihull and south Birmingham...
. She passed her journalism exams and worked for Central News. She left the news programme and worked for the Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury is a Sunday tabloid published in Birmingham, UK, and owned by Trinity Mirror.The first editor was John Turner Fearon , who left the Dublin-based Freeman's Journal to take up the position...
and the Birmingham Mail
Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest...
(then the Birmingham Evening Mail). She then moved to BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
then back to Central News after only 16 months of working for the radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
. She worked as a producer, presenter and reporter on Central News.
BBC Midlands Today
Virdee is now one of the main news presenters on the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
regional news, Midlands Today
Midlands Today
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which covers the north of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands county...
. She works alongside Nick Owen
Nick Owen
Nicholas "Nick" Corbishley Owen is an English television presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting the breakfast television programme TV-am and the BBC's local news show Midlands Today since 1997...
. She also works with Michael Collie and Dan Pallet and she is good friends with minor newsreader Satnam Rana
Satnam Rana
Satnam Rana is a presenter for the BBC, currently presenting on BBC news programme Midlands Today and features on BBC WM. She worked at Five Live for two years then came to BBC Birmingham where she has been working since 2002.-Early life:...
.