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Khalid's broadcasting career began at the BBC; he was a producer at BBC Radio Leicester. He soon moved into TV and became the youngest presenter of the BBC's 'Look North' in Leeds, at the age of 24. Whilst at the BBC, he worked on various national current affairs programmes, such as 'Panorama'.
After twelve years with the BBC, he cross to TVS in 1982 to anchor TVS' 'Coast To Coast' from Southampton. He left the programme to produce documentaries in the mid-1980s, but still presented for TVS, fronting the business programme, 'Enterprise South'.
In the early days of TVS, 'Coast To Coast' viewers were treated to regular updates on this rather adorable puppy, named Coaster by viewers. He was Khalid's pet, and a regular guest in the studio, though his screen appearances ended when management decided that this sort of Blue Peter-esque escapade wasn't fitting for such a serious regional news programme.
He is currently Professor of business communications at Southampton University and also runs his own public affairs/media consultancy - The Aziz Corporation.
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Tanya graduated from Oxford with a degree in metallurgy and the science of materials.
Her broadcasting career began in 1993 when she became a business and political reporter for CNBC Europe; she also presented 'The Moneywheel' and 'FT Business Tonight' there.
Later Tanya presented a nightly business news programme for Sky News; at CNN International she reported from the London International Financial Futures Exchange. She also worked for London based News Direct Radio 97.3.
Tanya joined the BBC in 1998. She has worked as a reporter and presenter for 'Working Lunch' and was also the regular business presenter and occasional main co-presenter on BBC One's 'Breakfast'.
Since 2001, she has been a regular business presenter on BBC World and BBC News 24. She has been the New York based presenter for 'World Business Report' since 2005.
Adrian has a degree in English literature from the University of London. He gained a diploma in journalism in Cardiff and subsequently worked as a sports reporter at the News Of The World.
In the early-1990s, he joined the BBC for three weeks' work experience on 'Business Breakfast'; however, the visit landed him a permanent position as an assistant producer. By October 1993, he was presenting BBC Radio 4's 'The Financial World Tonight'. In September the following year he was one of the main presenters on BBC Two's new lunchtime business programme, 'Working Lunch'. Also in 1994, he became the presenter of his own radio business programme 'Wake Up To Money' on BBC Radio 5 Live.
From August 2001, he has presented the late edition of BBC Radio 5 Live's football phone-in show '6-0-6' on Wednesdays. In Autumn 2004, he was appointed presenter of the new Sunday night 'Match Of The Day 2' on BBC Two.
In 2006, Adrian's BBC presenting work was going from strength to strength. He fronted the new 'Apprentice' spin-off show - 'The Apprentice - You're Fired' - where the latest person to be fired by Alan Sugar was interviewed. He also presented the BBC's nightly 2006 World Cup highlights programmes. In August and September 2006, he was one of the main co-presenters of the BBC's new daily, early evening topical magazine show, 'The One Show', during the programme's four week trial run.
In September 2006, Adrian announced that he would be giving up his BBC Radio 5 Live work to concentrate on his television career.
Aaron's first job in journalism was in his native Australia; he joined the Seven Network as a news reporter in Sydney and Canberra. The States was his next stop, where he was European Bureau chief for Paramount Pictures and Real TV News.
Aaron joined BBC World as a business news presenter in February 2002. He is currently a presenter on 'World Business Report' and also fronts hourly business news bulletins.
As well as the business presenting role, Aaron also provides a weekly round-up of global airline reports for BBC World's weekly travel magazine, 'Fasttrack'.
Mishal joined the BBC as a producer. She then became a business reporter and presenter. In September 2000 she became the launch presenter of 'Asia Business Report' (based in Singapore). She later returned to London to co-present 'World Business Report'.
Mishal is a regular business and news presenter on BBC World.
In early-2006, she was appointed as one of the new regular presenters of the BBC One/BBC News 24 'Breakfast' programme.
Other TV projects: Mishal has also appeared on BBC One's 'Real Story' and presents 'Hardtalk Extra' - an interview-based programme focusing on the world of the arts.
Adrienne has presented for BBC World, as a business presenter.
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Since her broadcasting career started in the late-1980s, Sarah has worked for many national and local TV outlets in the UK. A lot of her work is done on a freelance basis.
Career highlights include: presenter/reporter, 'BBC Newsroom South East' (1991 - 2001); anchor, 'Meridian Tonight' (1998 - 2000); news reader, GMTV (2000/2001); anchor/business presenter/reporter, Sky News (2000/2002/2003/2006); business presenter/reporter, BBC News 24 (2001 - 2003).
A more detailed treatment of Sarah's career can be found at her website - link below.
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Dermot was a presenter on Channel 4's 'Business Daily' and 'Channel 4 Daily' in 1990.
ITN newscaster from February 1992 until 2002. Presenter on Carlton TV's 'The Big Story', 1993 until 1997.
He joined BBC TV's 'Breakfast' in September 2002.
Miriam's first broadcasting job was as a researcher on 'This Is Your Life' in the days when Eamon Andrews was still at the helm. She later moved to the BBC, initially as a producer and then as a reporter on 'Newsnight'.
In 1993, Miriam returned to Ireland. She became one of the main presenters on RTÉ's business affairs programme 'Marketplace'.
In 1996, Miriam was appointed as one of the regular anchors on a new current affairs programme, 'Prime Time'.
Adam has an honours degree in economics. He started out as an actor, working with the Royal Shakespeare company.
His first broadcasting job was with the BBC, working on 'Watchdog' and 'That's Life'. He later worked for Japanese television as a reporter and presenter. He also worked at Sky as a business reporter.
He returned to the BBC as a business presenter on BBC World and 'Business Breakfast'. In September 1994, he became a presenter on the new daytime BBC Two business programme, 'Working Lunch'.
He has reported for the BBC from the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Canada and Romania.
Adam has also presented BBC Radio 5 Live’s 'Wake Up To Money' and BBC Radio 4’s 'Financial World Tonight'.
He has written for a number of newspapers including The Independent, The Mail on Sunday and Metro. He has also written and co-authored a number of books: Political Rhubarb; Money And How To Make More Of It; Managing Credit; Investing Basics.
He won the Plain English Campaign Broadcaster Of The Year award for his work in simplifying the language used by business people. For two years running he was Proshare Personality Of The Year for his work in reporting on the world of shares and investments.
Valerie is a former actress, who began her television career as a BBC TV in-vision announcer in early-1962. She auditioned for 'Blue Peter' in April 1962 and became one of the best known and longest serving presenters from September 1962 until May 1973, although she continued to appear occasionally in the studio until December 1974 and on film until May 1976.
She still pops up for special anniversaries proudly wearing her gold badge! She has also presented: 'Blue Peter Royal Safari', 1971; 'Blue Peter Special Assignment', 1973 - 1976 and in 1981; 'Val Meets The VIPs',1973; 'All Star Record Breakers', 1974/1975.
She moved to adult TV as presenter on 'Nationwide' in 1977 and 1978. She presented 'Consumer Desk' from 1973 until 1975; 'Tonight', 1978 - 1979; 'The Money Programme', 1980 - 1988. She was a BBC Radio 4 presenter, 'PM', 1981 - 1992.
Valerie is now a travel writer.
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After getting her degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University in 1997, Manisha studied broadcast journalism. In 1998, she began an unpaid internship with Reuters, which later led to a paid position as a producer, specialising in financial news.
She joined the BBC in 2001 as a London Stock Exchange reporter. Since then, Manisha has moved on to present 'World Business Report' and 'Business Today' as well as general news presenting on BBC World.
