Sarah Kennedy
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| - | Sarah Kennedy began her broadcasting career with British Forces Broadcasting in Singapore before joining Radio 2 in 1976. In 1980 she became a newsreader for Southern TV and went on to present shows including ''Animal Roadshow'' and 1983's ill-fated ''Nationwide'' replacement, ''Sixty Minutes''. She returned to Radio 2 in 1992, taking up the early morning pre-breakfast-show slot, where she remains to this day. | + | Sarah Kennedy began her broadcasting career with British Forces Broadcasting in Singapore before joining Radio 2 in 1976. In 1980 she became a newsreader for Southern TV and went on to present shows including ''Animal Roadshow'' (and a later ITV equivalent, "Animal Country", both of them with Desmond Morris) and 1983's ill-fated ''Nationwide'' replacement, ''Sixty Minutes''. She returned to Radio 2 in 1992, taking up the early morning pre-breakfast-show slot, where she remains to this day. |
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Revision as of 23:00, 2 September 2010
Biography
Sarah Kennedy began her broadcasting career with British Forces Broadcasting in Singapore before joining Radio 2 in 1976. In 1980 she became a newsreader for Southern TV and went on to present shows including Animal Roadshow (and a later ITV equivalent, "Animal Country", both of them with Desmond Morris) and 1983's ill-fated Nationwide replacement, Sixty Minutes. She returned to Radio 2 in 1992, taking up the early morning pre-breakfast-show slot, where she remains to this day.
Trivia
She coined the term "white van man". For the benefit of readers unfamiliar with modern British slang, a "white van man" is a man who drives a white van.
Contact
To be completed
