Louise Minchin Biography – Louise Minchin Wiki
Louise Minchin (born Louise Mary Grayson) is a British journalist and news presenter who currently works freelance within the BBC.
Since 2006, Minchin has been a regular anchor on the BBC One program Breakfast, currently co-hosting the show three days a week with Dan Walker. On June 8, 2021, Minchin announced live on air that she would be leaving BBC Breakfast “after the summer”, after presenting the show for 20 years. From 2009 until 2012, she co-hosted Real Rescues alongside Nick Knowles and Chris Hollins. She has guest-hosted The One Show a number of times since 2010. She has worked for the Latin American section of the BBC World Service during a year in Argentina, the Today program, Five, and various local radio stations. In 2006, she toured the country in a converted bus meeting England fans as part of the World Cup coverage for BBC News.
She started work for Radio 5 Live in 1998. She presented many of the station’s main programs, including Drive and Breakfast. Between September 2003 and April 2012, she was a regular BBC News Channel presenter, initially working alongside Jon Sopel from 7 pm to 10 pm. She then presented the 2 pm to 5 pm slot, also with Sopel, sharing this shift with Emily Maitlis. She was also one of the main relief presenters for the BBC News at One until April 2012.
In 2006 and 2007, she worked as a relief presenter on BBC Breakfast while Kate Silverton covered for the main anchor Sian Williams. After Williams returned, she continued to co-host the program, and from May 2009 until April 2012 was the regular weekend presenter of the show. In December 2011, the BBC announced that Minchin would replace Williams as the main presenter of BBC Breakfast along with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt when the program moved to Salford—the first edition was presented on Tuesday 10 April 2012. On Tuesday 8 June 2021, she announced live on BBC Breakfast that she will be stepping down from the role later this year to concentrate on other interests.
From 21 April 2008, Minchin presented a weekday programme called Missing Live along with Rav Wilding. The programme was shown at 9:15 am after BBC Breakfast on BBC One and ran for 4 weeks. The show returned for a second four-week run from 16 March 2009, and again in March 2010, highlighting both new cases and those previously featured with updates. Minchin and Colin Jackson presented the Sunday morning show Sunday Life on BBC One in 2008. From November 2, 2009, she presented four weeks of live broadcasts of Real Rescues along with Nick Knowles. She also presented In the Know, a BBC sports magazine programme on Saturday mornings on BBC One during the 2004 Athens Olympics alongside co-presenter John Inverdale.
In April 2010, Minchin co-presented The One Show for a week alongside Chris Hollins while regular hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley were unavailable. She covered again when the show returned in July 2010 for two weeks alongside Matt Baker and one episode with Matt Allwright. Together with Gethin Jones, they presented the documentary series Crime and Punishment, which began on BBC One on 12 March 2012. For a time from November 2012, she was a co-presenter of Radio 5 Live’s Drive program with Peter Allen. She often stands in as the main presenter of BBC Radio 4’s daily consumer program You and Yours. She played herself reading the news in three BBC series: spy drama Spooks, crime drama Silent Witness and the Torchwood miniseries Children of Earth. In 2016, she took part in Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One finishing second. In March 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Chester.
She studied at St Mary’s School, Ascot, and has a degree in Spanish from the University of St Andrews. She subsequently studied journalism at the London College of Communication. Besides working and family life, she also participates in charitable activities by supporting SOS Children Villages. Most of her charity activities involve helping the needy. She is also an amateur triathlete and qualified as a member of the 2015 Great Britain Age-Group Triathlon Team. She competed in the standard distance event (1500 m swim, a 40 km bike ride, and a 10 km run) at the World Triathlon Championships in Chicago on September 19, 2015. She qualified for the team at the Dambuster Triathlon at Rutland Water on June 15, 2015. She went on to finish 71st out of 78 finishers at the ITU World Triathlon Championships.
Louise Minchin Age
She was born on September 8, 1968 in British Hong Kong to a Major in the Irish Guards of the British Army.
Louise Minchin Husband
She is married to her husband, David Minchin. The couple got married on June 6, 1998 and they live near Chester with their two children.
Louise Minchin Children
She has two children, Scarlett Minchin,and Mia Minchin.
Louise Minchin Height
She has a listed height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.73m) tall.
Louise Minchin Instagram
She is on Instagram as @louiseminchin.
