Sophie Raworth

Sophie has worked on BBC1’s national news bulletins for the past 20 years, presenting the BBC News at One, Six, and Ten. Before that, she spent five years getting up at 3:00 a.m. for BBC Breakfast with Justin Webb and then Jeremy Bowen. Sophie has fronted many of the BBC’s big events programs over the years – from the Queen’s funeral and royal weddings to Remembrance Sunday, the First World War Centenary, D-Day commemorations, and the London Olympics. She’s worked on numerous current affairs documentaries, including Panorama, and has presented a number of other programs, including Watchdog, Watchdog Daily, Child of Our Time, Tomorrow’s World, and Crimewatch.

In 2014, Sophie became the new face of the BBC’s Chelsea Flower Show coverage on BBC1. Sophie joined the BBC in 1992 as a news trainee after studying French and German at Manchester University. She is also a long-distance running addict. She started running in 2011 and has completed almost 20 marathons all over the world and several ultramarathons, including the Marathon des Sables and the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc’s 36-mile race across the Alps.