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Elizabeth Greenwood-Hughes (née Greenwood) is an English television presenter working for the
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. She is currently a regular presenter of Sports News on the
BBC News Channel
BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
and the ''
BBC Weekend News
''BBC Weekend News'' is the BBC's national news programme on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as ''BBC News''. It is called ''BBC Weekend News'' on all bulletins, apart from the late bu ...
''.
Education
She studied film and photography at Salisbury College of Art, which became
Wiltshire College.
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Presenting career
After working on ''
BBC South Today
''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire.
Since 2000, an opt-out of the main progra ...
'' she presented ''
Newsround'', the children's current affairs show on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
between 2001 and 2008. She co-presented the show's 30th Anniversary edition with original presenter
John Craven
John Raymond Craven, (born 16 August 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC programmes '' Newsround'', ''Countryfile'' and '' Beat the Brain''.
Early life
Craven was born in Leeds, West Rid ...
. She then went on to present ''
Sportsround
''Sportsround'' is a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme ''Newsround''. The sports magazine show was broadcast between 2005 and 2010, on Friday evenings at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturday mornings on BBC Two at 7.25am.
'' ...
'' on
BBC Two from 2005, with co-host
Jake Humphrey
Jacob John Humphrey DL (born 7 October 1978) is an English television presenter, best known for hosting Champions League and Premier League football on BT Sport, CBBC's Bamzooki, and BBC Sport's coverage of Formula 1 Grand Prix. He is the co- ...
.
Moving to sports presenting, she was part of the BBC's presenting line-up at the
2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 ( Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
, the
2008 Beijing Olympics and
Paralympics and the
2006 Turin and
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
.
She then worked on ''
The Football League Show
''The Football League Show'' is a BBC One football television show, primarily hosted by Manish Bhasin. It features match highlights from the Championship, League One and League Two. It began on 8 August 2009, at 11:45 pm and immediately f ...
'', a highlights show covering all the lower
English leagues on Saturday night.
Personal life
In 2005, Greenwood married
Geraint Hughes, a former BBC News Sports Correspondent, who later joined
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
. They have two children. They also have a rescue dog called Schafernaker, named after BBC weather colleague,
Tomasz Tomasz is a Polish language, Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas (given_name), Thomas in English language, English.
Notable people with the given name include:
*Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer
*Tomasz Arciszewski (1877&n ...
.
She once played for the
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
mixed hockey team and still plays for her local club. She regularly jogs alongside her dog Zededee, a rescue lurcher, and has completed the
London Marathon
The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically he ...
.
References
External links
Lizzie Greenwood-HughesBBC South Today, 8 June 2009
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes: Biography and ImagesTV Newsroom
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
BBC sports presenters and reporters
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