Mary Rhodes (born 1969) is the main presenter of the BBC TV news programme ''
Midlands Today''.
She was previously a regular sports presenter on
BBC World,
BBC One and
BBC News 24. She hosted the daily magazine programme ''110%''.
Early life
Rhodes was educated at
Weobley High School
Weobley High School is a Mixed-sex education, mixed secondary school located in Weobley in the English county of Herefordshire.
It is a Community school (England and Wales), community school administered by Herefordshire Council, and mainly adm ...
before taking A-levels in Communication Studies, English, General Studies and Psychology at
Hereford Sixth Form College.
[Mary Rhodes Returns to College]
Hereford Sixth Form College, 24 April 2006 She graduated in 1990 from Birmingham Polytechnic (now
Birmingham City University), where she studied for a degree in
media and
communications (specialising in
television).
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Broadcasting career
Before coming to News 24, Rhodes was a freelancer, working across the BBC's radio stations. Her favourite sport is tennis, and her break in sports reporting/presenting came when she was at Wimbledon
Wimbledon most often refers to:
* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
Places London
* ...
, presenting on the local radio service Radio Wimbledon. She has been covering the tournament since 1995.[
Rhodes also presented '' The Heaven and Earth Show'' on BBC1.][
In 2011, she took over as presenter of BBC West Midlands show ''Inside Out'' after the programme went through several guest presenters following the sacking of previous presenter Ashley Blake. Rhodes also became a reporter on '' Midlands Today'' alongside her ''Inside Out'' duties and, in 2012, she became the main presenter of ''Midlands Today'' when ]Suzanne Virdee
Suzanne Nicole Virdee (born 16 October 1969 in Solihull, Warwickshire, now the West Midlands) is a British journalist and television presenter, working on a freelance basis with UK news organisation ITN.
Career
Virdee became a journalist at the ...
left the programme. She shares main presented duties with Nick Owen.
Mary is a fan of '' West Bromwich Albion Football Club'' and a member of their ''Warwickshire Supporters Club Branch''.
References
External links
Mary Rhodes Q and A's
TV Newsroom
Mary Rhodes Conference Presenting Profile
Alumni of Birmingham City University
BBC newsreaders and journalists
BBC World News
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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