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Michael Kenneth Embley (born 25 May 1955) is an

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broadcast journalist, best known as a presenter for

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, an international news and current affairs television channel operated by the

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. He currently presents overnight Tuesday-Friday on

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and the

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Early life

Embley was born in

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, Surrey. Before joining the BBC, Embley began his career training as a newspaper journalist with Thomson daily papers in Wales, on the

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and the Western Mail.

BBC career

He began broadcasting in 1983, working for BBC Wales' ''

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'', followed by the consumer affairs programme ''

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'' in 1987, and ''Public Eye'' in 1989. Whilst working on ''Public Eye'', he was the first British reporter to reach

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to report on the

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. Embley later joined ITN's

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to work as a producer and reporter, before returning to the BBC as a reporter for the flagship One O'Clock News, Six O'Clock News and Nine O'Clock News bulletins. During this time, Embley also worked as a series presenter for ''Nature'' on BBC Two and made two films for ''Panorama''. Embley joined BBC World in 1995, and remained there for two years until he became the main presenter of ''

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'', the BBC's regional news programme for London and the South East of England. After the programme was replaced by two separate regional bulletins (''

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'' and ''

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'') in 2001, Embley rejoined BBC World as a presenter. Since then, he has also presented on the domestic

and carried out one-on-one interviews for the BBC programme ''

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'', as well as reporting several series for the radio station BBC World Service. Mike Embley retired on 15 April 2021.

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