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Michele Newman (born 8 March 1956) is an English journalist and television producer, previously a
television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
.


Biography

After studying at the
University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...
from 1977 to 1980, Newman worked at the ''
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''. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in
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and
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to learn the languages, teaching English as a private tutor. During this time, she spent a year at the College International de Cannes in France. Her
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qualifications include the
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(language and literature), the equivalent of an English
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. On returning to Britain in 1983, Newman began a presenting career on the regional
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news programme '' Look East'' in
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, and in 1989 moved to
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's '' Central News'' in
Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
. Between 1993 and 1998, she was also a presenter on the BBC motoring programme ''
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''. She also presented ITV's motoring magazine ''
Pulling Power ''Pulling Power'' is a regional motoring programme shown only on Central Television (ITV in the Midlands) in 1996. However, it returned in 2005 and was shown on ITV1 on a series trial basis until 2008, and it was also as a filler programme at ti ...
'' and
Carlton TV Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Televi ...
's live weekly political debate ''It's Your Shout'', broadcast from a variety of locations around the Carlton TV region, now known as ITV London. Newman has also written a motoring column for ''Women’s Journal'' and contributed to the ''
London Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...
.'' She had her own TV production company, Newman Productions Ltd, which produced ''House Race'' for ITV in 2004. This was dissolved in 2010.Newman Productions Ltd.
at companiesintheuk.co.uk After leaving TV she studied
Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...
at the
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in London and later in
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. She is an active volunteer for Beanstalk (formerly known as Volunteer Reading Help) in Birmingham's primary schools.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Michele Living people Alumni of the University of York English television presenters Top Gear people 1956 births