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
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from 1977 to 1980, Newman worked at the ''
Liverpool Echo
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''. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in
Italy
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and
France
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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
French language
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qualifications include the
Alliance française
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(language and literature), the equivalent of an English
A-Level
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.
On returning to Britain in 1983, Newman began a presenting career on the regional
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. Between 1993 and 1998, she was also a presenter on the BBC motoring programme ''
''. She also presented ITV's motoring magazine ''
'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 ''
.'' She had her own TV production company, Newman Productions Ltd, which produced ''House Race'' for ITV in 2004. This was dissolved in 2010.