Sarah-Jane Mee (born 10 July 1978) is a

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presenter and the anchor of ''

The Sarah-Jane Mee Show ''The Sarah-Jane Mee Show'' (also known as ''Sky News with Sarah Hewson'') is a weekday news programme in the United Kingdom on Sky News, presented by Sarah-Jane Mee. The slot has been part of the Sky News schedule since 2005, most notably with ...

''. From October 2016 until October 2019, Mee anchored ''Sunrise''.

Career

After graduating from the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, Mee joined Sky Sports as a runner, then moved to the planning desk before becoming a producer. In October 2002, she joined

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to present the sport on Central News West, and latterly the main news programme. She also anchored the pan-regional programme, ''Soccer Monday''. She then became the face of sport for ITV in the Midlands. As well as presenting on the six o'clock news programme

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most evenings as Main and Sports Presenter, she was the main presenter of ITV Central's popular weekly Central Soccer Night show. She co-hosted the ITV Central and London football programme ''Hancock's Half-Time'', along with

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(which replaced ''Central Soccer Night''). The show was later given its original name of ''Central Soccer Night'' after Hancock departed, and Mee hosted the show into 2007, along with former

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and

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striker

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. She also co-presented the last series of

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's ''

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'' with

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and

Edd China Edward John China (born 9 May 1971) is an English television presenter, mechanic, motor specialist and inventor, best known as being presenter and mechanic on Discovery Channel's television show ''Wheeler Dealers''. He has also appeared on ''To ...

. Her radio career began in 2006, when she stood in for Hellon Wheels on the ''Ed James Breakfast Show'' on 100.7 Heart FM, whilst Hellon had her first baby. After a successful three-month stint on the show over the Summer of 2006, she rejoined the show as a regular host in January 2007. In January 2008, it was announced that she would leave both Central Television and Heart FM to rejoin

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. She left Central in January, and presented her last show for Heart in March. Mee became a part of Sky Sports'

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team on Wednesday evenings, alongside

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. Since May 2009, Mee has co-presented ''

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'' on

. In August 2013, she started presenting a new weekly show on Sky Sports called ''What's The Story?'' In June 2014 Mee cycled the 190 km leg of the upcoming

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, from

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for the Sky Sports show ''Riding The Dales''. In July 2014, while attending the launch of French Connection's "Never Miss a Trick" collection at the brand's flagship

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store, Mee was sawn in half by magician Troy in a performance of his

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illusion in the store's main window. From October 2019 Mee has been the presenting ''

'' on

, Monday to Thursday 2 pm – 5 pm.

Personal life

She married Ben Richardson, the chief executive of a branding agency, in 2022. They have a daughter born in June 2020. Mee is stepmother to Ben's son from a previous relationship.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mee, Sarah-Jane 1978 births Living people Alumni of the University of Manchester English television personalities English radio personalities Sky News newsreaders and journalists