Tanya Louise Beckett (born July 1966) is an English television and radio journalist.

Early life

Beckett was born in 1966 in

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. She has one brother. She was educated at the independent

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, followed by

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, where she gained a degree in metallurgy and materials science and a Blue in

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Career

Beckett undertook research on the properties of

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and

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s for

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. She spent four years working as an

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for

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in London and

Commerzbank Commerzbank AG () is a major German bank operating as a universal bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In the 2019 financial year, the bank was the second largest in Germany by the total value of its balance sheet. Founded in 1870 in Hambur ...

in Frankfurt, Germany; consequently, she speaks fluent German and French. After training as a journalist, Beckett joined

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in 1993 as a business and political reporter. She spent her career presenting business news for broadcasters including

NBC Europe NBC Europe (formerly Super Channel, and later NBC Channel) was a satellite television network based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe, and it was picked up by various European cable systems where available. The network was base ...

and

, News Direct Radio 97.3 in London,

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and

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. Beckett joined the

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in June 1998. Since then, she has been a presenter for programmes such as

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's ''

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'' in 1998, ''

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,'' ''The World Today'' on

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and, from 2001,

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and

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. Beckett moved her young family to New York City while helping to present the ''

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'' from an office in

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, but returned to London three years later. She presently works on the

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, and from June 2015 started to present ''Talking Business'' on the BBC News Channel. She also presents TV version of ''Witness'' a monthly highlights programme of stories told by the people who were there.

Personal life

After studying together, and then meeting at a college reunion in 1998, on 16 September 2001 Beckett married the Hon. Edward Charles d'Olier Gibson (born 31 December 1967), son of and heir apparent to

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. She lives in the village of

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. The couple have three children. In November 2013, d'Olier Gibson appeared in

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after allegedly assaulting Beckett at their home during a discussion over their possible divorce. Beckett called the police, who in trying to restrain d'Olier Gibson used

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and struck him with a baton. Having discovered a missing shotgun, he was eventually arrested after armed police were called to the property. d'Olier Gibson was charged with assaulting both Beckett and arresting officer PC Aaron Walker; he denied both charges. Convicted for his "sustained and drunken" attack on PC Walker, he was ordered to wear an

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for two months and given a curfew. On release, d'Olier Gibson started divorce proceedings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckett, Tanya Living people Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World News British business and financial journalists People from Maldon, Essex English television journalists English women journalists People educated at Redland High School for Girls Sky News newsreaders and journalists British women television journalists British radio presenters British women radio presenters Women business and financial journalists 1966 births