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Victoria Hollins is the mother of two daughters and a British
journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
, who works for BBC London News as a reporter and newsreader, mostly working the early morning bulletins on ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
''. On the 8 June 2023, Hollins participated in industrial action in support of the fight against cuts in BBC Local Radio.


Early life

Hollins studied at
the British School in the Netherlands The British School in the Netherlands (BSN) is an IB-classified group of independent schools situated in The Hague area. There are five campuses that together form one school: BSN Senior School Voorschoten, BSN Junior School Leidschenveen, BSN J ...
and the
British School of Brussels British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, before studying at the
University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
from 1995. She then did a post graduate diploma in Journalism at
Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ...
.Victoria Hollins
BBC London, 5 September 2008


Journalism career

Hollins joined the
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in 1999 on their journalistic training scheme, working on local BBC radio stations, then as a news presenter on
BBC Radio Five Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcas ...
. She spent five years at
BBC London 94.9 BBC Radio London is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater London and its surrounding areas. The station broadcasts across the area and beyond, on the 94.9 FM frequency, DAB, Virgin Media channel 937, Sky channel 0152 (in the Lond ...
, before joining the BBC London News on TV. In 2014 Hollins ate a pair of brown shoes for charity as part of Children in Need.


Other activities

In 2011, Hollins appeared as a television presenter in the BBC
sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
'' Life's Too Short''.Life's Too Short - Episode 3
BBC Two, 29 November 2011


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BBC London News - Presenter profiles
BBC One Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham Alumni of Cardiff University BBC newsreaders and journalists {{UK-tv-journalist-stub