Vivien Dale Victoria Lumsden (born 22 November 1952 in

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) was a newsreader on the Scottish TV (

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) news programme, ''

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'' for nine years. Before Scottish TV, she worked on BBC Scotland's ''

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'' from 1984 to 1989. She co-presented ''The Home Show'' on STV with her husband Alan Douglas for six years and won a BAFTA for the Best Special Interest Programme in 1997. She started her career at Radio Clyde, before working as an AA traffic reporter, and then joining the BBC as a ''Breakfast Time'' newsreader. Lumsden also fronted coverage of the

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in 1988 for BBC Scotland and was the host who read out the Scottish votes for the BBC Song For Europe 1985 from the old BBC studios in Glasgow. During the early 1990s, she presented her own chat show, ''Viv on Sunday''. A director of

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in Glasgow until it was bought over to become Smooth FM, Lumsden is on the board of the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in the city. She was restaurant critic for ''Scottish Field'' magazine, and occasionally writes and broadcasts on aspects of the hospitality industry, travel and home style and design.

Education

Lumsden attended

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in Edinburgh, followed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She then entered teacher training, qualifying as a speech and drama teacher. However, during her training, she became interested in radio and took up a job at Radio Clyde.

Personal life

Lumsden has an adult son and daughter and two granddaughters. Her daughter Victoria, is a

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travel news presenter. Her husband is former BBC Scotland presenter Alan Douglas.

Sources

* 1952 births Living people BBC Scotland newsreaders and journalists Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters STV News newsreaders and journalists British restaurant critics British women television journalists Scottish radio presenters Scottish women radio presenters {{BBC-tv-bio-stub