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Celina Alexandra Hinchcliffe (born 21 March 1976 in
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,
Sky News and
ITV.
Early life
Hinchcliffe is the daughter of television producer
Philip Hinchcliffe
Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born October 1944) is a retired English television producer, screenwriter and script editor. After graduating from Cambridge University, he began his career as a writer and script editor at Associated Television befo ...
and her uncle is the actor
Geoffrey Whitehead
Geoffrey Whitehead (born 1 October 1939) is an English actor. He has appeared in a range of television, film and radio roles. In the theatre, he has played at Shakespeare's Globe, St Martin's Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic.
Early life
Whiteh ...
. She was educated at the independent
Sir William Perkins's School in
Chertsey
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in t ...
, and then gained a
BA in Drama and English from the
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...
in 1997.
Career
Hinchcliffe initially worked with various theatre companies.
BBC
Hinchcliffe got her first break in broadcasting in 2001 at
BBC Southern Counties Radio
BBC Southern Counties Radio was a BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. The station also covered a large part of north-east Hampshire. It was the first BBC local radio station to introduce an all-speech format. ...
, reporting on the likes of
Crawley Town
Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...
and
Lewes. At around the same time, she also appeared on the BBC One game show ''
Dog Eat Dog''. From there, she worked as a reporter on African Football for the
BBC World Service, and then at
BBC Radio 5 Live.
In the summer of 2002, she joined
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
and
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...
as a sports presenter. In 2005, she fronted
BBC Two's live coverage of
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
's matches in the
women's European football championship. On 21 January 2006, she became the first woman to present
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
's Saturday lunchtime show ''
Football Focus
''Football Focus'' is a BBC television magazine programme launched in 1974 covering football, normally broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. From the 2009–10 season to the 2020–21 season Football Focus ...
''. In 2005 she was the first woman to present ''
Match of the Day
''Match of the Day'' (abbreviated to ''MOTD'') is a football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights, during the Premier League season. The show's current presenter is former England international striker Gary ...
''. In 2006, she presented
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...
's coverage of some England's qualifiers for the
FIFA Women's World Cup 2007. In 2008, she also appeared on the ''
BBC 8pm News summary'', while usual presenter
Ellie Crisell was on maternity leave. In light of
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flag ...
presentation moving to
MediaCityUK in
Salford
Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...
, Hinchcliffe made her final on-air presentation on the BBC on 21 February 2012, presented with her favourite chocolate cake by the floor manager.
Sky News
Hinchcliffe joined
Sky News in March 2012 and began presenting sports bulletins for them from January 2013.
Freelance
As a freelancer, she covers the French Open tennis for ITV alongside John Inverdale.
Personal life
Hinchcliffe married in May 2009, and gave birth to a son the following year. She suffered from post-natal depression but recovered after receiving counselling. She had her second son in 2013.
Hinchcliffe lists her interests as film, theatre, and live music. She is also a supporter of
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...
.
About Celina Hinchcliffe
BBC Sport, 28 April 2006
References
External links
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1976 births
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
BBC sports presenters and reporters
English association football commentators
English television presenters
Living people
People educated at Sir William Perkins's School
People from Windsor, Berkshire
Sky News newsreaders and journalists
Sky Sports presenters and reporters
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