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Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader, and television presenter. She joined the

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as a researcher for ''

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'' in 1989, and has since become the first female newsreader on the ''

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'', as well as presenting many flagship programmes for the corporation, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' Since 10 January 2019, she has been the presenter of the

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television programme ''

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''.

Early life and education

Bruce was born on 25 April 1964 in what was then the State of Singapore, Malaysia to an English mother and a Scottish father, who had a long career at

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, becoming a regional managing director. Before that, the Bruce family had lived for several generations in the fishing village of

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in Scotland. Bruce has two elder brothers. She was educated at Gayton Primary School in Wirral, the International School of Milan, and then from the age of 14 until 18 attended

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, London. During the latter period she

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for the stories in the teenage girls' magazine '' Jackie''. Bruce's great-grandfather, Frederick Crouch, died in fighting on the Western Front in World War I. Bruce read French and Italian at

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. During this period, she was briefly a

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, singing in rock bands and, at one point, colouring her hair blue for one week. She attended the

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and is a fluent speaker of French and Italian.

Career

After leaving university, Bruce joined a management consulting firm for a year, but found the experience depressingly dull: After this, she worked at a number of advertising agencies including

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(where she met her future husband, a company director). She then went on to meet

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– at that time the editor of the

...
's ''

'' – at a wedding, and in 1989 he gave her a job as a researcher on the programme.

News and current affairs

After becoming an assistant producer on ''Panorama'', she made the change to reporting in 1992 on ''

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''. She then moved to

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, appearing as an occasional presenter and reporter on ''

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'' and a weekly current affairs programme, ''First Sight''. From 1994 to 1995, she was a reporter on the BBC2 current affairs programme ''Public Eye''. She then reported for ''Panorama'' and ''

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''. In 1999, as part of a major relaunch of the BBC's news output, Bruce was named secondary presenter of the ''BBC Six O'Clock News''. She presented the programme as a cover for the main presenter

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, as well as regularly on Fridays, until a presenter reshuffle in January 2003 to coincide with the retirement of

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and the move of

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to the

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. Both Edwards and Bruce moved to the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News'' and continue to present the programme. Bruce was the first female presenter of the bulletin. In 2007, Bruce returned to presenting the ''BBC News at Six''. After an eleven-year tenure, she stepped down in January 2019. From 2003 to 2007, Bruce presented and reported in the

current affairs series, ''

''. After the murder of

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, Bruce took over the position of co-presenter on ''

'' alongside

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, until both were replaced by

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towards the end of 2007. In 2001, Bruce became one of the presenters of the BBC

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results programme. In 2006, following a court case whereby

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requested that a Christian employee conceal her cross, because it infringed the airline's dress code, the BBC disclosed it had some concerns over the fact that Bruce often wore a

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, although she was not banned from doing so. On 10 January 2019 Bruce, as the first full-time female host, succeeded long-time host

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on the BBC's debate programme ''

''. Her tenure as host was almost immediately embroiled in controversy, and in May 2020, Bruce stated "QT is without doubt the hardest job I’ve ever done."

Other programmes

In September 1998, Bruce became the presenter for

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's ''Antiques Show'', which was in its fourth series. She presented it for a further two series, showing her interest in presenting antiques programmes nearly a decade before presenting ''

''. On 22 June 2007 it was announced that Bruce was to replace the retiring

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as presenter of ''Antiques Roadshow'' the following spring; this initially caused some controversy. However, average viewership increased during Bruce's first year as presenter. In 2007, Bruce wrote and presented a BBC documentary about

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left office. Bruce also occasionally presented special editions of ''

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''. In one, she profiled the entrepreneur

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. She said of the experience: "It was a bit like being in front of a hair dryer at very close quarters. He's not backwards in coming forward in his opinions." During the documentary, Bruce – who has always publicly identified herself as a

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– challenged Sugar's view that women should openly disclose their childcare commitments to a potential employer. Her point was that if men were not required to declare their ability to meet the demands of their job, it was not right that women should do so. ''Victoria: A Royal Love Story'' (2010) is a BBC documentary, written and presented by Bruce, charting the story of the love affair between

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and Prince Albert, and documenting the collection of paintings, sculptures, and jewellery they gave each other. Since 2011, she has co-hosted the BBC television series ''

'' alongside

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, which examines the process of establishing the authenticity of works of art, including the use of modern techniques. In 2011, Bruce wrote and presented '' The Queen's Palaces'', a three-part BBC documentary telling the story of Queen

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's three official residences,

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, and

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. In 2012, Bruce wrote and presented a BBC documentary about

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. In 2015 and 2016, she presented the

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quiz programme '' Hive Minds''. In 2017, it was reported that Bruce was paid between £350,000 and £400,000 as a BBC presenter. In early 2019 she stated that she did not keep track of her salary which for 2018 was reportedly £170,000, an amount that did not include her earnings from ''Antiques Roadshow''.

Parody and humour

Bruce was featured in an episode of ''

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'' ( series 10, episode 3), sharing a lift with one of its presenters,

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, and then having to push him out (as he was stuck in a

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, which has no reverse gear). As she walked away, Clarkson commented, without her knowledge until the programme was aired, "She has got quite a nice bottom... I said that out loud, didn't I?" Bruce returned to ''Top Gear'' in the next series ( series 11, episode 4), alongside fellow newsreader

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, for the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car feature. As a comeback to the "nice bottom" comment, she slapped Jeremy's and declared that it "needs a bit of work". Since then, she has also occasionally stood in for a holidaying Clarkson in his ''

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'' car review column, which she referred to as the ultimate revenge: "perching my bottom – nice or otherwise – on his patch." In the BBC Two version of the satirical impressions show '' Dead Ringers'', Bruce is parodied by

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, who ruthlessly exaggerates her mannerisms through sexual innuendo. For example, "Hello, my name is Fiona Bruce sitting on the luckiest chair in Britain", and "Hello, I'm Fiona Bruce; don't touch what you can't afford." She appeared in a tongue-in-cheek

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advert in 2008, featuring the ''Antiques Roadshow'' show where she drove a car through a wall, before running towards a falling vase; the car explodes as she jumps to save the vase from crashing. A less serious side of Bruce has been shown in the BBC's '' Children in Need'' telethon for several years, in the regular section where newsreaders break out from behind their desks to take part in a song and dance number. Having a better singing voice than most of her colleagues, her turn in the 2007 performance, as Velma Kelly – with a rendition of " All That Jazz" – so impressed the makers of the revival production of ''

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'' that they invited her to the London performance of the 10th-anniversary gala, where she appeared on stage in a parade of Velmas. Referring to

's adoration of her – he once described her as "agonisingly gorgeous" – she remarked, "In my twenties I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability. But it's not an issue for me now. If Jeremy Clarkson pays me a compliment, then fine, how nice, 'Thanks Jeremy'."

Political causes

Bruce has often been outspoken regarding her commitment to

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, expressing concern at a 2006 poll that suggested almost three-quarters of women no longer saw feminism as necessary; "The contradictions are still there n societywhich is why I think feminism is still very relevant for me and it's just such a shame that it's become a byword for mustachioed, man-hating women from Lebanon." Despite her firm views on the subject – including a "disappointment" in women who dislike working with other women – she claims to have softened her feminist views from her university days, where she once ran an anti-pornography campaign.

Fathers 4 Justice controversy

Bruce was criticised for showing "blatant bias" when interviewing Matt O'Connor, founder of

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, for a BBC programme in 2004. Bruce, who had featured in advertising campaigns for the charity

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, was accused of having an axe to grind on the issue of

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. Many, including O'Connor, felt she let her own personal view on domestic violence as an issue of gender take over the programme. There were also concerns that O'Connor had originally been invited to speak about

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and the Family Courts, yet the programme was changed to focus on domestic violence. Later, a BBC committee, investigating on behalf of the

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, concluded that there were "some weaknesses" in the programme when considered against the BBC's journalistic values of "Truth and Accuracy, Serving the Public Interest, Impartiality and Diversity of Opinion, Independence and Accountability" but that the programme "still made a valuable contribution to the debate on parental rights". Overall the committee "did not think that these matters were sufficient to constitute a serious breach of editorial standards" and found that "the programme had provided appropriate and balanced information around the allegation that violent men had infiltrated F4J".

Charity work

Bruce is an honorary vice president of optical charity Vision Aid Overseas (VAO), alongside fellow newsreader

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. In February 2005, Bruce did the voice-over for VAO's Lifeline Appeal. In 2007 Bruce launched VAO's Annual Review. Later that year she was one of nine prominent women to take part in the '' What's it going to take?'' campaign for the charity

. In 2009, the

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inducted her into its Hall of Fame in honour of her continued work on their behalf. In accepting the honour, she said, "The work of the NSPCC and ChildLine is desperately important and I do little compared to what needs to be done. But I'm very honoured to be included in the Hall of Fame."

Personal life

Bruce met Nigel Sharrocks (born 1956) when he was director of the advertising agency where she worked. He is non-executive chairman of

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. They married in July 1994 in

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, London. The couple have two children, a son born in January 1998 and a daughter born in November 2001. Bruce encountered much adverse publicity for her decision to return to work with ''

'' 16 days after the birth of her daughter. In 2014, Bruce stated that she does not use social media because of the misogynistic abuse directed towards female celebrities. She was awarded the female

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title in 2010, and accepted it in person. The following year, however, she declared that her acceptance of it had been "hypocritical" and that the award was "demeaning".

References

External links

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Vision Aid Overseas

Profile from BBC News

BBC Newswatch Profile

Her BBC Press Office biography

Profile from 'Real Story'
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Early life and education

Career

News and current affairs

Other programmes

Parody and humour

Political causes

Fathers 4 Justice controversy

Charity work

Personal life

See also

References

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