{{Infobox person , name = Sean Fletcher , image = , caption = , birth_date = {{birth date and age, 1974, 4, 20, df=y , birth_place =

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ITV (2014–present)

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'' (2015–present) Sean Fletcher (born 20 April 1974) is an American-English journalist, rapper, and television presenter best known as a presenter on '' Good Morning Britain'' and on ''

''. Fletcher has also presented the ITV daytime game show '' Rebound'' (2015–2016) and the BBC Sunday morning talk show '' Sunday Morning Live'' (2017–present).

Early life and education

Born in

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to a

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an-born mother and

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father, he was brought up in

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and in

. Fletcher was educated at

, an

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in the village of

Felsted Felsted (sometimes spelt Felstead) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Bannister Green, Bartholomew Green, Causeway End, Coblers Green, Cock Green, Frenches Gr ...

(near

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) in Essex, followed by

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, where he obtained a degree in

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Career

After training as a music producer, Fletcher began his journalism career in

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, producing packages for

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. He then moved to

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to work behind the scenes at

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. Several years later he began working on

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, the digital TV channel for Wales. He also presented and reported on sport for

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. From 2005 until 2011, Fletcher presented sports bulletins on the rolling news channel

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, and has also presented sport on the ''

BBC Weekend News ''BBC Weekend News'' is the BBC's national news programme on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as ''BBC News''. It is called ''BBC Weekend News'' on all bulletins, apart from the late bu ...

'' and ''

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'' on

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as well as

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. In March 2010, Fletcher began reporting on news stories for ''BBC Breakfast''. In October 2011, Fletcher left the BBC to join

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, where he worked until his departure in early 2014. On 3 March 2014, it was announced Fletcher would become a sports newsreader on the new

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programme '' Good Morning Britain''.{{cite news , url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26351796 , title = Susanna Reid quits BBC for ITV , date = 3 March 2014 , publisher =

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He first appeared on the programme on its opening day, 28 April 2014. In 2015, Fletcher presented '' Rebound'', a ten-part daytime game show for ITV, airing in the 5 pm slot. A second series of the show was produced and aired in 2016. In September 2015, he appeared in an episode of ''

All Star Mr & Mrs ''All Star Mr & Mrs'' is a British television show which first began airing on 12 April 2008 on ITV. It is a celebrity revival of the original '' Mr and Mrs'' that aired on ITV from 1968 to 1988 with two separate revivals in 1995–1996 and 1 ...

'' alongside his wife Luned. Since October 2015, Fletcher has been an occasional reporter for ''

'' on

. Fletcher co-presented the

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream a ...

series ''Food Detectives'' alongside

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and

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in 2016. Since 2017, he has presented the Sunday morning

programme '' Sunday Morning Live'' alongside Emma Barnett. He has also been an occasional co-presenter of the

Sunday programme ''

Songs of Praise ''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK. The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Ta ...

''. In September 2017, Fletcher replaced Matthew Wright as presenter of BBC's current affairs programme '' Inside Out London''. In October 2017, he co-presented '' Britain's Classroom Heroes'' with Naga Munchetty on

Personal life

Fletcher speaks

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, and is married to

television producer and director Luned Tonderai. The couple have two children. He is a

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι� ...

. He supports

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Charity

In 2014, Fletcher became a celebrity ambassador for the UK charity, Balls to Cancer. In September 2015, Sean became an ambassador for the Beating Bowel Cancer charity. He ran the

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and 2016 London Marathon to raise money for the charity. In 2017, Fletcher ran the

London Marathon The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically he ...

for Heads Together and Young Minds UK. In 2016, he played for the 'Rest of the World' team on ITV's celebrity football match ''

Soccer Aid ''Soccer Aid'' is a British annual (formerly bi-ennial) charity event that has raised over £38 million in aid of UNICEF UK, through ticket sales and donations from the public. The televised event is a friendly-style football match between tw ...

'', which supports

UNICEF UK UNICEF UK, also known as the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF, is one of 36 UNICEF national committees based in industrialised countries. The national committees raise funds for the organisation's worldwide emergency and development work. In 2 ...

Filmography

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Lord Mayor's Show The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 13th century. A new lord mayor is appointed every year, and the public parade that takes place as his or her in ...

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series , - , rowspan="2" , 2022 , ''Wonders of the Border'' , ITV series , - , ''Britain's Secret War Babies'' ,

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References

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External links

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Official website
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