Sue Lawley (born 14 July 1946) is an English broadcaster.
Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England and brought up in the Black Country, she was educated at Dudley Girls High School and graduated in modern languages from the University of Bristol and some time later started her career at the BBC in Plymouth. Whilst at university, due to peer pressure, she changed or moderated her "Dudley (Black Country) accent", to one more closely associated with ...
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Sue Lawley (born 14 July 1946) is an English broadcaster.
Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England and brought up in the Black Country, she was educated at Dudley Girls High School and graduated in modern languages from the University of Bristol and some time later started her career at the BBC in Plymouth. Whilst at university, due to peer pressure, she changed or moderated her "Dudley (Black Country) accent", to one more closely associated with RP or Standard English.
She started her professional career as a trainee reporter on the Western Mail and South Wales Echo between 1967 and 1970, during which she shared a house in Cardiff with Michael Buerk. She then moved to BBC Plymouth as a subeditor and Freelance reporter from 1970 until 1972. In 1972, she gained prominence as one of the reporters/presenters of the BBC TV's news magazine Nationwide which she appeared on until 1975, when she was offered the main anchor role on the nightly news show Tonight. Lawley left Tonight on maternity...
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