Julia Bradbury
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Julia Bradbury is best known as a presenter (since 2005) of the BBC1 programme Watchdog.
Bradbury attended primary school in Edith Weston (Rutland), followed by King Edward VII School in Sheffield, where her father worked in the steel industry and her mother ran a fashion business.[1]
She left school at 16 after O-levels and worked in advertising in various capacities, including a stint with the family business.
She started as a TV presenter with Chrysalis TV, followed by L!ve TV, before making the transition from cable TV to terrestrial with GMTV, as their Los Angeles correspondent. She has presented Top Gear for the BBC, Wish You Were Here...? for ITV and has anchored Exclusive! for Channel 5.[2]
With co-host Arkin Salih, she hosted the BBC's Are We Being Served?, which examined customer service in the UK and ran for 6 programmes in the summer of 2006.[3]
Bradbury is an ambassador for Marie Curie Cancer Care's Great Daffodil Appeal.
[edit] References
- ^ Article in The Independent, 9 Mar 2006; retrieved 6 Dec 2006
- ^ Article in the London Evening Standard, May 1999; retrieved 6 Dec 2006
- ^ BBC website; retrieved 7 Dec 2006
