Julia Bradbury
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Julia Bradbury (born 1972) 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] She appeared as a contestant in Just the Two of Us for the BBC in January 2007.[4]
In 2007 she presented Wainwright's Walks on BBC4 in which she followed the mountain routes of famous fell-walker and guide writer Alfred Wainwright.
Bradbury is an ambassador for Marie Curie Cancer Care's Great Daffodil Appeal.
[edit] References
- ^ Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Julia Bradbury, TV journalist. Education > Careers Advice. The Independent (9 Mar 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
- ^ personal file. London Evening Standard (May 1999). Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
- ^ BBC website; retrieved 7 Dec 2006
- ^ BBC website; retrieved 16 Dec 2006
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