Michael Peschardt

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Michael Peschardt
Michael Peschardt

Michael Peschardt is a journalist and broadcaster for BBC News. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood and the University of Oxford. He is the BBC's Sydney correspondent, covering a range of stories from Australia and South East Asia for the BBC's UK-based TV and Radio services, including BBC Radio 4 and BBC News 24 as well as the international channel BBC World.

Peschardt also hosts BBC World's programme Peschardt's People, which profiles well-known personalities in the Asia-Pacific. Interviewees have included Singaporean actress Fann Wong, New Zealand actor Sam Neill, Bollywood star Preity Zinta and Australian basketball player Luc Longley.

As well as this, he regularly returns to the UK to fill in for absent presenters on BBC One's morning news programme BBC Breakfast.