Adam Parsons (born July 15, 1970 in London) is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC.
Previously he was a Sports Correspondent for BBC News, appearing regularly on BBC One, BBC Radio and BBC News, the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel. Since 2007 he was also a regular relief presenter on the channel. He used to regularly co-present Your News, shown on the BBC News Channel at the weekends. His other work for the BBC included a special report for Panorama, the BBC's current affairs programme,[1] and he was also a familiar voice across BBC Radio. Whilst the 2012 Olympic bids were taking place Parsons worked as the BBC's Olympic bid specialist[2]
Before joining the BBC in May 2001, he launched the sports section of the Sunday Business newspaper, and was the paper's Sports Editor, becoming the youngest Sports Editor of a British national newspaper. He was previously Motor Racing Correspondent of The Sunday Times and has written widely about Formula One.
He went to Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree, and studied Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. Parsons started his career at the Watford Observer newspaper.
He was nominated for the Sports News Reporter award at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards in 2003, though the award eventually went to Channel Four's Sue Turton.[3]
During his time at the BBC, Parsons reported on every major sporting event, including the football World Cup, the Olympics, Formula One, Ashes Cricket and England's triumph in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
He left the BBC in 2009 to take over as the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the British Olympic Association. During this period, Parsons served as Team GB's press attache at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He later had a spell as Director of Communications for Travelodge, one of Britain's biggest hotel companies.
In 2011, Parsons returned to the BBC as a presenter on the BBC News Channel and on BBC World News. He has presented programmes on Radio Five Live and also presented the business news on the BBC News Channel.
He has written two books on Motor Racing - F1: Through the Eyes of Damon Hill, and Five Days of a Grand Prix