Alistair Edward Julian Bunkall (born 1983), is a Business Correspondent for Sky News, the 24 hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting. He has occupied this position since October 2011.[1]
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Bunkall was born in Bristol and grew up in the village of Buckland Newton in north Dorset in South West England, in 1982.
Bunkall was educated at Sherborne School, a boarding independent school for boys, in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset in South West England,[2] followed by the University of Bristol in the city of Bristol, also in South West England.[3] He took a Post Graduate Degree at the City University in Central London, in 2004.[4]
After leaving Sherborne School, Bunkall gained work experience at the Dorset Echo, a local daily newspaper. While still at the University of Bristol, he worked for BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset Sound. After completing his Post Graduate Degree at City University in London in 2004, he joined BBC News, and reported for the BBC One O'Clock News. He also worked in two ITV regions: ITV Central and ITV Thames Valley, and for the CKNW radio station in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, on the West Coast of Canada.
Bunkall joined Sky News as a general news reporter in 2007, since when he has reported from Westminster on many occasions, including the MPs' Expenses Scandal of 2009. He was a leading member of Sky News’ Royal Wedding team in 2011, presenting live coverage for many hours on the day of the wedding, and providing videotaped reports for later bulletins. He has also reported from Sudan in the run-up to the crucial elections leading up to Independence, and on the Norwegian twin terror attacks in early 2011, remaining for a week to report on the memorial services in Oslo and Anders Breivik's first court appearance. He also travelled with the Norwegian Red Cross to produce live reports, some from onboard motorboats, on the country's search and rescue missions. He became Sky News Business Correspondent in October 2011.[5]