James Dagwell

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James Dagwell (born 25 June 1974 in Beckenham, Kent) is a British journalist. He was brought up in Devon, South London and Crowborough.[1]

Education

Dagwell was educated at Beacon Community College, a state comprehensive school in the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, followed by Royal Holloway College, University of London, where he studied for a BA in English and Drama, graduating in 1996.

Life and career

Dagwell started as a news desk assistant on GMTV; then became a reporter for a cable station in 1997; then a presenter and reporter for ITV1 Westcountry news in Plymouth, Devon in 1998. He joined the BBC in 2000 as a producer for Newsround. In 2003, he moved to BBC Three at the launch of their nightly news show The 7 O'Clock News as a reporter. In 2006, he became a presenter of 60 Seconds on BBC Three for two years and launched Entertainment 24 on BBC News.

He presented overnight news on BBC News and BBC World News from 2008 until 2011, including daytime breakfast bulletins during the 2008 Olympic Games and news on BBC News Online and BBC Red Button. He had his own entertainment show, E24, at weekends on BBC World News about theatre, film, music and arts news and interviews and also on BBC News Online and BBC iPlayer. He has presented entertainment news on Claudia Winkleman's BBC Radio 2 programme on Fridays and previously Your News for the BBC and STORYFix, an irreverent look back at the week's news, one of BBC News's first vodcasts. He left full-time employment with the BBC in April 2011 and now freelances for BBC News.

References

  1. ↑ Q and A with James Dagwell. TV Newsroom, 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.


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