Sean Fletcher

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Sean Fletcher (born 1975, New York City) is a British journalist and radio broadcast personality.

Early life

Born in New York to a Zimbabwean-born mother and English father, he was brought up in Essex, England, and spent some time in Zimbabwe.[1] Fletcher was educated at independent Felsted School, and has a degree in geography from King's College London.

Career

After training as a music producer, Fletcher began his journalism career in Cardiff, producing packages for BBC Radio Wales. He then moved to London to work behind the scenes at Radio 5 Live. Several years later he began working on BBC 2W, the digital TV channel for Wales. He also presented and reported on sport for BBC Wales Today.

From 2005-2011, Fletcher presented sports bulletins on the rolling news channel BBC News, and has also presented sport on the BBC Weekend News and BBC Breakfast on BBC One as well as BBC World News. In March 2010, Fletcher began reporting on news stories for BBC Breakfast.

In October 2011, Fletcher left the BBC to join Sky Sports News.

Personal life

Married to a Welsh language-speaking wife, Fletcher studied Welsh (Cymraeg) as well so that his children could attend a Welsh-language medium school. [citation needed]

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