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Victoria Derbyshire (Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire) was born on 2 October, 1968 in Bury, Lancashire, England, is a British journalist (born 1968). Discover Victoria Derbyshire's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

Popular As Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire
Occupation Journalist, newsreader, television presenter
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 2 October, 1968
Birthday 2 October
Birthplace Bury, Lancashire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Victoria Derbyshire's Husband?

Her husband is Mark Sandell (m. 2018)

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1968

Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire (born 2 October 1968) is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster.

Derbyshire was born on 2 October 1968 in Bury, Lancashire, to Pauline and Anthony Derbyshire, but moved to Littleborough as a child.

She attended Bury Grammar School for Girls, an independent school, before studying English language and literature at the University of Liverpool.

Afterwards, she attended a postgraduate diploma course in radio and TV journalism at Preston Polytechnic (now the University of Central Lancashire).

She has said that her father Anthony physically abused her, her mother, and her younger brother and sister.

Derbyshire's mother eventually walked out, leaving with the three children; Victoria was 16 and never saw her father again.

1998

From the latter, she joined BBC Radio 5 Live in 1998, at first deputizing for Jane Garvey on the breakfast show, and later as the regular co-presenter with Julian Worricker when Garvey moved on.

The programme won Gold Sony Awards in 1998 and 2002.

2001

She also co-presented the last episode of Central Weekend Live in 2001.

2003

In January 2003, Worricker left the breakfast show, and Derbyshire was partnered by Nicky Campbell.

2004

After being on maternity leave, she took over the morning news programme in August 2004.

She covered some of the biggest global stories since joining 5 Live: 9/11, the Paris Concorde crash, general elections and the Olympic Games.

On TV she has covered the Grenfell Tower fire and the Manchester Arena bombing.

2010

In September 2010, she interviewed her own BBC Radio 5 Live superior about why he was not moving to MediaCityUK in Salford when the station moved in autumn 2011.

Describing the interview, The Guardian said: "Derbyshire's grilling of the station's controller Adrian Van Klaveren made Jeremy Paxman's infamous interview with Mark Thompson look like a vicar's tea party."

Derbyshire did not move to Salford and often presented from London.

In the first three months in MediaCity she had spent only two weeks broadcasting from Salford.

Derbyshire has worked on television news and political programmes including This Week, an interview series, Victoria Derbyshire Interviews.., on the BBC News Channel, and Watchdog, as well as Panorama.

She hosted a sports chat show on Channel 4 on Saturday mornings called SportsTalk.

2011

In October 2011, Derbyshire made her debut on Have I Got News for You.

2013

In autumn 2013, under the new editorship of Ian Katz, Derbyshire began presenting Newsnight while continuing to present her daily 5 Live programme.

2014

Her final Radio 5 Live show was broadcast on 5 September 2014.

The Victoria Derbyshire current affairs TV programme was her idea; she suggested it to James Harding, then head of BBC News, who commissioned it three days later.

2015

Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020.

She has also presented Newsnight and BBC Panorama.

She was one of eight women to appear in ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night – an entertainment documentary to raise awareness of breast cancer.

She previously presented the morning news, current affairs and interview programme on BBC Radio 5 Live between 10 am and 12 noon each weekday.

She left at the same time as fellow 5 Live broadcasters Richard Bacon and Shelagh Fogarty.

It was first broadcast on 7 April 2015 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.

2020

She talked about these events during an edition of the BBC's Panorama Derbyshire presented on domestic abuse in lockdown in August 2020.

When she was 17, she had a summer job at a furniture factory which she described as the worst job in her life.

Derbyshire worked as a reporter for BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and later worked for BBC GMR Radio.

The programme was cancelled in January 2020; the BBC said that the cost was too high.

and it did not attract young and diverse audiences.

She was not informed of the decision before the story appeared in The Times.

The last programme was broadcast in March 2020.

Since then, Derbyshire has presented BBC News at 9 9am-11am on BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

She appeared on screen during a Coronavirus lockdown with the telephone number of the National Domestic Abuse hotline written on her hand, to raise awareness of the plight of people that were suffering during the first lockdown due to having to isolate with abusive partners.

In November 2020, it was announced that Derbyshire would be taking part in the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

She was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated alongside Beverley Callard on 30 November.