Peter Dobbie

Peter Dobbie

Peter Dobbie is a news presenter on the BBC's 24 hour international news channel, BBC World. Dobbie also presented news on BBC World's sister channel, BBC News 24 until April 2006, when he moved from his 10:30pm-1am late-evening slot, back to BBC World. He can also be regularly heard fronting World Have Your Say on World Service Radio at 1800 GMT Monday-Friday; as well as World Update, a breakfast briefing programme aimed at a US audience, made by the World Service for Public Radio stations in America.

Dobbie, originally from the west of Scotland, began his television career working for local channels in England. He has worked across many of BBC media outlets aside from BBC World and News 24. These have included "Breakfast" on BBC One, "From Our Own Correspondent" on BBC World Service Radio, BBC Radio 5 Live and the PM programme on BBC Radio 4. He has also provided articles for BBC News Online.

Dobbie's work for BBC News has taken him over much of the world, both presenting and reporting from countries including France, Germany, Portugal, Finland and Italy. Following the Asian Tsunami in December 2004, he presented from Galle in southern Sri Lanka. He also presented coverage of the launch of the new Airbus A380 from Toulouse in France for BBC News 24, BBC World, BBC Breakfast and BBC Three.

Dobbie has also worked in southern Iraq during the conflict there, in Basra, Safwan, the RAF base at Ali Al Salem Air Base, and in Kuwait, reporting live from these locations for BBC News Specials on BBC One, BBC News 24, BBC World, and BBC Three.

Dobbie is an avid snowboarder and a qualified instructor. He also competes in triathlons. Dobbie successfully finished Ironman Germany in 2005, and represented his country at the European Triathlon Championships in 2006, as a member of Team GB, at Autun in France.

References

* [http://www.f4group.co.uk/month_05_2007.htm Artistes of the Month] Performing artists online corporate speaker bureau
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/bbc_news_24/3492833.stm BBC News 24 | Peter Dobbie]
* [http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/profiles/profile.php?page=peterdobbie TV Newsroom profile]


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