Martine Dennis

Martine Dennis
Born	29 January 1961 (1961-01-29) (age 50) London
Occupation	Newsreader, Journalist, news presenter
Children	2
Nationality	British
Notable credit(s)	The World Today

Martine Dennis is an experienced and well known BBC news anchor. She has been one of the main news presenters of the BBC World News for many years. Ethnically black, she is currently the BBC World News main presenter in the slot 5:00 to 8:00 a.m.GMT on Friday, and 6:00 a.m. to 12 noon GMT on Saturday and Sundays.

Early life and education

Martine Dennis was born on 29 January 1961 in London to Caribbean/Mauritian parents.She studied English and American Studies from 1979-82 at Keele University in England.

Broadcasting career

Martine started her broadcasting career as a graduate trainee at LBC/IRN in London in 1983.There she did parliamentary reporting and made radio documentaries notably Zimbabwe - Five Years after Independence documentary.Also she covered the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Nassau, the Bahamas in 1985 interviewing Rajiv Gandhi, Mrs Thatcher and Edward Seaga.

Later she joined BBC World Service Radio at the United Nations, New York in 1985, covering the Iran and Iraq war and interviewing many world leaders.

In 1987 she became a presenter-producer for Focus on Africa, the BBC African Service, based at Bush House in London and in 1989 Martine became a presenter, reporter and producer at Sky News, London. She was an overnight news presenter until 1991 when she went to South Africa. In South Africa she freelanced for BBC World Service, covering South Africa's first democratic election.

In 1994 she became the presenter of Carte Blanche, South Africa's top weekly current affairs feature programme. In 1995, Martine returned to London to work on current affairs programmes, including Correspondent.

Career at the BBC

When Martine Dennis came back from South Africa in 1995, she worked briefly as a correspondent for BBC1’s Here and Now weekly programme. Later she became a main presenter of BBC World News and has been there ever since. She presented the first edition of The World Today with Tanya Beckett when it was launched in September 2001. She has been the main presenter of The World Today (BBC News at 0500 GMT) since then (as of 2011). She also fronts BBC World News on various time slots. During her long broadcasting career she has presented a wide range of stories.

Personal Life

Martine Dennis is a mother of two children and presently lives in London.

External links

• TV Newsroom
• Martine Dennis on the IMDb
• Profile of Martine Dennis on the frmr. BBC News 24 only accessible within the UK

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Name	Dennis, Martine
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Date of birth	29 January 1961
Place of birth	London
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