Rebecca Lowe

Rebecca Lowe (born 11 November, 1980) is a sports reporter and presenter for Setanta Sports. She previously worked at the BBC.

Biography

Education

Lowe graduated with a 2:1 BA Honours Degree in Drama from the University of East Anglia in 2002. In November of the same year she won BBC Television's Talent Search for a football reporter. Lowe progressed through three rounds and was chosen out of 650 candidates.

Work at the BBC

Lowe reported from a top Premiership match every Saturday for "Final Score", was regularly a reporter on interviews and features for "Football Focus", and was the presenter of a "Football in the Community" feature every Sunday morning on "Match of the Day" (all on BBC One).

She was a regular contributor to BBC Television's "Match of the Day 2" and "Grandstand". She was also one of the main sports presenters on BBC News 24 and BBC Radio Five Live, and has additionally broadcast sports news for BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 1, 2 and 4.

Lowe worked as BBC One's England team reporter during the 2005 Women's European Championship, and was a reporter for BBC Two at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia. She also performed the role of pitch side reporter at the FA Women's Cup Final in 2003, 2004 and 2005, which was shown live on BBC One.

Lowe reported from the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Her father Chris Lowe still works for BBC News.

etanta Sports

It was announced that on 28 June 2007 that Lowe would leave the BBC to join Setanta Sports as a football presenter and reporter. [ [http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/blog/rebecca-lowe-joins-setanta/ Rebecca Lowe joins Setanta] TV Newsroom] She currently co-hosts Setanta's coverage of the Football Conference as well as reporting on the Premier League and co-presenting Football Matters, Setanta's Monday night football discussion and review show, alongside James Richardson.

References

*cite press release
title = BBC TV World Cup Team
publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation
date = 2006-04-04
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/04_april/27/worldcup_tvteam.pdf
accessdate = 2006-07-01|format=PDF

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/ BBC Sport web site]
* [http://www.skillset.org/tv/people/article_5523_1.asp Skillset Bio]