Penny Smith
| Penny Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 September 1958 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, |
| Occupation | Newsreader, television presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
Sky News GMTV (1993–2010) BBC London 94.9 (2013—2015) |
| Website | penny-smith |
Penelope Jane "Penny" Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, and is the current presenter of Saturday Breakfast on Talkradio.
Smith was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and grew up in Rutland. She attended Uppingham Primary School in Uppingham and the Rutland High School for Girls (later Rutland College) in Oakham.
Smith began her career as a reporter and feature writer on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in 1977. After four years, she left to backpack through Central and South America and South East Asia where she reported and presented on a current affairs programme for Radio Television Hong Kong. In 1984 she joined Radio Trent as a reporter/presenter and then worked for Central Television as press officer for documentaries and drama.
After that she co-presented Lookaround, the local evening news for Border Television and in 1987 she joined Thames Television to co-present Thames News with Andrew Gardner. Smith left the station toward the end of 1988 to help launch Sky News in February 1989. In April 1993 she joined GMTV where she stayed on the programme until 4 June 2010.
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