Tina Daheley

Tina Daheley interviews England women's national football team coach Mark Sampson

Tina Daheley is a journalist and presenter who works for the BBC. She presents the news, sport and weather bulletins half-hourly from 06:30 to 09:30 during the The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw, often contributing to discussions during the show. She has presented television coverage of women's football and co-presented the BBC Three political discussion show Free Speech, alongside Rick Edwards.[1]

Daheley has also presented the 60 Seconds news on BBC Three, E24 on the News Channel and Revealed (BBC Two's Switch Zone). She is the former host of the 1xtra news show, the flagship news programme for 1xtra.

She is regularly seen fronting the BBC News 8pm update on BBC One. Since July 2016, Daheley has been a relief presenter on BBC Breakfast and Victoria Derbyshire.

From September 2016, Daheley will become one of the main presenters for Crimewatch, alongside Jeremy Vine.[2]

Personal life

Daheley comes from a Sikh family and was brought up in Perivale, West London.[3] She studied computer science at Brunel University and went on to study a Masters in journalism in Leeds.[3] She is an Arsenal supporter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Free Speech presenter page
  2. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a803721/jeremy-vine-is-the-new-host-of-crimewatch/
  3. 1 2 3 Dobinson, Kathryn (12 June 2014). "Tina Daheley: How I cracked into the macho world of football reporting". The Telegraph.
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