News about Fiona Bruce

It could have been a post-apocalyptic scene. Shoeless figures lay in a heap on the pavement while others, barely conscious, were slumped in shop doorways. Every few yards along the street, another pitiful sight of humanity laid low by a dismal scourge. Those still moving looked zombified. Those face-down at the side of the road looked dead. Possibly some were. This was downtown Portland, Oregon, last year, learning the hard way what becomes of a city which takes a supposedly 'progressive' approach to solving its drug abuse problem.

Democrat Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta tried to use the common term after an audience member said the phrase in their statement. Shocked host Fiona Bruce interrupted the person in the crowd, saying: 'I'm not sure I've heard that word on Question Time before but it's a first', while someone else shouted: 'Welcome to America' in response. Later on the programme, Malcolm had a go at using the term.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Fiona Bruce recalls last year's fall from her horse Woody when she broke her hand. 'I was patched up with a white bandage and a black plastic mould fastened with blue tape', she tells The Spectator. 'When I presented the news, just after October 7, people started asking online if the white bandage and blue tape were my coded message of support for Israel and against the Palestinians. Words fail me.'

CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS: What price Satisfaction? Somewhere in the vaults of a Swiss collector there's a Les Paul electric guitar purchased by Keith Richards in 1964 and played on the Stones' No. 1 hit. Estimates put the instrument's value at $1million minimum, though no one's sure how Keef came to part with the guitar, and the band's management say they'd like it back, please. Figures like that suggest the sheet-metal guitar investigated on Fake Or Fortune, rumoured to have belonged to Stones bandmate Ronnie Wood , could be worth more than even presenters Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce (seen on Thursday's episode with Chesney Hawkes) suspected.

Antiques Roadshow viewers were left fuming by Fiona Bruce's bizarre behaviour during Sunday's episode. The host, 60, presented the show from Edinburgh's Royal Botanical Gardens where she continued to practice social distancing, two-years since the UK government ended the laws following the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was not just Fiona keeping her distance, experts and guests who were seeking valuation, were also ensuring to stay two meters apart. 

More than 7,000 police appeals were featured in 700 episodes, including those from Crimewatch Roadshow and Crimewatch Live.

A mystery painting that was bought for £2,000 has been revealed to be a long-lost 'masterpiece' worth an estimated £300,000. The significance of the work began to emerge after the British buyer spotted a hidden signature on the picture, after purchasing it at a regional auction house. It has now been confirmed that the painting is the work of acclaimed Canadian impressionist painter Helen McNicoll. It is said to have been 'missing' for 110 years.

Myrie, who already earns about £310,000 a year from the corporation, made the extra income from 11 events, according to a new report. The news host, who also co-hosted the recent BBC1 election night coverage, took part in three events that paid 'Over £10k', worth a minimum of £30,000. The real figure could be much higher. Myrie, 60, also made another seven appearances that each earned him between £5,000 and £10,000. The figures, revealed by industry publication Press Gazette, cover the year between the start of July 2023 and the end of June 2024.

Fiona Bruce was forced to eat her words after she slammed a 'nightmarish' Antiques Roadshow item.  The presenter, 60, made the comment while hosting Sunday's episode which took place at Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery in west London. The broadcaster chatted to several members of the public who had brought their prized possession to the manor house in the hopes of a valuation by the show's expert.

In August 2023, the journalist, who now works for Sky News, announced his departure after a decade of working for the company.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Highly-paid Huw Edwards, (left) 62, would complain bitterly in private about the pay cut he was forced to take in 2018, following a row over gender pay inequality. One issue which rankled was his belief that colleague Fiona Bruce (right) hugely outearned him - and that this was not reflected in the BBC Annual Report, the most recent of which showed he was paid between £475,000 and £479,999, while she was paid £405,000 to £409,999. However Bruce's earnings for shows like Question Time, Antiques Roadshow and Fake Or Fortune were not taken into account - because they are made by the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Studios. Edwards reckoned that all told, Bruce earned a cool million - twice as much as him - and he would point out he also did state events and elections for that money.

BBC's Stephen Nolan remains the corporation's fifth highest paid presenter on £450,000, a year after he apologised over lewd sexual messages. According to the annual report published today, Nolan was paid between £405,000 and £409,999 directly from the licence fee in the last year - the same amount as news presenter Fiona Bruce. Nolan's wages - paid for presenting on BBC Radio Ulster, 5 Live and Nolan Live on BBC Northern Ireland - do not include what he earns for other programmes made for the BBC by his independent production company. He allegedly sent the image of reality TV star Stephen Bear's penis to colleagues in 2016 while he was trying to get them to book the disgraced celebrity as a guest on his TV show, Nolan Live. Pictured right is a scene when Bear came on the show. Bear, a former Celebrity Big Brother winner, was jailed for 21 months earlier that year after being convicted of revenge porn and voyeurism.

There are times when the answer is very clear - if you don't have enough money in the bank to pay for something, you can't afford it. But if you're fortunate enough to not have every penny allocated, the answer is much knottier. The challenge is balancing a tangible purchase in the present (the jacket) with something hypothetical in the future

You know you're getting old when you find yourself listening to Radio 2 and you think it's Radio 1. That was the standing joke 50-odd years ago when disc jockeys like David ' Diddy ' Hamilton, Jimmy Young and Alan 'Fluff' Freeman were transferred from 'Won-der-ful Ray-de-O One!' to pipe-and-slippers Radio 2. Not 'arf. Back then, the stalwarts at 2 were leftovers from the days when the station was known as the Light Programme - legendary broadcasters such as David 'Juke Box Jury' Jacobs and Jack Jackson, the 'Housewives' Choice', who joined the BBC in 1931.

The TV star, 60, has been a journalist at the BBC, is the face of Antiques Roadshow and chairs the political debate progamme Question Time. But away from the serious world of journalism and politics, Fiona has appeared on two of the most popular British sitcoms ever.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hot-footed it into the venue hosting tonight's BBC Question Time Leaders' Special amid shouts from pro-refugee protestors outside the studio. Mr Farage's appearance at BBC Question Time Leaders' Special at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham comes just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lashed out at him after a Reform UK activist was caught on camera branding the Prime Minister a 'f***ing p***'. Hosted by Fiona Bruce, Mr Farage appeared alongside Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay for tonight's show.

Ed Davey was roasted over the Lib Dems' broken promise on tuition fees as he appeared on the BBC's Question Time election special tonight. The Lib Dem leader admitted he was not 'proud' of some of the party's actions during the Coalition years - when he was a Cabinet minister. Sir Ed was also challenged over Lib Dems' plans for a spending splurge, and whether his madcap campaigning so far was undignified.

Michael Aspel has lifted the lid on his axing as the host of Antiques Roadshow after seven years in 2008, claiming it was as a result of his age. The veteran broadcaster, now 91, hosted the BBC series between 2000-2007, before being replaced by current presenter Fiona Bruce, 50. He told Radio Times: 'I fell on my sword, because I knew they wanted me to go, It's ironic being eased out of an antiques show because of your age.'

The BBC has been warned it will 'infuriate millions' if it does not let Nigel Farage debate Keir Starmer in the wake of the Reform party's polling success. In a letter to the national broadcaster Richard Tice demanded a head-to-head between the opposing leaders and insisted that Farage also be added to the BBC's four-way leaders' debate panel, which Fiona Bruce will host in York next Thursday. He cited a recent YouGov poll as evidence to the public demand for his party. It stated that of 2,211 adults in Britain surveyed on Wednesday and Thursday, Reform UK would win 19 per cent, putting them ahead of the Conservatives on 18 per cent. A BBC spokesman did not rule out the possibility of Mr Farage being added to the roster, saying they would follow 'continued trends in the polls'.

During the hour long episode a series of maps were shown to the audience which showed the ports in the south of England where thousands of Allied troops  embarked for Operation Overlord - the codename for the military operation which culminated in the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany. Weymouth in Dorset played a vital role as more than 100,000 men were staged there ahead of the invasion of Normandy. But, inexplicably, the BBC confused the Georgian harbour town with Poole and placed it 30 miles to the east on its maps. The Beeb also bizarrely relocated Amsterdam 50 miles south to where Rotterdam is on another map.

The BBC won unanimous praise on Sunday evening after dedicating the latest episode of Antiques Roadshow to the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. An estimated 12,000 Allied troops lost their lives during Operation Overlord, a planned landing operation on the beaches of Nazi occupied Normandy at the height of World War II . The invasion on June 6, 1944 is recognised as one of the war's most defining - and harrowing - conflicts, and veteran survivors paids testimony to its casualties during Sunday evening's show.

The BBC will host the final election debate between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer a week before polling day. The Tory and Labour leaders will face off on June 26 in Nottingham from 9pm in an hour-long clash in front of a studio audience chaired by Sophie Raworth. A seven-party debate in London hosted by Mishal Husain will be broadcast on the BBC on Friday from 7.30pm. Leading figures from the Tories, Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, the Greens and Reform will face audience questions. A two-hour Question Time special featuring the leaders of the four biggest parties will follow on Thursday, June 20, in York. Fiona Bruce will chair this event with questions from the studio audience for the leaders of the Tories, Labour, SNP and Lib Dems from 8pm. The Today programme host Nick Robinson has invited each of the leaders of the seven biggest political parties to be interviewed for Panorama specials over the next four weeks.

Radio listeners tuning into BBC Radio Ulster on Friday morning were not greeted by the voice of the show's usual host Stephen Nolan (pictured) but that of Chris Buckler - who was standing in for Mr Nolan. Mr Nolan, who in 2023 took home an eye-watering salary of £400,000, rang into the show to explain to viewers the reason for his absence. He said: 'I was trying to move 10 boxes of tiles that were standing against the cupboard and I didn't realise how heavy tiles were so they all landed on my big toe.' The injured presenter added: 'I am still alive!'

A special D-Day 80th anniversary episode of Antiques Roadshow, hosted by Fiona Bruce, features heirlooms that offer a unique link to the day that changed the course of the war. 'In what feels like a very uncertain world, I think it's vital to be reminded of the horrors of war and to see objects that recall the events of 6 June 1944, as well as hear the testimony and views of those who were part of that conflict,' says Fiona. Pictured left, Scotsman Bill Millin (pictured, standing) was ordered to play a tune on his bagpipes to boost morale as the soldiers advanced up Sword Beach on D-Day. Pictured top right: The Overlord Embroidery tells the story of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy with key personnel depicted in multi-toned detail. Pictured bottom right: Lieutenant Arthur Sindall kept an illustrated diary of his experiences in Normandy, entitled Whew! Or Praise The Lord The Ammunition Passed Me.