Sally Magnusson
Sally Magnusson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on October 11th, 1955 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 68, Sally Magnusson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Magnusson started her career in journalism at The Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh in 1979 and then the Sunday Standard in Glasgow as a news/feature writer. In 1982, she became Scottish Feature Writer of the Year. She later joined BBC Scotland to present the weekly TV show Current Account. Magnusson moved to London to present Sixty Minutes, the BBC's successor to Nationwide, for network television. Following the shows demise, she presented London Plus for a year.
In October 1986, Magnusson joined BBC One's Breakfast Time as one of the main presenters. In 1987 she was part of the Breakfast Time team, including Frank Bough, Jeremy Paxman and Peter Snow, which covered the results of the general election. From 1989 onwards, she co-presented the programme's replacement, Breakfast News, initially with Laurie Mayer, and in later years, with Justin Webb.
In 1996, she won a Scottish Bafta for her commentary on the BBC's Dunblane: A Community Remembers, and in 1998 was awarded a Royal Television Society award for her exclusive television interview with Earl Spencer, Diana: My Sister the Princess. Magnusson narrated the Q.E.D. documentary Saving Trudy in 1999.
As a reporter, she covered the 1997, 2001 and 2005 General Elections, as well as the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and the opening of the new Scottish Parliament. She also commentated for the BBC on the funerals of the inaugural First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar, Cardinal Basil Hume and Cardinal Thomas Winning. Magnusson has presented many television programmes, ranging from Panorama to Songs of Praise. In 2005 she joined BBC Two's The Daily Politics as its Friday presenter.
In 1997, Magnusson returned to Glasgow and became a main presenter for BBC Scotland's news programme Reporting Scotland. She shared the role with Jackie Bird and now Laura Miller and presents the programme's Thursday and Friday edition.