Debbie Thrower
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Debbie Thrower | |
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| Spouse(s) | Peter Thompson (1983-2018), Charles Parker (2020 - ) |
| Children | 2 |
Debbie Thrower (born 17 November 1957 in
Early life and education
She was born in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and spent her early childhood there before she and her family came back to
Career
Journalism
Thrower originally trained as a newspaper journalist at the Wimbledon Guardian. She began her broadcasting career[3] at BBC Radio Leicester, before moving to BBC Radio Solent in the early 1980s, and then transferring to television as the co-presenter of BBC South Today. In 1987, she replaced Jan Leeming reading national BBC news bulletins, primarily at weekends and then read the Nine O’Clock News for a time. She also became a regular presenter on Songs of Praise, and the Sunday programme on BBC Radio 4.
Radio and television
Transferring to
She was latterly the final presenter for
She also had a BBC Radio 2 afternoon show between 1995 and 1998 replacing long-time presenter Gloria Hunniford. On 13 January 2009, Thrower confirmed in an interview with The News in Portsmouth that she was leaving ITV Meridian to concentrate on freelance work and her voluntary ministry as a Church of England reader or Licensed Lay Minister (LLM).[4] Thrower is a Lay Canon Emeritus of Winchester Cathedral. In 2016 she was awarded an honorary degree for public service from the University of Winchester- Doctor of Letters honoris causa.
Religious and charity work
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In November 2009 she was appointed the first Chaplain to Older People in Alton, Hampshire. She went on to pioneer Anna Chaplaincy to Older People (named after the elderly widow Anna in St Luke's gospel, a good role model of a faithful older person) which started in Alton, the result of a covenant-signing between Anglicans and Methodists to collaborate more closely. The Anna Chaplaincy approach to supporting people in care homes and the wider community, meeting the spiritual needs of men and women in their later years whether they have a strong faith or none, is spreading nationally through The Bible Reading Fellowship, BRF. The Abingdon-based charity is helping to develop Anna Chaplaincy for older people of which Thrower is founder and pioneer. There is now a network of more than 160 Anna Chaplains and others in equivalent roles across the UK.
References
- ^ June 2011 Women at Work Woman Alive, 4 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Meet....Debbie Thrower", theMediaNet, 30 August 2011
- ^ "Debbie Thrower back on air with Radio Solent", BBC Press Office, 27 July 2009
- ^ "Debbie Thrower to leave Meridian Tonight sofa". The News. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
External links
- Debbie Thrower at IMDb