Maxine Mawhinney

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Maxine Mawhinney
Born (1957-09-18) 18 September 1957 (age 66)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Journalist, presenter, newsreader
Notable creditBBC News

Maxine Mawhinney (born 18 September 1957) is a former

news channel
.

Biography

Born in

Ulster Television and then ITN in London.[3]

She joined

Reuters Television.[4]

After two years in Asia, she spent a year in Frankfurt, Germany, for Reuters Television, before being appointed Washington Correspondent for GMTV at its launch in 1992.[4]

Mawhinney returned to London in 1996, joining the BBC's international news channel

BBC World. She was the duty presenter in the early hours of 31 August 1997, when news broke of the fatal car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales.[4][5] She can be seen in this role in the 2006 feature film The Queen
.

In November 1997, she joined the

BBC News Channel (then known as BBC News 24) as one of the launch presenters. Mawhinney presented in various timeslots on the channel, including a period in the afternoon slot alongside Matthew Amroliwala and Chris Eakin
, before being assigned to Sunday afternoons in April 2006. She took on the Saturday and Monday morning slots and the Friday afternoon slot, as well as regularly covering other shifts on the channel.

She also presented BBC Breakfast and the BBC One O'Clock News (later BBC News at One). Later, she appeared on News at One weekend lunchtime bulletins as part of her weekend shifts.

Mawhinney is married to John Clare,

radiotherapy
, and was back in the studio in March 2014.

She left the BBC in April 2017,[1] presenting her last BBC News Channel shift on 10 April.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Noah, Sherna (19 March 2018). "If I learn BBC underpaid me I'll take action, says NI-born former news anchor Maxine". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Bell, Gail (6 September 2017). "Maxine Mawhinney: I'll wander round the garden in my dressing gown and wellies". The Irish News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Preston, Allan (11 April 2017). "Maxine Mawhinney bids farewell to BBC after 20 years". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Sweeney, Joanne (14 April 2018). "Maxine Mawhinney: 'I left the BBC for new challenges at age 60'". The Irish News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Peace and Beyond" (PDF). British Council. April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  6. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Our Directors". LionsDen Communications. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved 2 May 2023.

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