Beverley Thompson
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Career
Thompson's career with the BBC spanned over 23 years - much of that time spent on regional news. She began in the mid 80s as a reporter for Wales TodayBBC Wales Today
Wales Today is the BBC's national news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Wales in Llandaff, Cardiff....
. She progressed to reading short news bulletins and occasionally presenting the main 5:35pm programme. By 1988, she moved to BBC West
BBC West
BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.-Television:...
in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
and became a presenter of Points West. After a few years, she moved north to Newcastle and worked on the North East and Cumbria edition of Look North. This was followed by a stint at South Today
South Today
South Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for East Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, West Sussex and the western fringes of Surrey...
in Southampton.
Then, in 2001, she became Health Correspondent for the then-new South East Today
South East Today
BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex and the eastern fringes of Surrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region received Newsroom South East, though some had been receiving South Today.South East...
service in Tunbridge Wells, serving Kent and East Sussex. However, changes to the presentation team caused by the resignation of then-main presenter Laurie Mayer meant that Thompson was promoted to become main anchor.
Thompson presented alongside former Meridian Tonight
Meridian Tonight
Meridian Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Meridian , serving the South and South East of England , and usually broadcast at 6pm and 10.30pm every weeknight. Other bulletins are branded as Meridian News...
presenter Geoff Clark
Geoff Clark (journalist)
Geoff Clark is a journalist and television presenter.-Career:Clark started his broadcasting career as a football reporter with LBC Radio in London in the late 1970s before moving to a studio-based presenter's job there...
until shortly before they were replaced by reporters Rob Smith and Polly Evans in mid-September 2009. It's believed that Thompson was offered alternative roles by management at BBC South East but chose to reject these and leave the Corporation earlier than planned.
She signed off from South East Today on 16 September 2009.
Alongside BBC regional news, Thompson has worked on BBC Breakfast News, Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
and the international news channel BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
.