Michele Newman
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Michele Newman is an English
television presenter.
After graduation from the University of York
, from 1977 to 1980, Newman worked at the Liverpool Echo
. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in Italy
and France
to learn both languages and to teach English as a private tutor. During this time, Newman attended the College International de Cannes in France for one year. Her French language
qualifications include the Alliance Francaise (Lang and Lit), the equivalent of a British ‘A’ level.
On returning to the UK in 1983, she began her presenting career on the regional BBC
news programme Look East
in Norwich, and followed this with a move to Central News in Birmingham in 1989. During the 1990s, she was also a presenter on the BBC motoring programme Top Gear between 1993 and 1998. She also presented ITV
's motoring magazine Pulling Power
and Carlton TV's live weekly political debate It's Your Shout which was broadcast from a variety of locations around the Carlton TV region, now ITV.
Newman has also written a motoring column for Women’s Journal and contributed to the London Evening Standard. Newman has her own TV production company, Newman Productions Ltd, which produced House Race for ITV in 2004. After leaving TV she studied Mandarin Chinese at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London and later in Beijing. She is an active volunteer for VRH, Voluntary Reading Help in Birmingham's primary schools.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television presenter.
After graduation from the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
, from 1977 to 1980, Newman worked at the Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Saturday, and is Liverpool's evening newspaper while its sister paper, the Liverpool Daily Post, is the morning paper...
. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to learn both languages and to teach English as a private tutor. During this time, Newman attended the College International de Cannes in France for one year. Her French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
qualifications include the Alliance Francaise (Lang and Lit), the equivalent of a British ‘A’ level.
On returning to the UK in 1983, she began her presenting career on the regional BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
news programme Look East
Look East
BBC Look East is the BBC's regional television news programme for the BBC East region, covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, north Buckinghamshire and southern Lincolnshire....
in Norwich, and followed this with a move to Central News in Birmingham in 1989. During the 1990s, she was also a presenter on the BBC motoring programme Top Gear between 1993 and 1998. She also presented ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's motoring magazine Pulling Power
Pulling Power
Pulling Power was a regional motoring programme shown only in the Central Television region on ITV in 1996. However, it returned in 2005 and was shown on the ITV1 on a series trial basis until 2008, and it was also as a filler programme at times. It has also been shown on ITV4. Presenters included...
and Carlton TV's live weekly political debate It's Your Shout which was broadcast from a variety of locations around the Carlton TV region, now ITV.
Newman has also written a motoring column for Women’s Journal and contributed to the London Evening Standard. Newman has her own TV production company, Newman Productions Ltd, which produced House Race for ITV in 2004. After leaving TV she studied Mandarin Chinese at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London and later in Beijing. She is an active volunteer for VRH, Voluntary Reading Help in Birmingham's primary schools.