Bbc news reader matthew amroliwala biography

British television newsreader (born 1962)

Matthew Amroliwala (AM-roh-lee-WOL-ə)^[1] is a British television newsreader, who is one of the chief presenters on the BBC News Channel.^[2] He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the BBC News at One on BBC One.

He also presented Crimewatch alongside Kirsty Young from January 2008 until March 2015.

Early life and education

Amroliwala was born Mehrwan F. Amroliwala in Leeds, West Yorkshire and attended King's Ely, Cambridgeshire.^[3]

Career

After working as a chartered accountant, he joined the BBC and, in 1990, became a BBC network television correspondent.

In 1997, he joined the BBC News Channel as a presenter of the channel's evening programmes and from the beginning of 2001, he presented the late afternoon news programme, first with Jane Hill and then with Maxine Mawhinney.

In April 2006, he was re-united with Hill on the 11 am–2 pm shift until March