Age | 56 |
Birthday | 2 October, 1968 |
Birthplace | Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Journalist |
Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire (born 2 October 1968) is an English journalist and newsreader. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. Since then she has been the main presenter of BBC News at Nine on BBC One and the standard edition of BBC World News simulcast at 10:00am on BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News. She has also presented Newsnight. She formerly presented the morning news, current affairs and interview programme on BBC Radio 5 Live between 10 am and 12 noon each weekday and was a 5 Live presenter for 16 years, departing in late 2014. She left at the same time as fellow 5 Live broadcasters Richard Bacon and Shelagh Fogarty. She won Sony awards in 1998 and 2002, a BAFTA award in 2017, and two Royal Television Society awards in 2018.