British television presenter
Sue Carpenter (born 17 May 1956 in London, England)[citation needed] is a United Kingdom former newsreader and television presenter. She graduated in English Literature and Icelandic at King's College London in 1977.
Early life
She was born in north London.[1] After university she taught English in the Gulf states from the age of 22, where her husband was working as an engineer.
Career
She started at United Arab Emirates Television.[2] She lived for four years in the Gulf, moving to Dubai.[3]
BBC
She joined Spotlight, for one week, in July 1983, aged 27, replacing Fern Britton, who had moved to present BBC Breakfast. Sue returned to Spotlight in the autumn of 1983. [4]
In the summer of 1983, she presented Points West, with Jane Wales, and returned to Points West in November 1983 for six months. She presented the BBC Holiday programme from 1984, and would present into the 1990s, and Newsview on BBC2.[5]
Worked as a news reader on Breakfast Time from 1985, replacing Debbie Fix, for eighteen months until November 1986, when the programme was much altered.[6][7][8] She later joined ITN, presenting many of their main bulletins, usually during the daytime and the early evening news.
Folklore
Her name is frequently mentioned, often comedically as a figure of infatuation, in the British television comedy programme series Bottom, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and in one episode a signed photo of her is portrayed as a prize in a game of poker.
As of 2012[update], Carpenter continued to present Transworld Sport on Channel Four in voice only.
References
- ^ Bristol Evening Post Tuesday 26 October 1993, page 21
- ^ Bristol Evening Post Tuesday 16 August 1983, page 11
- ^ Billericay Gazette Thursday 21 October 1993, page 72
- ^ Torbay Express Monday 4 July 1983, page 6
- ^ Bristol Evening Post Tuesday 14 January 1986, page 11
- ^ Bristol Evening Post Wednesday 1 October 1986, page 14
- ^ "Points West through the ages", BBC, retrieved 2011-04-22
- ^ Jones, Ian (2003) Morning glory: a history of British Breakfast Television, Kelly Publications, ISBN 978-1-903053-20-1, p. 86
