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Anna Ford
Anna Ford became the presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News when it re-launched in May 1999.
Anna's BBC career began in 1976 for Man Alive; in 1977 she joined Tomorrow's World and from 1986 until 1988 she worked on Network. She joined the BBC ONE Six O'Clock News team in 1989.
Anna's television career began in 1974 when she worked on the newsdesk for Granada TV. In 1978 she joined ITN and in 1981 she worked for TV-AM. She has done various freelance work for Channel 4, Thames TV, Central TV and Granada.
In 1985 Anna published Men - A Documentary, a book of interviews with Englishmen about their lives.
Anna studied at Manchester University, where she attained a BA honours degree in Economics, and was President of the Students Union from 1966 to 1967. She has a postgraduate diploma in Adult Education and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Manchester University in 1998; an Honorary fellowship from the Open University and an Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University Belfast.
Before joining the BBC she was the staff tutor in Social Studies at the Open University in Northern Ireland.
Anna is a trustee of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London; Chancellor of Manchester University; a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple.