1. Colin Brazier was born on 28 March 1968 and is an English retired journalist, having previously worked for GB News between 2021 and 2022, and Sky News between 1997 and 2021.
20 Facts About Colin Brazier
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Colin Brazier presented Sky News Today on the channel alongside Jayne Secker from September 2014, alongside other programmes on the channel.
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Between 2005 and 2011, Brazier presented Saturday Live on the channel.
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In September 2022, in a shakeup of the GB News schedule, it was announced that his show, Colin Brazier, was to be replaced and Colin Brazier himself was to leave the channel.
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Colin Brazier studied English literature at Cardiff University, where he was elected to serve for a year as Communications Officer at Cardiff University Students' Union.
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Colin Brazier then trained as a journalist at The Northern Echo and the Yorkshire Post, and briefly worked at The Observer.
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Colin Brazier joined Sky News in 1997, where he covered politics, the Royal Family and had several foreign postings, in addition to anchoring studio coverage.
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Colin Brazier was the first British journalist to enter Iraq with coalition troops during the 2003 invasion, Brazier's documentary, Brothers in Baghdad, was later shortlisted at the 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
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In December 2004, Colin Brazier was alleged to have assaulted his producer, Julian Morrison, after an argument following a staff Christmas party in Brussels.
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Colin Brazier was the first journalist to enter southern Lebanon with Israeli forces in 2006.
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Colin Brazier wrote an article for the New Statesman discussing his experiences of meeting the dictator at his compound in Libya.
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In July 2014, following the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, Colin Brazier was filmed tampering with the contents of a victim's luggage.
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Over 100 complaints about Colin Brazier's conduct were submitted to Ofcom.
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In February 2021, it was announced that Colin Brazier was leaving Sky News for GB News.
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Colin Brazier joined LBC in April 2023 to host late nights Monday to Thursday 10pm-1am, having worked as a cover presenter some weeks prior.
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Colin Brazier's last show on LBC was on 31 August 2023, when he decided to retire from journalism to study farming, "a 'dream' he has long held", at the Royal Agricultural University.
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Colin Brazier is a practising Catholic, and has written articles for the Catholic Herald.
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Colin Brazier has stated that he is "ill at ease" with modern funeral traditions.
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Colin Brazier was once seen on-camera during a Sky News broadcast appearing to practise a cover drive.
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Colin Brazier married Olivia Warham at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Kensington, London, on 20 June 2024.