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13 Facts About Gillian Joseph

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Gillian Angela Joseph was born on 20 July 1969 and is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.

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Gillian Joseph's parents returned to Dominica, where her mother worked as a teacher, but the family later returned to England.

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Gillian Joseph attended Wembley Manor Junior School, and in 1979, the school choir was selected to sing onstage with Swedish group ABBA at Wembley Arena, singing I Have A Dream, to celebrate UNICEF's Year of the Child.

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Gillian Joseph was an MA student at City University in London, studying Broadcast Journalism.

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Gillian Joseph initially worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for BBC Radio Merseyside.

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Gillian Joseph worked for Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 in 1994.

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Gillian Joseph then presented its replacement, BBC London News, until 2005, when she moved to Sky News.

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From 2007 until October 2016, Gillian Joseph presented Sunrise alongside Mark Longhurst, and then Stephen Dixon.

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From October 2016 until December 2017, Gillian Joseph hosted from 5 pm to 8 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

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From October 2019 until summer 2021, Gillian Joseph co-anchored Sky News Breakfast at weekends on Sky News.

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Gillian Joseph moved to present Sky News at Ten at weekends in summer 2021.

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Gillian Joseph is a former reporter for the BBC's Holiday programme.

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Gillian Joseph appeared on Celebrity Mastermind on the BBC in 2014, answering questions on her specialist subject "parables of the New Testament".