25 Facts About Sophie Raworth

Sophie Jane Raworth was born on 15 May 1968 and is an English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster working for the BBC.

Sophie Raworth is a senior newsreader and is one of the main presenters of BBC News.

Sophie Raworth has been a television presenter for state occasions and has presented the BBC's Election Night coverage, alongside other presenters.

Sophie Jane Raworth was born on 15 May 1968 in Surrey to a florist mother and a businessman father.

Sophie Raworth grew up in Twickenham in Middlesex and attended the independent Putney High and St Paul's Girls' schools.

Sophie Raworth joined the BBC in 1992 as a news reporter, first for Greater Manchester Radio and then, in April 1994, as BBC Regions correspondent in Brussels.

Sophie Raworth moved to national television in 1997, to co-present the BBC's Breakfast News programme on BBC One, initially with Justin Webb, and in later years, with John Nicolson.

Sophie Raworth then moved to the BBC Six O'Clock News in January 2003 which she presented alongside George Alagiah; she was a presenter on this bulletin until October 2005 when she went on maternity leave, and was replaced by Natasha Kaplinsky.

In March 2006 Sophie Raworth was named as the main presenter of the BBC News at One, replacing Anna Ford on Monday-Thursdays.

Sophie Raworth took up the position in June 2006 after returning from maternity leave.

In 2004, Sophie Raworth appeared on the BBC fashion show What Not to Wear, in which she was given a makeover by style advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.

Sophie Raworth had a cameo role as a newsreader in the last series of the BBC comedy series My Hero.

Sophie Raworth returned on 25 August 2008, after the birth of her third child, with the presentation of the Bank Holiday edition of the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

Since early 2009, Sophie Raworth has been the main relief presenter on the BBC News at Six and a regular relief presenter on the BBC News at Ten, often presenting when regular presenters Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce and George Alagiah are not available.

Sophie Raworth has appeared in place of Andrew Marr on The Andrew Marr Show, and presented on the BBC News Channel.

In 2013, Sophie Raworth had a cameo appearance at the start of the film A Good Day to Die Hard as herself.

On 16 July 2013, Sophie Raworth was given an Award of Doctor of Arts honoris causa by City University London.

Sophie Raworth presented Watchdog Daily in 2012 and Watchdog Test House in 2014 and 2015, before landing the role of main presenter on Watchdog in September 2015.

In February 2016, Sophie Raworth replaced Kirsty Young as main anchor of Crimewatch.

In 2018, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, Sophie Raworth presented a documentary called RAF 100: Into the Blue, where she talked about her grandfather, Captain Edwin Sophie Raworth, who was a pilot in the First World War.

On 3 December 2021, the BBC announced that Sophie Raworth will be the interim presenter on BBC One's Sunday Morning from 9 January 2022.

Sophie Raworth married Richard Winter in 2003 and they live in south-west London with their two daughters and one son.

Sophie Raworth's younger sister, Kate Raworth is an English economist.

Sophie Raworth discovers in the programme that she was not descended from noted piano maker Henry Isaac Robert Mott as the family had believed, but from his cousin, Samuel Mott, who was sacked from the piano company and ended up taking his own life.

On 17 April 2011, Sophie Raworth completed the London Marathon, despite collapsing two miles from the finish line.