21 Facts About Tom Bradby

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Thomas Matthew Bradby was born on 13 January 1967 and is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ITV News at Ten.

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Tom Bradby was previously political editor for ITV News from 2005 to 2015, and presented The Agenda with Tom Bradby, a political discussion series, from 2012 to 2016.

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Tom Bradby's father served in the Royal Navy and as a result he was born in Malta in 1967.

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Tom Bradby is an only child, and both parents are described by him as exemplary.

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Tom Bradby was privately educated at Westbourne House School and Sherborne School, before studying history at the University of Edinburgh.

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Tom Bradby has worked for ITN, producer of ITV News, since 1990 when he joined the organisation as an editorial trainee.

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Tom Bradby subsequently became producer for ITV's political editor Michael Brunson in 1992.

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From 1993 to 1996, Tom Bradby was ITV's Ireland correspondent, reporting on events including the Northern Ireland peace process, the IRA ceasefire and Bill Clinton's visit to Ireland in November 1995.

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Tom Bradby later became ITV's Asia correspondent from 1999 to 2001.

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Tom Bradby returned to Britain and began a stint as royal correspondent, covering a number of key stories, including the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the deaths of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

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Tom Bradby later became UK editor and then political editor, taking on the role in 2005.

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On 16 November 2010, Tom Bradby carried out the first official interview of Prince William and Kate Middleton at St James's Palace after the couple's engagement was announced.

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Tom Bradby had worked on a 2016 BBC documentary about Prince Harry's charity work in Lesotho and got to know him fairly intimately.

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In October 2015, Tom Bradby took over as the main newscaster of the flagship News at Ten.

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In June 2016, Tom Bradby led live coverage of the EU Referendum 2016 for ITV News.

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In November 2020, Tom Bradby led through the night coverage of the US presidential election 2020 for ITV News, live from Washington, DC.

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On 17 April 2021, Tom Bradby co-presented ITV's coverage of the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Julie Etchingham.

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On 6 May 2023, Tom Bradby co-presented with Julie Etchingham ITV's coverage of the Coronation of King Charles III.

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Tom Bradby wrote the ITV drama The Great Fire, broadcast in 2014.

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In 1994, Tom Bradby married Claudia, the daughter of vice-admiral Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton.

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Tom Bradby stated in 2007 that he is apolitical with no "coherent set of political views".