Selina Scott
Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, in 1951. She read English and American studies at the University of East Anglia. Scott trained on D. C. Thomson’s The Sunday Post newspaper in Dundee, Scotland. She made her television debut on the weeknightly news programme for the regional ITV station Grampian Television.
About Selina Scott in brief
Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, in 1951. She read English and American studies at the University of East Anglia. Scott trained on D. C. Thomson’s The Sunday Post newspaper in Dundee, Scotland. She made her television debut on the weeknightly news programme for the regional ITV station Grampian Television, North Tonight in Aberdeen at the height of the North Sea oil boom. In 1982 at the outbreak of the Falklands War, Scott became the Forces’ pin-up. Eighteen months after she first anchored ITV’s News at Ten, she was poached by the BBC to launch Breakfast Time in January 1983. Later, Scott was presenter of the BBC’s The Clothes Show and was guest host on the chat show Wogan. In 1997, she crossed the Atlantic to join West 57th, a prime-time current-affairs show broadcast from New York.
Scott continues to write, and run her lifestyle brand Naturally Selina Scott. She lives on a 200 acres of land in a designated Natural Beauty Area of Outstanding Beauty where she has created a designated Outstanding Natural Beauty haven. She has also produced independent documentaries on the Royals in Europe including A Prince Among Islands, the first in depth interview with King Juan Carlos of Spain, The Year of Spain and The Return of the King. In 2007, she took part in the BBC Two series: The Underdog Show to highlight the Dogs Trust Charity for rescued animals. In October 2008, Scott presented a four-part series for the Sky Arts channel and ITV, Edward Seago — The Forgotten Painter, and included interviews with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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