Mike Embley (born 25 May 1955) is a retired British broadcast journalist. He was best known as a presenter for BBC World News , an international news and current affairs television channel operated by the BBC . ^[2]

Earl life [ change | change source ]

Embley was born in London in 1955.

Career [ change | change source ]

Before joining the BBC, Embley began his career training as a newspaper journalist with Thomson daily papers in Wales, on the South Wales Echo and the Western Mail . ^[3] He began broadcasting in 1983, working for BBC Wales ' Wales Today , followed by the consumer affairs programme Watchdog in 1987, and Public Eye in 1989. Whilst working on Public Eye , he was the first news reporter with a foreign crew to reach the San Francisco to report on the earthquake . ^[2]

Embley later joined ITN's Channel Four News to work as a producer and reporter, before returning to the BBC as a reporter for the flagship One O'Clock , Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News bulletins. During this time, Embley also worked as a series presenter for Nature on BBC Two and made two films for Panorama . ^[2]

Later career [ change | change source ]

Embley joined BBC World in 1995. After the program was replaced by two separate programs ( BBC London and South East Today ) in 2001, Embley rejoined BBC World as a presenter. Since then, he has also presented on the domestic BBC News Channel and carried out one-on-one interviews for the BBC programme HARDtalk , as well as reporting several series for the radio station BBC World Service . ^[2]

Embley retired in April 2021. ^[4]

References [ change | change source ]

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Mike Embley profile at BBC News .com