ANNA Botting is an award-winning journalist.
She has covered many major events both from the studio and in the field since joining Sky News over two decades ago.
Who is Anna Botting?
Anna Botting, 54, is a journalist and presenter from Cranleigh, Surrey.
Her father is Douglas Botting, the explorer and author and her mother is Louise Botting, a company director and former broadcaster.
She has a degree in Geography from the University of Oxford and later studied journalism at Cardiff University.
Anna began her career working at Granada in Television in Manchester and in 1991 she joined BBC North as a presenter for radio and TV.
Botting has also ventured into acting having appeared in The Ghost (2010), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Aux (2018).
What TV has Anna Botting presented?
Anna has presented a wide range of programmes on Sky, including Sky News Today, Sky News at Ten, Live at Five, Sky News Tonight and The Sky Report.
She currently presents Sky News from 21:00 until midnight from Monday to Thursday.
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Prior to the channel's rescheduling in July 2006, Botting presented The Sky Report, and from then until February 2007, she presented Sky News from 18:00 to 20:00 alongside Jeremy Thompson.
How long has Anna Botting been at Sky News?
Anna Botting joined Sky News as a reporter in 1995 and is one of the network's longest-serving presenters.
In May 2012 she won the Royal Television Society's News Presenter Of The Year Award making her the second woman to receive the accolade.
She was the first journalist to arrive at Kensington Palace on the day Diana Princess of Wales died in 1997.
In 2007, she covered the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from Portugal and anchored Sky News' Inside Iraq coverage live from Baghdad.
She also interviewed disgraced actor Chris Langham in his first sit-down interview since his release from prison.
She presented live from Tripoli on the Libya conflict and also covered the last US election, anchoring live from California.
On September 19, 2022, Botting will be in Westminster to lead coverage on Sky channels for the funeral of The Queen.
Is Anna Botting married and does she have any children?
Anna Botting lives in Surrey with her partner Nick Purdue.
He is a headhunter for the recruitment firm CPB partners.
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The couple met in 2007 in the French Alps where Nick was working as a Ski instructor.
Anna and Nick have two children – Gracie, who was born in late 2012 and a son who was born in 2015.
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