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Stuart Flinders (born 1960, in Bolton, Lancashire) is a journalist, reporter and occasional presenter who used to work for BBC North West Tonight.

Early life

Flinders grew up in Bolton and is a supporter of Bolton Wanderers F.C.[1]

Career

In 1991, he joined BBC North West Tonight after being hired by Dave Guest.[2] In 2008, he spent six months working for the BBC News channel and presented some weekend bulletins on BBC One during that period. He also occasionally presents BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours. Before working for the BBC, he spent a short period working for printed media in Australia. He also regularly presented concerts for BBC Radio 3 for around 10 years.[3]

He became the longest serving reporter on BBC North West Tonight.[4] On 12 October 2020, after nearly 30 years on the programme, he left the BBC and the programme.[5] In November 2020, he anchored the US election results coverage for Sky News.

References

  1. ^ "North West Tonight - Stuart Flinders". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: BBC North West Tonight - Stuart Flinders leaves. YouTube.
  3. ^ Stuart Flinders (30 March 2009). "North West Tonight - Reporters - Stuart Flinders". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: BBC North West Tonight - Stuart Flinders leaves. YouTube.
  5. ^ "'Like a member of the family': Stuart Flinders leaves North West Tonight after 30 years".


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