Adam Parsons
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Adam Parsons is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC.
Previously he was a Sports Correspondent for BBC News
, appearing regularly on BBC One
, BBC Radio
and BBC News, the BBC
's 24 hour rolling news channel. Since 2007 he was also a regular relief presenter on the channel. He used to regularly co-present Your News
, shown on the BBC News Channel at the weekends. His other work for the BBC included a special report for Panorama
, the BBC's current affairs programme, and he was also a familiar voice across BBC Radio. Whilst the 2012 Olympic bids were taking place Parsons worked as the BBC's Olympic bid specialist
Before joining the BBC in May 2001, he launched the sports section of the Sunday Business
newspaper, and was the paper's Sports Editor, becoming the youngest Sports Editor of a British national newspaper. He was previously Motor Racing Correspondent of The Sunday Times
and has written widely about Formula One.
He went to Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree, and studied Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. Parsons started his career at the Watford Observer newspaper.
He was nominated for the Sports News Reporter award at the Royal Television Society
Sports Awards in 2003, though the award eventually went to Channel Four's Sue Turton.
During his time at the BBC, Parsons reported on every major sporting event, including the football World Cup, the Olympics, Formula One, Ashes Cricket and England's triumph in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
He left the BBC in 2009 to take over as the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the British Olympic Association. During this period, Parsons served as Team GB's press attache at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He later had a spell as Director of Communications for Travelodge, one of Britain's biggest hotel companies.
In 2011, Parsons returned to the BBC as a presenter on the BBC News Channel and on BBC World News. He has presented programmes on Radio Five Live and also presented the business news on the BBC News Channel.
He has written two books on Motor Racing - F1: Through the Eyes of Damon Hill, and Five Days of a Grand Prix
Previously he was a Sports Correspondent for BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
, appearing regularly on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
, BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
and BBC News, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's 24 hour rolling news channel. Since 2007 he was also a regular relief presenter on the channel. He used to regularly co-present Your News
Your News
Your News was a weekly BBC News television programme made from user-generated content sent into the BBC by viewers and the public.-Broadcast:The programme was broadcast every weekend on the BBC News at 3:30pm and 10:30pm on Saturday and Sunday...
, shown on the BBC News Channel at the weekends. His other work for the BBC included a special report for Panorama
Panorama (TV series)
Panorama is a BBC Television current affairs documentary programme, which was first broadcast in 1953, and is the longest-running public affairs television programme in the world. Panorama has been presented by many well known BBC presenters, including Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day, David Dimbleby...
, the BBC's current affairs programme, and he was also a familiar voice across BBC Radio. Whilst the 2012 Olympic bids were taking place Parsons worked as the BBC's Olympic bid specialist
Before joining the BBC in May 2001, he launched the sports section of the Sunday Business
Sunday Business
Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....
newspaper, and was the paper's Sports Editor, becoming the youngest Sports Editor of a British national newspaper. He was previously Motor Racing Correspondent of The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
and has written widely about Formula One.
He went to Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree, and studied Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. Parsons started his career at the Watford Observer newspaper.
He was nominated for the Sports News Reporter award at the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Sports Awards in 2003, though the award eventually went to Channel Four's Sue Turton.
During his time at the BBC, Parsons reported on every major sporting event, including the football World Cup, the Olympics, Formula One, Ashes Cricket and England's triumph in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
He left the BBC in 2009 to take over as the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the British Olympic Association. During this period, Parsons served as Team GB's press attache at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He later had a spell as Director of Communications for Travelodge, one of Britain's biggest hotel companies.
In 2011, Parsons returned to the BBC as a presenter on the BBC News Channel and on BBC World News. He has presented programmes on Radio Five Live and also presented the business news on the BBC News Channel.
He has written two books on Motor Racing - F1: Through the Eyes of Damon Hill, and Five Days of a Grand Prix
External links
- Adam Parsons Question and Answers TV Newsroom