David Roderick Shukman (born 30 May 1958, St Pancras, London

St Pancras, London

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, England

England

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) is the BBC

BBC

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's Environment and Science Correspondent.

His father is Harold Shukman, a Russia

Russia

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n scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford

St Antony's College, Oxford

St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.St Antony's is the most international of the seven all-graduate colleges of the University of Oxford, specialising in international relations, economics, politics, and history of particular parts of the...

 (who retired in 1998), and his mother was a vicar, and also a Russian scholar of writers such as Alexander Men

Alexander Men

Father Alexander Vladimirovich Men was a Russian Orthodox theologian, Biblical scholar and writer.Father Alexander wrote dozen of books ; baptized hundreds if not thousands; founded an Orthodox Open University; opened one of the first Sunday Schools in...

 (a Russian theologian). He has a younger brother and sister. He attended the Dragon School

Dragon School

The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...

 in Oxford

Oxford

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, Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

, then read Geography

Geography

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 at Durham University

Durham University

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 (Hatfield College

Hatfield College

Hatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...

), gaining a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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.

He worked at the Coventry Evening Telegraph from 1980–3 and joined the BBC in 1983. He was a Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 reporter from 1985–7 (at a busy time in Northern Ireland's history

History of Northern Ireland

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), then the Defence Correspondent (TV) from 1987–95. From 1995–9 he was the Europe

Europe

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an Correspondent, and broadening his coverage in 1999, he became the World Affairs Correspondent until 2003. In 2003, he became the Environment and Science Correspondent.

He married Jessica Pryce-Jones in August 1988 in Powys

Powys

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, Wales

Wales

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, and they have two sons (born December 1989 and April 1992) and one daughter (born November 1994).