Steve Clamp is a British

British people

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 freelance

Freelancer

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 journalist

Journalist

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 and newsreader

News presenter

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, currently working for ITV Central and ITN (ITV London

ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...

 and ITV News

ITV News

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).

Career

Steve's first presenting job was on The Children's Channel

The Children's Channel

The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a television station in the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavia, which was owned by Flextech . It began broadcasting on 1 September 1984, and was closed on 3 April 1998...

 in 1990, though he moved into journalism, later becoming a presenter on football TV club channels Chelsea TV

Chelsea TV

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 and Manchester United TV

Manchester United TV

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. He then became a presenter on Sky News

Sky News

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 and Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News

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.

In January 2002, he joined the BBC

BBC

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 regional news programme Midlands Today

Midlands Today

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. In 2005, he joined ITV Central and was the main presenter of the East edition of Central Tonight

Central Tonight

Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...

. On 20 February 2009, he presented his final programme for ITV Central, after leaving them due to the cut backs to ITV

ITV

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 regional news programming. During his final appearance, he announced he was joining ITN, where he is a news correspondent for ITV News

ITV News

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, relief newscaster for the ITV News at 5:30 and occasional presenter of the late London Tonight

London Tonight

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bulletin for ITV London

ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...

. He also presented several stints for the now defunct Setanta Sports News

Setanta Sports News

Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007. as a rolling 24-hour sports news channel using the strength of the Setanta Sports brand across the United Kingdom and Ireland . It was available to all Virgin...

. In August 2009 he rejoined ITV Central as sports correspondent and relief newscaster.
On March 23, 2011, during the live 6pm news, he accidentally said the C-word live on air when talking about "cuts".

Notable career credits

• The Children's Channel
  The Children's Channel
  The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a television station in the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavia, which was owned by Flextech . It began broadcasting on 1 September 1984, and was closed on 3 April 1998...
  
  
• BBC Midlands, sports presenter (2002–2005)
• ITV Central, East edition newsreader (2005–2009), sports correspondent/relief newscaster (2009–present)
• ITN (ITV London
  ITV London
  ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
  
   and ITV News
  ITV News
  ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. Since 1955, ITV's news bulletins have been produced by Independent Television News . The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. Between 2004 and 2008, the...
  
  ), news correspondent/relief newscaster (2009–present)
• Setanta Sports News
  Setanta Sports News
  Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007. as a rolling 24-hour sports news channel using the strength of the Setanta Sports brand across the United Kingdom and Ireland . It was available to all Virgin...
  
  , freelance presenter (2009)

External links

• ITV News at ITV.com
  Itv.com
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• Steve Clamp - Official website