Anna Ford
Anna Ford became the presenter of BBC ONE's One O'Clock News when it re-launched in May 1999.
Anna's BBC career began in 1976 for Man Alive; in 1977 she joined Tomorrow's World and from 1986 until 1988 she worked on Network. She joined the BBC ONE Six O'Clock News team in 1989.
Anna's television career began in 1974 when she worked on the newsdesk for Granada TV. In 1978 she joined ITN and in 1981 she worked for TV-AM. She has done various freelance work for Channel 4, Thames TV, Central TV and Granada.
In 1985 Anna published Men - A Documentary, a book of interviews with Englishmen about their lives.
Anna studied at Manchester University, where she attained a BA honours degree in Economics, and was President of the Students Union from 1966 to 1967.
