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Madera was born to Polish parents.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Brin |last2=Żukowska |first2=Maria Halena |title=Poles in the UK: A Story of Friendship and Cooperation |date=2016 |publisher=British Polonia Foundation |isbn=978-0-9954956-1-6 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Poles_in_the_UK/ScVQswEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> She is married to Simon, with whom she has two boys, Henry and George.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kto stoi w miejscu, ten się cofa {{!}} Tydzień Polski |url=http://www.tydzien.co.uk/artykuly/wywiady/2013/02/06/kto-stoi-w-miejscu-ten-sie-cofa/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=pl-PL |
Madera was born to Polish parents.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Best |first1=Brin |last2=Żukowska |first2=Maria Halena |title=Poles in the UK: A Story of Friendship and Cooperation |date=2016 |publisher=British Polonia Foundation |isbn=978-0-9954956-1-6 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Poles_in_the_UK/ScVQswEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> She is married to Simon, with whom she has two boys, Henry and George.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kto stoi w miejscu, ten się cofa {{!}} Tydzień Polski |url=http://www.tydzien.co.uk/artykuly/wywiady/2013/02/06/kto-stoi-w-miejscu-ten-sie-cofa/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=pl-PL}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 15:06, 27 July 2022
Kasia Madera | |
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Born | Katarzyna Madera London, England |
Education | Queen Mary University of London |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
Employer | BBC |
Notable credit(s) | BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC World News Newsday World News Today with Kasia Madera GMT Impact Global Outside Source The Papers |
Children | 2 |
Katarzyna "Kasia" Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter. She fronts mainly evening and overnight bulletins on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand on Friday from London with Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore and World News Today on Friday.[1]
In 2013 she became one of the main presenters of World News Today broadcast on BBC Four, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel, and then its deputy presenter following the departure of Zeinab Badawi. She is a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel, and the BBC News at One.
Career
After joining the BBC graduate programme in 2002, she initially presented BBC Three's youth-oriented news bulletin 60 Seconds. She then presented the round-up of the day's entertainment and celebrity news in E24.[citation needed]
Formally joining the BBC News Channel as a news presenter, she presents as a regular stand-in, alongside her roles on Newsday and World News Today. She works for BBC News and BBC World News as the news anchor of the evening and overnight bulletins..[citation needed] Madera presented the most-watched BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News simulcast following the opening ceremony of London 2012 Olympics when the Channel achieved its highest ever viewing figures. Also the overnight coverage of The Death of Nelson Mandela.[2]
Madera speaks Polish, and as a result reported for the BBC News Channel on the 2007 Polish parliamentary election and again in 2015, 2014 European Elections, and the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Russia, which killed 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczyński. She also took over from Huw Edwards after the death of Nelson Mandela presenting overnight coverage on BBC One, BBC World News, the BBC News Channel and PBS.[citation needed]
Personal life
Madera was born to Polish parents.[3] She is married to Simon, with whom she has two boys, Henry and George.[4]
See also
- List of BBC newsreaders and reporters
- List of people from London
- List of University of London people
References
- ^ Babita Sharma Biography.
- ^ "Kasia Madera - Knight Ayton". www.knightayton.co.uk.
- ^ Best, Brin; Żukowska, Maria Halena (2016). Poles in the UK: A Story of Friendship and Cooperation. British Polonia Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9954956-1-6.
- ^ "Kto stoi w miejscu, ten się cofa | Tydzień Polski" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
External links
- Kasia Madera at IMDb