Declan Curry
| Declan Curry | |
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| Born | Declan Curry Ireland |
| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter, Businessman |
| Ethnicity | Irish |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC Breakfast |
Declan Curry is an Irish journalist, presenter and businessman, currently employed by the BBC and best known as the former Business Correspondent for BBC Breakfast.
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[edit] Early life
Curry was born and raised in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[1]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Curry studied chemistry at Imperial College, London. There he reported for IC Radio and ICNN (Imperial College News Network), as well as the weekly paper Felix.
Curry has worked for and broadcasted on ABC News and LBC, but has spent most of his career with the BBC.
[edit] BBC
Curry has worked for the BBC News Channel since the channel's inception in 1997. He has also worked for BBC World News, Radio 5 Live, and Radio 4. Curry is best known for his reporting of the happenings in the London Stock Exchange and other British economic news, particularly during the Breakfast programme on BBC One and BBC News Channel.
On 6 October 2008, Curry began a new role as presenter of BBC Two's Working Lunch, alongside Naga Munchetty, replacing the previous team headed by Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw. After the programme ended in July 2010[2] Curry has been an occasional host of Your Money on the News Channel.
Curry introduces the business and finance reports on Radio 5 Live's Drive programme, and has also presented the programme on occasions.[3][4]
From 5 September 2010, Curry has presented On the Money, a Sunday evening business programme on Radio 5 Live,[5] and later hosting the business debate programme Show Me The Money on the News Channel,[6] also on Sunday evening.[7]
[edit] Strikebreaker
On 23 May 2005, Curry became the most prominent BBC news strikebreaker, when he crossed a picket line of staff striking against announced pay cuts.[8][9]
[edit] Awards
On 6 July 2009 Declan Curry was awarded an honorary degree from Middlesex University.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ "Strabane homecoming for Curry". BBC News. 15 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8152749.stm. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ BBC's Working Lunch show to end BBC News, 23 April 2010
- ^ 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live, 31 May 2010
- ^ 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live, 22 July 2010
- ^ Radio 5 Live launches new look to Sunday evenings featuring cream of business, politics and current affairs BBC Press Office, 10 August 2010
- ^ Declan Curry and Harry Gration head for Examiner Business Awards event Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 10 November 2010
- ^ Show Me The Money BBC News Channel
- ^ Deans, Jason (23 May 2008). "TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line". The Guardian. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1490230,00.html?gusrc=rss. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Declan Curry - most prominent BBC news scab". libcom.org. 17 April 2007. http://libcom.org/library/declan-curry-most-prominent-bbc-news-scab. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ Honorary Graduates Middlesex University, July 2009
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