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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About  Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis is a British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former newsreader for the BBC. 

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Emily Maitlis was born on 6 September 1970 (age 51 years) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Emily Maitlis was the lead anchor until the end of 2021 of Newsnight, the BBC Two news and current affairs programme.

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Emily Maitlis is the daughter of Professor Peter Maitlis FRS, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, and Marion Maitlis, a psychotherapist.

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Emily Maitlis was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, a state comprehensive school, and then studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge.

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Emily Maitlis initially wanted to work as a director, prompted by her love for drama, but instead went into radio broadcasting.

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She spent six years in Hong Kong with TVB News and NBC Asia, initially as a business reporter creating documentaries, and then as a presenter in Hong Kong covering the collapse of the tiger economies in 1997. 

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During 2005, Maitlis appeared as the question-master on the game show The National Lottery: Come And Have A Go. She was a regular presenter on BBC News Channel for a decade between 2006 and 2016, alongside Ben Brown and Jon Sopel. 

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Emily Maitlis is married to investment manager Mark Gwynne, who is Catholic, whom she met while working in Hong Kong.

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Emily Maitlis won Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the 2017 London Press Club Awards.

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