Ms Anna Ford

BA (HON) LLD FRGD

Anna Ford (Tewkesbury, 1943) is an English former journalist, television presenter and newsreader.

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's 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. Before joining the BBC she was the staff tutor in Social Studies at the Open University in Northern Ireland. Anna Ford became the presenter of the BBC's One O'Clock News when it re-launched in May 1999.

Anna studied at Manchester University, where she attained a BA honours degree in Economics.

She has a postgraduate diploma in Adult Education and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Manchester University in 1998.

In 2001, she was installed as Chancellor of the Victoria University of Manchester. When the Victoria University of Manchester merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) on 1 October 2004 to create the new University of Manchester, she became its Co-Chancellor along with Sir Terry Leahy (the former Chancellor of UMIST). On 22 April 2006, Ford received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews, nominated by Sir Menzies Campbell. She completed her term and Tom Bloxham succeeded her as sole Chancellor on 1 August 2008.