# Moira Stuart

Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE (born 2 September 1949) is a British presenter and broadcaster, who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader to appear on British television, having worked on BBC News since 1981.In a career that spans four decades, she has presented many television news and radio programmes for the BBC and, from 2010 for nine years, was the newsreader for The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. She hosted on the station her own music show every Sunday from 23:00 till midnight, featuring "timeless classics" from the past 60 years.On 17 December 2018, it was announced that Stuart would be joining Classic FM from February 2019 as a morning news presenter and, from July 2019, as a weekend presenter with her own Saturday show.In March 2020 she received the Broadcasting Press Guild's Harvey Lee Award in recognition of "her five decades of outstanding broadcasting, including news presentation on BBC radio and television, documentaries, entertainment shows and her current news and music programmes on Classic FM." == Early life == moira stuart was born in the Royal Free Hospital, London, on 2 September 1949, to Dominican-Bajan African-Caribbean parents. She has two sisters, Sandra, and Sharon.She was educated in London until she was 13, attending Our Lady's Convent RC High School, Stamford Hill.