Sarah Montague Biography
Sarah Montague is a British journalist who used to be a regular on the BBC Radio 4 current affairs program Today. She left the show after 18 years as the lead on the lunchtime news broadcast, The World at One, in April 2018.
How old is Sarah Montague? – Age
She is 55 years old as of 8 February 2021. She was born in 1966 in Guernsey, Guernsey. Her real name is Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke.
Sarah Montague Family – Education
Montague is the son of John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army, and Mary on Guernsey, a British Crown dependency and one of the Channel Islands. She studied biology at the University of Rochester after graduating from Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls.
Who is Sarah Montague married to? – Husband
Montague married Richard Christopher Brooke in 2002. They are friends with former Prime Minister David Cameron, with who Brooke attended Eton College. Montague is a mother of three daughters and a stepdaughter. Her husband inherited the Brooke baronetcy in 2012.
What is Sarah Montague’s salary?
She is said to be earning £133,000.
Sarah Montague Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Sarah Montague Career
It was Sarah’s first radio broadcast when she joined the Today programme. She had previously worked in television, having joined the BBC in 1997 for the launch of BBC News 24. When then-editor Rod Liddle approached her about presenting the show, it came as a complete surprise. However, she seized the opportunity to do “exactly what I want to be doing.” She majored in biology at Bristol University before beginning a career in finance with NatWest in London, first as a private client stockbroker and then in Eurobond sales.
She knew the city was not for her, so she went traveling for a year before starting a business in mail-order shirts with a friend. The company survived, but not the friendship or Sarah’s job. So, at the age of 24, after being fired twice, she decided to follow her heart and try to break into radio current affairs. With no luck finding work, she approached her local television newsroom in Guernsey and asked if she could come in and make tea for free for a few weeks.
Sarah worked as a reporter and presenter for Channel Television in both Guernsey and Jersey for three years. She moved to London in 1994 to work as a freelance television news reporter before joining Reuters for a daily business program. She moved on to Sky News in January 1996 as a business presenter. The BBC approached her in 1997 and asked her to be one of the presenters at the launch of its new BBC news channel, BBC News 24. Despite her desire to work more normal hours, she agreed to present the breakfast show earlier in the morning.
She has presented many BBC television news programs since joining the corporation, including BBC Two’s Newsnight, BBC One’s Breakfast with Frost, BBC Breakfast news, and BBC One news bulletins. Along with Today, she continues to host BBC World’s Hardtalk, on which she has interviewed world leaders as well as rock stars.