Sian Williams Biography
Sian Williams is a Welsh journalist and current affairs broadcaster best recognized for her BBC work. Williams hosted weekday versions of BBC Breakfast as well as all major news bulletins on BBC One from 2001 to 2012. From 2014 to 2015, she hosted two seasons of BBC One’s debate show Sunday Morning Live.
How old is Sian Williams? – Age
She is 56 years old as of 28 November 2020. She was born Sian Mary Williams in 1964 in Paddington, London, England.
Sian Williams Family
Williams was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, to Welsh parents. Katherine Rees, her mother, was from Llanelli and had migrated to London to become a nurse. Williams’ father was from Swansea, and his family was a farming family from Glamorgan.
Is Sian Williams still Married? – Husband
Williams married Neale Hunt, a former director of advertising business McCann Erickson, in February 1991, and they had two kids. Following the divorce, Williams married Paul Woolwich in 2006 and gave birth to her third son in October 2006, later revealing in an interview that she got two liters of blood due to problems. In March 2009, Williams gave birth to a daughter.
How tall is Sian Williams?
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches(1.59 m).
Sian Williams Health
Williams stated in May 2016 that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The Channel 5 broadcaster revealed to Woman and Home magazine that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, just a week after her 50th birthday. She claimed she had always believed she was healthy because she “done all the right things.” Her major concern was not seeing her two youngest children grow up.
How much does Sian Williams earn? – Net Worth
She earns a salary of over £250,000. Her net worth is not known.
Sian Williams Career
She began her career with the BBC in 1985 as a reporter and producer for BBC Local Radio stations in Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. She worked as an editor for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One and PM programs from 1990 to 1997. Williams also worked as a programme editor for several news and election specials on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Prior to the channel’s inception in 1997, Williams worked as an output editor for BBC News 24. When one of the potential presenters fell ill during the screening process, Williams was invited to fill in. Producers were so delighted with her performance that they gave her the prime presenting position from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with Gavin Esler.
She worked for the channel for nearly two years before moving on to BBC One’s Six O’Clock News as Special Correspondent in 1999. She began as a relief presenter for the bulletin before taking over as its primary Friday presenter during Fiona Bruce’s maternity leave in 2001. Williams also became a regular on BBC One’s weekend news bulletins.
Williams joined BBC Breakfast on 12 January 2001 as a relief presenter, originally covering for main presenter Sarah Montague with Darren Jordon, and then with Jeremy Bowen to cover for Sophie Raworth. During this time, she also filled in on the Six O’Clock News and the One O’Clock News. During her maternity leave in 2004, Williams covered for Raworth on the Six O’Clock News, co-presenting with George Alagiah, and the following year, she reported from Sri Lanka and Thailand on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and from Pakistan on the Kashmir earthquake.
She was confirmed as the main female presenter of BBC Breakfast in May 2005, originally alongside Dermot Murnaghan and later with Bill Turnbull beginning in 2008. Williams left BBC Breakfast on March 15, 2012, when the production team was relocated to Salford. She returned to BBC Radio 4 in 2012 to co-host Saturday Live. Williams has hosted shows other than news and current affairs, such as The One Show, Big Welsh Challenge, Now You’re Talking, and City Hospital. Williams worked as a reporter for Watchdog in 2010. She co-hosted Your Money, Their Tricks with Nicky Campbell and Rebecca Wilcox in 2013. Williams also hosted The Sian Williams Interview, a three-part interview series for BBC One Wales that featured Tanni Grey-Thompson, Suzanne Packer, and Siân Phillips.
Williams took over as the new host of Sunday Morning Live, BBC One’s religious and ethical debate show, in June 2014. She hosted the show for two seasons before stepping down in June 2016 and being replaced by Naga Munchetty. Williams announced her departure from the BBC on November 5, 2015, to become the new main presenter of 5 News. On January 4, 2016, she delivered her first 5 News bulletin. From 2017 till the present, she co-hosts Save Money: Good Health on ITV with Ranj Singh and ‘Secrets of Your Supermarket Food’ on C5.