Polly Evans
British television presenter
Polly Evans is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, TV & Audio producer, and former anchor of the BBC regional news programme South East Today.
Career
Evans started broadcasting while studying at the University of Leeds, working early morning shifts on the campus radio station. She then went to Cardiff Journalism School at Cardiff University to do a post-graduate diploma and later, travelled to post-war Bosnia to make a film about a new impartial television station for the country.
After working in Japan as an English teacher during a gap year, Evans joined BBC Radio Wales' features department, developing and producing networked programming for BBC Radio 4. She later joined the BBC Wales newsroom as a reporter and newsreader, before moving to BBC Radio Devon in Plymouth a year later. She then transferred to television as a reporter and presenter for Spotlight and The Politics Show in the South West.
Evans joined South East Today before the 2005 general election. In September 2009, she became a main presenter alongside Rob Smith, replacing Geoff Clark and Beverley Thompson. The show was named Best Nations and Regions news programme twice at the national Royal Television Society Awards while Evans and Rob Smith were the anchors. During this time she also worked for the BBC Newschannel and BBC 5 Live as a reporter and newsreader.
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