Michael Peschardt
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Michael Peschardt is a journalist and broadcaster for BBC News.
Early life
Educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, London and the University of Sussex he joined the BBC as a network reporter from 1983.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/from-dodging-bullets-to-firing-questions/2006/03/28/1143441155649.html From dodging bullets to firing questions] The Age.com.au – 30 March 2006
BBC career
After covering the England cricket team on The Ashes win in Australia in 1986/87, and the America's Cup; he decided to try living there for a year, and has been there ever since.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/presenters/2088144.stm Peschardt bio at BBC Breakfast] He is the BBC's Sydney correspondent, covering a range of stories from Australia and South East Asia for the BBC's UK-based TV and Radio services, including BBC Radio 4 and BBC News as well as the international channel BBC World News.
Peschardt also hosts BBC World News's programme Peschardt's People, which profiles well-known personalities in the Asia-Pacific. Interviewees have included Singaporean actress Fann Wong, New Zealand actor Sam Neill, Bollywood star Preity Zinta and Australian basketball player Luc Longley.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworld/worldstories/pressreleases/2006/04_april/peschardt.shtml Launch of Peschardt's People] BBC Press Office – April 2006
As well as this, he occasionally returns to the UK to fill in for absent presenters on BBC One's morning news programme BBC Breakfast.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
He also presented the BBC coverage of the 2002 Commonwealth Games from Manchester.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
ABC work
Peschardt guest-presented the Mornings show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 702 ABC Sydney for summer 2008/09, in place of Deborah Cameron.[http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s2450044.htm?site=sydney ABC Sydney - Michael Peschardt]
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External links
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- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/presenters/2088144.stm Bio at BBC Breakfast]
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