Sian Williams

For other people named Sian Williams, see Sian Williams (disambiguation).

Sian Williams
Williams in 2010
Born
Sian Mary Williams

(1964-11-28) 28 November 1964 (age 60)
Paddington, London, England
NationalityWelsh
EducationCity, University of London (DPsych)
University of Westminster (MSc)
Oxford Brookes University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, presenter, Psychologist
Employer(s)Channel 5 (2016–present)
BBC (1985–2015)
Notable credit(s)BBC Breakfast
BBC News
Your Money Their Tricks
Sunday Morning Live
5 News at 5
Save Money: Good Health
Supermarket Secrets Revealed
Spouse(s)Neale Hunt (m. 1991–2001)
Paul Woolwich
​
(m. 2006)​
Children4
Websitesianwilliamsmedia.co.uk

Sian Mary Williams ([ˈʃɑn]; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter,[1][2] and psychologist.

From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of BBC Breakfast as well as all main news bulletins on BBC One. She presented two series of BBC One's discussion programme Sunday Morning Live from 2014 until 2015.

From January 2016 until March 2022, she was the main presenter of 5 News at 5.[3] In March 2022 ITN announced[4] Williams was to leave her daily presenting role. Williams said in the announcement she planned to continue with some broadcasting projects, but also devote more time to "delivering psychological support". Williams is a registered counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.[5][failed verification]

Early life

Williams was born in Paddington, London, to Welsh parents and was brought up in Eastbourne, East Sussex.[2] Her mother, Katherine Rees, was from Llanelli and had moved to London to become a nurse.[2][6] Williams' father was from Swansea, and his family had been farmers in Glamorgan.[2][6] He was a journalist, working first in print and later in radio.[7] Williams has two younger twin brothers.[8] She gained a BA degree in English and History from Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University), and studied critical journalistic writing at the University of Rhode Island.[9][10] In 2012 Williams began training in Psychology, gaining an MSc degree from the University of Westminster,[11][10] and was awarded a doctorate in Counselling Psychology in 2021 from City, University of London after working in the National Health Service and elsewhere.[12]

Career

Williams joined the BBC in 1985 and began working as a reporter and producer for BBC Local Radio stations in Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. From 1990 to 1997, she was editor for BBC Radio 4's The World at One and PM programmes. Williams was also a programme editor for a number of news and election specials across Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live.[13][14]

Prior to the channel's launch in 1997, Williams joined BBC News 24 as an output editor. During screen tests for potential presenters, one applicant became unwell and Williams was asked to step into the role.[14][15] Producers were impressed with her performance and they offered her the prime presenting slot of 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm alongside Gavin Esler.[15] She remained with the channel for nearly two years before joining BBC One's Six O'Clock News in 1999 as Special Correspondent.[13] She became a relief presenter of the bulletin and in 2001 she became its main Friday presenter during Fiona Bruce's maternity leave. Williams also became a main presenter of the BBC One weekend news bulletins.

Williams joined BBC Breakfast on 12 January 2001 as a relief presenter, initially presenting on Friday–Sunday alongside Darren Jordon, to cover for main presenter, Sarah Montague, and then later with Jeremy Bowen, to cover for Sophie Raworth.[15] She also regularly deputised on both the Six O'Clock News and the One O'Clock News during this period. In 2004, Williams covered for Raworth on the Six O'Clock News during her maternity leave, co-presenting with George Alagiah, and the following year, reported from Sri Lanka and Thailand on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and from Pakistan on the Kashmir earthquake.[15]

In May 2005 she was confirmed as the main female presenter of BBC Breakfast, presenting initially with Dermot Murnaghan and then Bill Turnbull from 2008. Williams left BBC Breakfast on 15 March 2012 after the programme's production team was relocated to Salford. In 2012 she rejoined BBC Radio 4 to co-present Saturday Live.[16]

Williams has presented programmes outside of news and current affairs including The One Show, Big Welsh Challenge, Now You're Talking and City Hospital. In 2010, Williams was a reporter for Watchdog.[17] In 2013, she hosted Your Money, Their Tricks with Nicky Campbell and Rebecca Wilcox. Williams also presented a three-part interview series for BBC One Wales titled The Sian Williams Interview featuring Tanni Grey-Thompson, Suzanne Packer and Siân Phillips.[18]

In June 2014, Williams became the new presenter of Sunday Morning Live, BBC One's religious and ethical debating programme.[19] She presented the programme for two series before stepping down and being replaced by Naga Munchetty in June 2016.

On 5 November 2015, Williams announced she would be leaving the BBC to become the new main presenter of 5 News. She presented her first 5 News bulletin on 4 January 2016.[3] From 2017 to 2021 she co-presented Save Money: Good Health alongside Ranj Singh on ITV.[20][citation needed] and 'Secrets of your Supermarket Food on C5.[21] Since 2021 Williams has presented a dedicated weekly mental health slot[22] on 5 News called "Mind Matters with Dr Sian", bringing positive awareness to issues like autism, ADHD, anxiety and depression. In March 2022 ITN announced[4] Williams was to leave her daily presenting role at 5 News but would continue to front "Mind Matters". Williams said in the announcement she planned to continue with some broadcasting projects, but also devote more time to "delivering psychological support".

In 2022 it was announced that she would be the new presenter of BBC Radio 4's Life Changing programme, [23] which began in October.

In November 2023, Williams participated in Series 7, Week 8 of Richard Osman's House of Games.[24]

Other work

Williams was president of TRIC (Television and Radio Industries Club) for 2008–09 and won the title of Best Presenter in 2012 and 2013. She became an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cardiff in July 2012.[25] and was awarded the title of Doctor of Arts of Oxford Brookes University in 2017 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the pursuit of academic excellence.[26]

In 2016 Williams' book Rise: Surviving and Thriving after Trauma, dealing with adversity, was published Weidenfeld & Nicolson.[27]

Personal life

In February 1991, Williams married Neale Hunt, a former director of advertising firm McCann Erickson, with whom she has two sons.[8] Following the couple's divorce, Williams married Paul Woolwich in 2006, with whom she has two sons and a stepdaughter.[8][28] After giving birth to her third son in October 2006 she later disclosed in an interview that she received two litres of blood following complications.[14]

Williams ran the 2001 New York City Marathon and spent several days recovering in hospital from hyponatraemia. After several years not participating in running, she completed the Virgin London Marathon in 2013 and 2018.[29]

During filming for the BBC's Coming Home in November 2010, Williams discovered she was the first member of her family to have been born outside Wales in 350 years of her known family tree.[2][6]

Health

In May 2016, Williams revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She told Woman and Home magazine that she was diagnosed in 2014, a week after her 50th birthday. She said she had always thought she was healthy as she "did all the right things – I was a green tea drinker, a salmon eater, a runner". She said her main fear was not seeing her two youngest children grow up.[30]

Filmography

  • City Hospital
  • BBC Breakfast (2001–2012) – Co-presenter
  • Watchdog (2010) – Reporter
  • Crimewatch (2012, 2015) – Stand-in presenter
  • Your Money Their Tricks (2013) – Co-presenter
  • The Sian Williams Interview – Presenter
  • Sunday Morning Live (2014–2015) – Presenter
  • 5 News at 5 (2016–2022) – Anchor
  • Save Money: Lose Weight (2017) – Co-presenter
  • Save Money: Good Health (2017–present) – Co-presenter
  • Secrets of Your Supermarket Food (2018–present) – Presenter
  • Richard Osman's House of Games (2023) – Contestant

References

  1. ^ Who's Who 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e Rowland, Paul (3 January 2010). "Sian Williams 'may quit' Breakfast show". WalesOnlinewebsite. Cardiff: Media Wales Ltd. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b Sweney, Mark (5 November 2015). "Sian Williams leaves BBC to front Channel 5 News". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Sian Williams leaves 5 News as anchor to take up wider role". ITN. Retrieved 19 April 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Check the Register: Details for |". www.hcpc-uk.org. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Jones,Tudur H (27 November 2010). "Coming Home: Sian Williams". Daily Post Cymraeg website. Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  7. ^ Webb, Claire. "Watchlist: Sian Williams". Radio Times. No. 21–27 June 2014. p. 154.
  8. ^ a b c "Sian Williams: My family values: Guardian Weekend". Sian Williams Media. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Sian Williams". BBC News. BBC. 9 March 2004.
  10. ^ a b "Sian Williams: from breakfast TV host to trauma psychologist". The Guardian. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Harrow Conversations: My Split Life – TV presenter and student". University of Westminster. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  12. ^ .Singh, Anita (25 August 2020). "Sian Williams: 'I don't want my counselling patients to see me as a TV presenter'". The Telegraph.
  13. ^ a b "Sian Williams, BBC Breakfast presenter". Biographies. BBC Press Office. September 2008.
  14. ^ a b c "Now I value every day" (PDF). The Donor. National Blood Service. Summer 2008.
  15. ^ a b c d "Sian Williams". BBC News. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
  16. ^ "BBC – Sian Williams to join Radio 4's extended Saturday Live – Media Centre". Bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  17. ^ Which Breakfast star's in our Meriva car? Archived 3 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine Watchdog, BBC, 29 September 2010
  18. ^ "The Sian Williams Interview – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  19. ^ Sunday Morning Live returns to BBC One with new presenter Sian Williams BBC Media Centre, 9 June 2014
  20. ^ "Save Money: Good Health Episode 1". Archived from the original on 30 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Secrets of Your Supermarket Food".
  22. ^ "Channel 5 expands news service". ITN. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Life Changing, Meet our new presenter, Dr Sian Williams". 5 October 2022.
  24. ^ "House Of Games Line-Up This Week". Beyond The Joke. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  25. ^ "Honorary Fellowships". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  26. ^ "Doctors of Arts". Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  27. ^ Williams, Sian (13 December 2018). Rise. ISBN 9781474602686..
  28. ^ Holman, Justine (9 August 2014). "BBC presenter Sian Williams: 'I don't mind an early morning'". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  29. ^ "Episode 185 – Sian Williams: Marathon Talk". marathontalk.com. 24 July 2013.
  30. ^ "Sian Williams tells of double mastectomy". BBC News. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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