SUSAN OSMAN
Susan has had comprehensive broadcasting experience on radio and television, both regionally and nationally in numerous fields of journalism: news, current affairs, investigative consumer affairs and business news.
She began her career as a theatre director working in Washington DC where she was given the keys of the city for her work with underpriviliged black performers. As a qualified Speech and Drama Teacher, along with Cicely Berry (RSC) she worked at the Guildhall of Music Speech and Drama, but it was whilst teaching at the well known girls school, Roedean that she was “spotted” by a BBC television crew and she decided to leave teaching and pursue a broadcasting career.
CREDITS – TELEVISION
Current: BBC1- News24 – World – BBC2 – Presenter
Historical: BBC1 Points West – Anchor
Presented a highly successful and very popular daily news programme
BBC2 Current Account/Close Up West – Main presenter/reporter
Interviewed and reported on major political events and featured high profile personalities on a weekly current affairs programme
BskyB European Business Today – Main Presenter/Reporter
Presented and interviewed high profile business analysts and reported on the impact of business on politics
ITN News – Newscaster/Reporter
Thames Television – Reporting London – Main Presenter/reporter Interviewed and presented on London’s main current affairs programme.
Channel 4 4 What It’s Worth (award winning consumer programme)
Investigative journalist.
BBC 1 Look East – Presenter/Reporter
Presenting and reporting on East Anglia’s popular nightly news programme
HTV (West) Newsreader/Reporter
SCENE ’83 – Presenter
Presented and interviewed for HTV’s Arts programme. Susan’s first interviewee was an up and coming Victoria Wood.
CREDITS – Radio
BBC Bristol The Morning Show
Susan hosted the very popular daily radio show, a lively mix of chats with high profile celebrities, competitions, local personalities and regular popular items as well as outside broadcasts such as The Balloon Fiesta, The Bristol Flower Show and The Babe Appeal, which raised a million pounds in under a year to help build a children’s hospice in the South West.
BBC Bristol The Voices Of The West
An hour long discursive current affairs phone-in off the back of Close Up West which examined the issues raised in the television programme and invited a different panel of contributors each week to take part in the live on-air debate.
GWR The Morning show – presenter
Susan co-presented a lively mix of music and early morning chat..
She also read regular news bulletins and reported for the daily output.
BACKGROUND
Susan is patron of more than twenty charities in the West Country and was voted Personality of the Year by the Variety Club Great Britain. She is also a director in the film company Nick O’Time Films. It has a slate of feature films in co-production and is the co-writer of Rich wins a Condo, In Eastgodmen Bay, and Barcelona Baby.
EDUCATION
Central School of Speech And Drama B.Ed (Distinction) English/Drama
London University – Goldsmith’s College B.Ed (hons) English/Drama.
