Chris Eakin
Chris Eakin is a newsreader on the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel, BBC News. He came to BBC News from BBC Look North where he had twice won regional journalist of the year. Chris has also made appearances on the BBC show "Auntie's Bloomers". He is a keen sailor and skier and a lifelong fan of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Chris can now be seen on BBC News presenting from 10:30pm till 1am on Monday-Thursday evenings, as well as at other times. The first half hour of his shift is the second half of the 10 O'Clock News Hour, and contains a full review of the following days front pages and a sport and business update. He has anchored outside news broadcasts from a range of locations including Buckingham Palace, Tavistock Square in London and Boscastle, Cornwall. Before moving to his current shift he anchored from 7pm to 10pm on Monday-Thursday evenings alongside Jane Hill. He has presented the BBC News at One as a relief presenter before.
He also authored the book, "A Race Too Far", which describes a 1968 sailing race.[1]
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- ^ "Sail-World.com : A Race Too Far - new story of the 1968 solo race". http://www.sail-world.com/USA/A-Race-Too-Far---new-story-of-the-1968-solo-race/65529. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
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