Hugh Schofield

Hugh Robert Armstrong Schofield (born 19 August 1961 ) is a British journalist who is the Paris Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He was formerly a BBC correspondent across Europe, the Middle East and United States. He became BBC Paris Correspondent in 1996.

Early life and education Schofield was born in Cardiff in Glamorgan in South Wales, in 1961.

In September 1974, after leaving prep school, Schofield was educated at Clifton College, a boarding independent school in the suburb of Clifton, Bristol. He boarded at School House, and left in summer 1978.