Jane Hill

Jane Amanda Hill (born 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is an English newsreader and journalist for the BBC. She is one of the corporation’s main network anchors, regularly presenting the BBC Weekend News, BBC News at Ten and BBC News at Six. She also presents The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 and Newshour on the BBC World Service.

Early life Jane Amanda Hill was born on 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex. She was privately educated at Micklefield School in East Sussex. and was originally an overnight presenter, also appearing on the channel's international counterpart BBC World News during the simulcast between the two channels. During her time with BBC News, she has presented coverage of a wide range of stories and events, including a week of special programmes from Washington DC in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. She returned to the Algarve for all the major developments in the story, and made a half-hour documentary about the case at the end of that year.

From April 2006 until August 2014, she presented alongside Matthew Amroliwala between 11:00 and 14:00 until they moved to between 14:00 and 17:00 in March 2013. Previously, she presented with Chris Eakin from 19:00 to 22:00 on Monday to Thursday evenings. Hill also presents news bulletins on BBC One, and in the past has made occasional appearances presenting BBC Breakfast. She is an occasional relief presenter for the BBC Weekend News on BBC One.

Hill returned as relief presenter for BBC News at Six and also joined the team of relief presenters for BBC News at Ten from August 2014.

She appeared as herself in the 2014 science fiction action film Edge of Tomorrow, which features Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. She is a vocal advocate of LGBT+ rights, becoming a columnist for Diva in 2016. Hill lives with her wife Sara, whom she married in 2013 in north London. She has spoken on several occasions about the importance of LGBTQ+ representation on television and the under-representation of gay women.