James Laidler

James Laidler is a radio producer and presenter, born in St Thomas' Hospital in London on March 6, 1985.
He was Head of News at Surge, from 2004 to 2006 , for which he won Best News and Talk at the Student Radio Awards 2005
He began working as a broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Solent in December 2005 - at one time producing Richard Cartridge - and has since worked for the Dimbleby Election Night programme, BBC Radio Five Live and KM-FM.
He has produced Mike Powell's Sunday afternoon programme, presented weekend travel bulletins and been assistant producer for Jon Cuthill and Tristan Pascoe.
A graduate in Physics at Southampton University , PGDip Multimedia Journalism Bournemouth University, he was given sponsorship via the BBC News Sponsorship Scheme 2006 (Selected from over 300 applicants nationally to be one of 15 journalism students trained by BBC journalists. This includes paid work experience, mentoring, course fees paid with additional money towards living costs). .
He is now a journalist and producer for BBC Breakfast and BBC News.
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