Penny Smith

Biography: She is also the stations main newsreader. She joined the breakfast television station in April 1993.
Penny began her career as a reporter and feature writer on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
After four years, she left to backpack through Central and South America and South East Asia where she reported and presented on a current affairs programme for Radio Television Hong Kong. Inl984 she joined Radio Trent as a reporter/presenter and then worked for Central Television as press officer for documentaries and drama. After that she co-presented the local evening news for Border Television and after a year she co-presented Thames News with Andrew Gardner. Penny then moved to Sky News before becoming presenter of GMTV`s 'News Hour'. Penny has also presented 'Crime Monthly', 'Crime Net', 'Crime File' and 'Crime Fighters' for Carlton, 'Most Wanted' for LWT, 'Going For A Song' for the BBC and 'Celebrity' for ITV. She presented a show on Classic FM and hasShe is also the stations main newsreader. She joined the breakfast television station in April 1993.
Penny began her career as a reporter and feature writer on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
After four years, she left to backpack through Central and South America and South East Asia where she reported and presented on a current affairs programme for Radio Television Hong Kong.
Inl984 she joined Radio Trent as a reporter/presenter and then worked for Central Television as press officer for documentaries and drama.
After that she co-presented the local evening news for Border Television and after a year she co-presented Thames News with Andrew Gardner.
Penny then moved to Sky News before becoming presenter of GMTV`s 'News Hour'. Penny has also presented 'Crime Monthly', 'Crime Net', 'Crime File' and 'Crime Fighters' for Carlton, 'Most Wanted' for LWT, 'Going For A Song' for the BBC and 'Celebrity' for ITV.
She presented a show on Classic FM and has written for a number of national newspapers and magazines, including a beauty column for 'Femail' in the Daily Mail and articles in 'Essentials' magazine, 'Good Housekeeping' and 'Woman and Home'.

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