Fiona Bruce and that the award was "demeaning". Fiona Bruce Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is an English television journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since joining the BBC as a researcher on "Panorama" in 1989, she has gone on to become the first female newsreader on the "BBC News at Ten" as well as presenting many flagship programmes for the corporation including the "BBC News at Six", "Crimewatch", "Real Story", "Antiques Roadshow" and "Fake or Fortune?". Fiona Bruce was born in Singapore, to an English mother and a Scottish father, who had worked his way up from a postboy to
Antiques Roadshow Country in England. The pilot roadshow was recorded in Hereford on 17 May 1977 presented by contributor Bruce Parker, a presenter of news/current affairs programme "Nationwide", and antiques expert Arthur Negus, who had previously worked on a similarly-themed show, "Going for a Song". The pilot was so successful that it was transmitted and the format has remained almost unchanged ever since. Negus appeared on "Antiques Roadshow" until 1983. In the original BBC programme, various towns or famous places are advertised as venues. The show has since visited a number of other countries (including Canada in 2001 and Australia in 2005)