Michael Buchanan Biography
Michael Buchanan is a media personality serving as social affairs correspondent for BBC News. Previously, he was a reporter on the Today programme.
Michael Buchanan Age
He was born in Hebrides. However he hasn’t revealed his birthday. Therefore his age is unknown.
Michael Buchanan Height
He is tall in stature. However his height is undisclosed.
Michael Buchanan Nationality
Buchanan is a Scottish by nationality.
Michael Buchanan Education
He graduated from Glasgow University.
Michael Buchanan Parents
Buchanan is from the Isle of Barra, a small island at the south of the Outer Hebrides, best known as the setting for the classic Ealing comedy, Whisky Galore, and for having the only commercial runway in Europe that’s washed by the tide twice a day. From an early age he wanted to be a journalist.
Buchanan hasn’t disclosed any information about his family. It is also not known whether he has siblings or not.
Michael Buchanan Wife
Despite being a media personality, Michael has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight. It is therefore not known whether he is married, single or in a relationship. He hasn’t also revealed whether he has children or not.
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Buchanan is BBC’s Social Affairs correspondent. He covers everything from mental health and child protection to planes on beaches.
MichaelĀ decided he wanted to be a journalist from an early age and after graduating from Glasgow University, he was hired as a trainee reporter by Radio Nan Gaidheal, the BBC’s Gaidhlig language service.
From Radio Nan Gaidheal, he moved to Eorpa, a weekly TV current affairs programme focusing on European issues. During his three years at Eorpa he got to travel across the continent, most memorably visiting the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for a documentary on the 10th anniversary of the disaster, which won a BAFTA.
Following a year working as a reporter on the Today programme, Buchanan moved to Washington, DC. He has always been interested (obsessed) in all things American, and the two-and-a-half years he spent working there were fantastic, covering such stories as the Iraq war, the Columbia shuttle crash, the Michael Jackson trial and the showbiz extravaganza that was the 2004 Presidential election.
Since returning to London, Buchanan has covered some of the biggest stories including Hurricane Katrina, the conflict in Lebanon and the Ipswich killings.
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