Award winning broadcaster and writer Fiona Armstrong has been a familiar face on national and regional news for over 40 years. Her work ranges from news to features to sport. She is currently presenting ITV’s Border Life in Scotland. The programme received an ITV award for Best Current Affairs programme for her report on the Lockerbie air disaster. Fiona has been a national newscaster and reporter for ITV and the BBC. She has covered the plight of Aids orphans in Africa, the removal of landmines in Cambodia, and the work of the Mercy Ships in West Africa. Closer to home, she fronted a series looking at domestic abuse. Other lighter projects include the countryside series, River Journeys, and Reivers, which...
Award winning broadcaster and writer Fiona Armstrong has been a familiar face on national and regional news for over 40 years. Her work ranges from news to features to sport. She is currently presenting ITV’s Border Life in Scotland. The programme received an ITV award for Best Current Affairs programme for her report on the Lockerbie air disaster.
Fiona has been a national newscaster and reporter for ITV and the BBC. She has covered the plight of Aids orphans in Africa, the removal of landmines in Cambodia, and the work of the Mercy Ships in West Africa. Closer to home, she fronted a series looking at domestic abuse. Other lighter projects include the countryside series, River Journeys, and Reivers, which featured clan history. Under the Hammer saw her filming in Scottish auction houses, whilst Fantastic Facts took her around Europe. She has also produced more than 20 films and videos on Scottish clans. As one of the UK’s best-known female anglers, Sky TV’s Tight Lines saw her fishing at home and abroad.
Fiona started her broadcasting career with Radio 210 in Reading and the BBC in Manchester. She has since worked for ITV Border, ITN, GMTV, BBC World News, the BBC News Channel, Sky TV and the Carlton Food Network, where she presented the series Easy as Pie. For American network NBC, she fronted several series of the business programme, Executive Lifestyles. She has also contributed to programmes for Radios 2 and 4.
Away from work, Fiona likes to swim, fish, cook, and garden. She is kept busy as the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries, the King’s personal representative in her area. Married to a Scottish clan chief, she writes about her tartan life in columns for magazines and newspapers. She has also written books on fishing and quirky cookbooks.
Fiona was given an Outstanding Contribution Award at the Royal Television Society North-East and Border Awards. She has a Doctorate in history from the University of Strathclyde and is a Fellow of the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Cumbria. She also received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glasgow.
