Gamal Fahnbulleh is an experienced anchor with ITV Granada Reports – ITV’s regional award-winning news programme for the Northwest of England. He also regularly presents ITV Network bulletins, including News at Ten. Born in West Africa, Gamal moved to London with his family in 1986. After graduating from Manchester University with a BA in Politics and History, he went on to earn a Master’s Degree in International Politics before enrolling on a postgraduate diploma course in Broadcast Journalism at City University. While at City, he was one of only ten candidates nationally to be selected for the ITV News Group Bursary Scheme in 2005. Gamal began his career at ITN as a general reporter and presenter for Granda Reports. Here...
Gamal Fahnbulleh is an experienced anchor with ITV Granada Reports – ITV’s regional award-winning news programme for the Northwest of England. He also regularly presents ITV Network bulletins, including News at Ten.
Born in West Africa, Gamal moved to London with his family in 1986. After graduating from Manchester University with a BA in Politics and History, he went on to earn a Master’s Degree in International Politics before enrolling on a postgraduate diploma course in Broadcast Journalism at City University. While at City, he was one of only ten candidates nationally to be selected for the ITV News Group Bursary Scheme in 2005.
Gamal began his career at ITN as a general reporter and presenter for Granda Reports. Here he worked closely with the British Army while two Northwest regiments trained and prepared for a six-month tour of Afghanistan. In the summer of 2010, he was embedded in Nad-e Ali, Afghanistan, with the First Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. That year, ITV Granada received the award for Best Regional Story, ‘Our Troops in Afghanistan’ at the RTS Northwest Awards. In November 2010 Gamal joined Sky News as a reporter.
At Sky News he held both solo and co-anchor positions across the day’s output, including flagship programmes like Sky News Breakfast, Sky News Tonight and Sky News at Ten. When Gamal was not conducting interviews with high-profile politicians and celebrities or carrying out the morning and evening newspaper review, he was delivering breaking stories, handling rolling news and live updates.
Gamal has also worked for ITV Breakfast as the Northern based Correspondent for Good Morning Britain and worked extensively on the Hillsborough enquiry.
In January 2021, Gamal returned to Granada Reports as the main co-presenter of the programme. From 2022, he has appeared as relief presenter across all primary ITV News bulletins.
When not working, Gamal has a love of all things history and spends his free time reading fact-based novels from the classical and medieval period. He is also a self-confessed film buff and will happily lose an evening to some classic cinema or the latest blockbuster.
Having specialised in African and Middle Eastern politics and history at University he maintains his interest in these areas and travels back to West Africa when he can, visiting family. He looks to combine his passion for travelling with his love for food and enjoys experiencing new cultures and destinations with his wife Liz, whenever possible. Both have an interest in immersing themselves in new cultures and traditions.
A talented sportsman growing up, Gamal represented his school, county and region in Rugby and hockey. He remains a keen fitness fanatic, living by the mantra that a healthy body is a healthy mind.
