Sarah Montague Biography
Sarah Montague is a British journalist who used to be a regular on the BBC Radio 4 current affairs program Today. After 18 years, she left the show in April 2018 to become the host of The World at One, a lunchtime news broadcast.
Sarah Montague Age
Montague is 56 years old as of 2022. She was born Sarah Anne Louise Montague on 8 February 1966 in Guernsey, Guernsey.
Sarah Montague Height
Montague stands at a height of 5 feet 5inches(1.65m).
Sarah Montague Family
Montague was born to Guernsey Mary (née O’Malley), a British Crown dependency and one of the Channel Islands, to John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army.
Sarah Montague Husband
Montague married Sir Richard Christopher Brooke in 2002. They attended a party co-hosted by then-Prime Minister David Cameron, with whom Brooke attended Eton College, in 2014. Her husband inherited the Brooke baronetcy in 2012, becoming the 12th Baronet. She is a mother of three daughters and a stepdaughter.
Sarah Montague Education
Montague studied biology at the University of Bristol after graduating from Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls.
Sarah Montague Salary
Montague left Radio 4’s flagship current affairs program after 18 years in April 2018 to take over as host of the lunchtime news broadcast The World at One from Martha Kearney. Her salary was significantly lower than that of her male colleagues, with John Humphrys earning more than four times hers. When she found out she was paid less than other presenters, she described herself as “incandescent with rage.” Montague revealed in January 2020 that she had received a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC for her unequal treatment.
Sarah Montague Net Worth
Montague has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
Sarah Montague Electoral Commission
In 2018, she was chastised for incorrectly attributing the Electoral Commission’s findings that the Vote Leave campaign violated the law during the 2016 referendum, thereby shielding several government ministers from resigning. She repeatedly referred to “these allegations,” when they were, in fact, the findings – the verdict – of the statutory body tasked with ensuring the integrity of UK elections and the 2016 referendum. In July 2019, the Electoral Commission’s decision and fine were overturned in court. “This raises serious questions about its [the Electoral Commission’s] conduct both during and after the referendum,” said the defendant in the court case.
Sarah Montague BBC Career
Montague’s first job was as a stockbroker for County NatWest, followed by a position as a Eurobond dealer with NatWest Capital Markets in London. She then went into business with Charles Tyrwhitt, the owner of men’s clothing retailer Charles Tyrwhitt, in London. Montague began her journalism career in 1991 with Channel Television. She began her career with Reuters in January 1995 and then moved on to Sky News as a business correspondent in January 1996.
She began her career at the BBC in October 1997, hosting Newsnight, Breakfast, and BBC News before moving on to the Today news program on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. On November 9, 1997, she co-hosted the first BBC News 24 program with Gavin Esler. She has also appeared on BBC News as a presenter of HARDtalk. In December 2008, she hosted BBC World’s Nobel Minds in the Royal Palace Library in Stockholm. The 2008 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, and Literature convened for a round-table discussion on global issues and their contributions to the world of knowledge.
Montague called off a strike at the BBC called by the National Union of Journalists on November 6, 2010. She arrived at 3:30 a.m. to present the Today show with co-host Evan Davis, so she did not technically cross the picket line. On 15 July 2011, she again defied an NUJ strike by presenting Today with Justin Webb early. The University of Sussex bestowed the honorary degree Doctor of Letters on her in 2013. She received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from the University of Bristol on February 10, 2015.
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