Talk:Moira Stuart

Unsources/irrelevant trivia
If you don't understand the laws of libel, or why you should not not place unsourced comments about a living person on a public website, perhaps you should read the Wikipedia guidleines via the links above. Escaper7 12:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Further to the above, I have reverted the article to remove what I believe is vandalism/nonsense trivia added to the personal section. "During a 1979 shooting rampage, it is estimated that Stewart gunned down sixteen separate species of animal, including a lemur, a gibbon, an ostrich and Fun House's Pat Sharp.

Stewart once ate twenty-seven eggs during a single train journey." Assuming good faith, was unable to find a second source via google. If sources can be found, please restore. 81.79.196.44 (talk) 12:35, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Fronts 10 o'clock news
Today (4 November 2006) I can reveal that I turned on the news and Moira Stuart was fronting the news at ten. I have never seen this before, but I can say that she now has fronted the news, and therefore the article needs to be changed. Segafreak2 22:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well noticed. I watched it too and spotted that! The only thing I'm not sure of is whether that programme was the BBC Ten O'Clock News referred to in the article.  I think (but am not sure) that the "branded" BBC Ten O'Clock News is actually a weekday only programme, and that the one Moira presented last night was just the "Saturday night news programme", and not the official BBC Ten O'Clock News (if nothing else, technically it started at 9.55).  So I won't edit the article myself; I'll wait till someone else can confirm (or not)what the proper situation is Smeddlesboy 10:26, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * When Moira left Breakfast, she was 'retained' to do a number of projects/functions including occasional weekend news reading. There's a big anniversary season coming in March on slavery and she's involved with that.  Many BBC newsreaders have a contractual commitment to complete XX hours of presenting per year - and the weekend news is not strictly the Ten - even if it's on at ten, That's because BBC News has a weekend editor and team that provide coverage across the weekend - except Breakfast - the only prog to exist in its own 'name' at the weekend, but it is presented from the News 24 set (N8) rather than the 'nationals' (One, Six, Ten; Breakfast Mon-Fri) set: N6. Escaper7 10:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)  ps: in the section "TV News career" it's made clear that she still presents some w/end news bulletins.  "Other Projects" makes ref to the slavery project: William Wilberforce - I think Iadded these points a while back.

Date of Birth
Where was her date of birth obtained from?
 * Source given when it appears in Early Life and Career section :) Smeddlesboy 18:28, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

There isn't a date of birth in the link

--- She may have been born in The Royal Free (Gray's Inn Road) but not "the Royal Free Hospital, north London on 2 September 1949", as it was only opened at its present site in 1978. 146.198.175.119 (talk) 20:34, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

--- Have now removed north from The Royal Free Hospital, London on 2 September 1949 146.198.175.119 (talk) 21:50, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I've just removed refs to Hampstead again. The birth info was obtained from the Times article by Hugo Rifkind, published in 2007. As I recall, it stated she was born at the RFH but without mentioning a specific location, so it looks like Hampstead has been mistakenly taken from that. Unfortunately it appears the article is no longer available to read. Crisso (talk) 10:01, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

John Humphrys comment
Could another source be provided? I find it hard to believe, given that it was written on the morning of April Fool's Day.


 * I have heard tell of the John Humphrys comment before and believe it could possibly be true, but IMHO enough doubt exists that it should not be included here. Also, the rumours about Moira Stuart's private life have been circulating for a few years and have been recently stated to be untrue, so it is correct to delete this part of the recent edit. – Agendum 23:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Reason for removal from BBC News bulletins
In her Have I Got News for You appearance, Moira made a pointed reference to being removed due to old age, however team captain Ian Hislop suggested that the BBC Director General believed that she was posh - another possible clue to her removal from the schedules.

Fair use rationale for Image:Moira Stuart.jpg
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Spouse information
Is Moira's spouse really Pam St Clement from Eastenders? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.147.20 (talk) 12:57, 5 February 2010 (UTC) It is a rumour oft repeated but never confirmed. Maybe more suitable for a gossip magazine? Sue De Nimes (talk) 10:29, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

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