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Colin Brazier

Colin Brazier presents 'The Live Desk' from 0900 - 1000 and 1300 – 1400 on weekdays. He became a presenter after a wide-ranging career as a correspondent. A widely traveled and award-winning journalist, he filed the first report from inside Iraq with US forces during the second Gulf War.

He was the first non-American to broadcast live from Baghdad International Airport, a record which prompted the Daily Telegraph to write in a leader on April 12 entitled Where was the BBC?:

“[The BBC] refused to acknowledge…that American troops were in Baghdad, even though you had only to switch to Sky to see them there.”

Colin Brazier was formerly Sky News Europe Correspondent. This post followed a stint in Pakistan and Afghanistan where his coverage, jointly with colleague David Chater, won a Gold Medal at the 2003 New York TV Festival.

He began his career in newspapers after graduating from university with a first class degree in English Literature and narrowly opting not to take a place as an infantry soldier with the Green Howards.

After spells with the BBC and ITV, he joined Sky News in 1997, working in more than 30 countries as Royal, Diplomatic and Political Correspondent.