Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader, and television presenter.

During that period, she was briefly a punk, singing in rock bands and, at one point, colouring her hair blue for one week.

[12] After leaving university, Bruce joined a management consulting firm for a year, but found the experience dull.

[13] After that, she worked at a number of advertising agencies, including Boase Massimi Pollitt, where she met her future husband, a company director.

[14] She then went on to meet Tim Gardam – at that time the editor of the BBC's Panorama – at a wedding and, in 1989, he gave her a job as a researcher on the programme.

[18] Following the murder of Jill Dando, Bruce took over the position of co-presenter on Crimewatch, alongside Nick Ross, until both were replaced by Kirsty Young towards the end of 2007.

[20][21] Her tenure as host was almost immediately embroiled in controversy,[22] and in May 2020, Bruce stated "QT is without doubt the hardest job I've ever done.

[26][27] Following an October edition of the show from Wolverhampton, also in 2023, Bruce apologised to an audience member for identifying him as "the black guy" on air.

[36] On 22 June 2007, it was announced that Bruce was to replace the retiring Michael Aspel as presenter of Antiques Roadshow the following spring,[37] which initially caused some controversy.

During the documentary, Bruce – who has always publicly identified herself as a feminist – challenged Sugar's view that women should openly disclose their childcare commitments to a potential employer.

alongside Philip Mould, which involves the process of establishing the authenticity of works of art, including the use of modern techniques.

Since then, she has also occasionally stood in for a holidaying Clarkson in his Sunday Times car review column, which she referred to as the ultimate revenge: "perching my bottom – nice or otherwise – on his patch.

"[49] In the BBC Two version of the satirical impressions show Dead Ringers, Bruce was parodied by Jan Ravens, who ruthlessly exaggerated her mannerisms through sexual innuendo.

[52] Referring to Jeremy Clarkson's adoration of her – he once described her as "agonisingly gorgeous"[53] – she remarked, "In my twenties I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.

[54] Bruce was criticised for showing "blatant bias" when interviewing Matt O'Connor, founder of Fathers 4 Justice, for a BBC programme in 2004.

[55] Bruce, who had featured in advertising campaigns for the charity Women's Aid, was accused of having an axe to grind on the issue of domestic violence.

[56] There were also concerns that O'Connor had originally been invited to speak about CAFCASS and the Family Courts, yet the programme was changed to focus on domestic violence.

Overall the committee "did not think that these matters were sufficient to constitute a serious breach of editorial standards" and found that "the programme had provided appropriate and balanced information around the allegation that violent men had infiltrated F4J".

[58] Bruce is an honorary vice president of optical charity Vision Aid Overseas (VAO), alongside fellow newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald.

"[59] Bruce was ambassador for the domestic violence charity Refuge but was forced to step back from the role in 2023 when she appeared to downplay the historic incident of Stanley Johnson breaking his wife Charlotte Fawcett's nose on Question Time.