Anna Hill is a British radio presenter and journalist.[1] She presentsFarming Today onBBC Radio 4.
Hill has a post-graduate diploma in radio journalism from theLondon College of Printing.[1]
Hill's first job involved sewing trousers for a company inWiltshire.[2]
Following the completion of her journalistic training, Hill worked for a year and a half at a number of local radio stations. She joined theBBC as a reporter in 1986.[2]
In the 1990s, Hill was a continuity announcer and newsreader atBBC Radio 4.
In 1995, Hill joinedFarming Today, a programme covering news relating to, and current affairs within, UK agriculture, on BBC Radio 4.[3] As of September 2017, she had been a presenter of the programme for over 20 years.[4] She remains a presenter of the programme, along withCharlotte Smith andCaz Graham.
As of 2019, Hill had been a director of theOxford Farming Conference since 2017.[2]
As of 2023, Hill was also a presenter ofOn Your Farm on BBC Radio 4.[5]
Hill has also chaired conferences, such as anOECD Rural Development conference.[2] She has also reported for Countryfile and the BBC World Service about agricultural issues in countries other than the UK.[3] She won Gold Sony Award for an episode ofOn Your Farm which featured a family whose dairy farm had been flooded.[4]
Hill grew up inDorset, and in a 2017 interview described herself as a fan of the poetry ofHenry Thoreau and of kayaking.[3] As of 2019, she lived in Norwich.[2]