Vivien Dale Victoria Lumsden (born 22 November 1952 inEdinburgh) is a former television presenter. She was a newsreader on theScottish TV (STV Central) news programme,Scotland Today for nine years. Before Scottish TV, she worked onBBC Scotland'sReporting Scotland from 1984 to 1989.[1]
She started her career atRadio Clyde,[2] before working as anAA traffic reporter, and then joining the BBC as aBreakfast Time newsreader.
Lumsden also fronted coverage of theGlasgow Garden Festival in 1988 for BBC Scotland[2] and was the host who read out the Scottish votes for theBBC Song For Europe 1985 from the old BBC studios in Glasgow.[citation needed]
During the early 1990s, she presented her own chat show,Viv on Sunday.[3]
A director ofSaga Radio in Glasgow until it was bought over to becomeSmooth FM, Lumsden is on the board of the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in the city.[citation needed] She was restaurant critic forScottish Field magazine, and occasionally writes and broadcasts on aspects of the hospitality industry, travel and home style and design.[citation needed]
Lumsden attendedJames Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh, followed by theRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[2]
She then entered teacher training, qualifying as a speech and drama teacher.[2] However, during her training, she became interested in radio and took up a job atRadio Clyde.
Lumsden has an adult son and daughter and two granddaughters. Her daughter Victoria, is aBBC Radio Scotland travel news presenter. Her husband is former BBC Scotland presenter Alan Douglas.[4]
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