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Tim Willcox

English journalist

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Also known as Timothy Willcox · Timothy Melton Willcox

Born: May 28, 1963
Birthplace: England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: news presenter
, journalist
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Education: Durham University
Employer: British Broadcasting Corporation
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Timothy Melton Willcox is a British journalist who formerly worked as a presenter for BBC News. He presents news programmes on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó mining accident and anchoring the BBC's live daytime coverage during the early days of the Cairo January 2011 Egyptian revolution.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Tim
Timothy
Melton
Number of children: 3
Family name: Willcox
Social media followers: 23,615(February 8, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 197401382
24,012(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 197401382
23,804(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 197401382
22,686(May 1, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 197401382
Native language: English

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