Winifred Robinson

Winifred Robinson (born 7 December 1957) is a BBC Radio presenter of the You and Yours programme. Early life Robinson was born in Liverpool, the fourth of six daughters of a docker and a housewife. She attended Notre Dame Collegiate School (now Notre Dame Catholic College), a girls' Roman Catholic grammar school in Everton Valley. In 1979, she graduated from Liverpool University with a degree in English. Career Robinson began her career at the Catholic Pictorial, and then the Ormskirk Advertiser newspaper. Her first job in broadcasting was in the newsroom at BRMB Radio in Birmingham, later moving to Red Rose Radio in Preston and the local television news Northwest Tonight. She has also presented File on 4. Robinson became a reporter on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme in 1995, and briefly was a presenter, but was reportedly 'passed over' because of her Liverpool accent, an accusation the BBC has denied, and Sarah Montague was appointed.