Pattie Coldwell

Pattie Coldwell (14 May 1952 – 17 October 2002) was a British TV presenter and journalist.

Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, she attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary and starting in local television (Granada TV) as a reporter and presenter. She progressed to nationally networked programmes, such as Nationwide, Open Air, Loose Women and, on BBC Radio 4, You and Yours. Her premature death resulted from a brain tumour at the age of 50; she had had breast cancer previously.

Her boyfriend for several years was the historian and broadcaster Michael Wood. She was married twice and had a daughter Dannie (born 1992) with her first husband, the presenter Tony Kerner.

External links[]

• Broadcaster Pattie Coldwell dies, BBC, 18 October 2002.
• Pattie Coldwell: Courageous crusader, BBC, 18 October 2002.
• Obituary, The Times, 19 October 2002, subscription required.
• Obituary, The Guardian, 31 October 2002.
• Pattie Coldwell obituary, The Independent, 19 October 2002