Alistair Bunkall

Alistair Edward Julian Bunkall is Defence Correspondent for Sky News, the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting. He has occupied this position since October 2011 and reported from many conflicts around the world including Afghanistan and the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq.

Early life

Bunkall was born in Bristol and grew up in the village of Buckland Newton in north Dorset in South West England.

Education

Bunkall was educated at Sherborne School, a boarding independent school for boys, in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset in South West England, followed by the University of Bristol in the city of Bristol, also in South West England. He took a Post Graduate Degree at the City University in Central London, in 2004.

Life and career

After leaving Sherborne School, Bunkall gained work experience at the Dorset Echo, a local daily newspaper. While still at the University of Bristol, he worked for BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset Sound. After completing his Post Graduate Degree at City University in London in 2004, he joined BBC News, and reported for the BBC One O'Clock News. He also worked in two ITV regions: ITV Central and ITV Thames Valley, and for the CKNW radio station in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, on the West Coast of Canada.