Susanna Victoria Reid (born 10 December 1970) is an English television presenter and journalist. Reid was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2003 until 2014, along with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt.
She has been a co-anchor of Good Morning Britain since 2014, and currently presents the programme alongside Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard.
She finished as a runner-up on the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC and Save Money: Good Food on ITV.
Susanna's colleague has been among the brave TV journalists risking their safety to provide coverage of the heart-rending scenes playing out in Ukraine this week following the Russian invasion.
While soldiers instructed Kyiv residents to leave their homes and warned of carnage to come, Richard Gaisford was presenting footage of the crisis for ITV.Aware that her colleague was celebrating his birthday amid the chaotic scenes, Susanna retweeted his latest post to more than 858,000 followers.She wrote alongside a photo of the star holding up a modest cake: "Happy Birthday Richard - spending your half century reporting from Ukraine."Stay safe and keep up the excellent work with your team," she added, punctuating her feelings with heart emojis.Meanwhile, Richard had simply written: "So there it is.
Half a century. Milestone achieved."Richard, who has acted as a Chief Correspondent for shows including This Morning and Good Morning Britain, has written that he is "rarely found standing still".Tense moments took place for him earlier this week when he was forced to call a halt to a GMB broadcast live from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after air raid sirens blasted out suddenly around him.He was forced to scramble around to find protective clothing to cover himself in case he was harmed.His colleagues have shed tears over their fears for him, while he was forced to reassure concerned GMB hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard that he was safe.Richard told viewers that roads were gridlocked while Ukrainian residents made a desperate bid to flee in the hope of guaranteeing their survival.As havoc rained down on Ukraine, according to reports, one woman gave birth in the basement of the hospital while sirens sounded and bomb attacks were.
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