Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Selina Scott (born 13 May 1951) is a British newsreader, journalist, television producer and presenter. Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire in 1951, the eldest of five children. Her late father, Charles, was a police sergeant and her mother, Betty (née Bumby), was formerly a journalist from Ryedale, North Yorkshire. She completed her secondary education at the Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, where she was head girl, whilst living in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland. She then continued her studies at the University of East Anglia, reading English and American Literature.