Sue Baker

Not to be confused with Sue Barker, who also worked for the BBC.

Sue Baker (12 June 1947 – 14 November 2022) was a British journalist and television presenter.

Baker was one of the original presenters of the first iteration of BBC's Top Gear, presenting on the programme from 1980 to 1991.^[1] She was the motoring editor for the Observer from 1992 to 1995.^[1]

Baker was the vice-president and a former chair of The Guild of Motoring Writers^[2] and was awarded the Pemberton Trophy in 2014.^[3]

She died on 14 November 2022 due to complications of motor neurone disease (MND).^[1][4][2][5] She was 75.

References

1. Emma Saunders (15 November 2022). "Top Gear: Sue Baker, who presented motoring show for 11 years, dies". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
2. "Former Top Gear presenter and motoring journalist Sue Baker dies aged 67". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
3. "Pemberton Trophy". The Guild of Motoring Writers. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
4. "Sue Baker, long-running presenter of Top Gear in its early incarnation as a practical consumer show – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
5. Gair, Kieran (15 November 2022). "Sue Baker: former Top Gear host dies aged 67 after motor neurone disease battle". Retrieved 17 November 2022.