Simon McCoy

Acting

Simon McCoy

Born

1961-10-07 (65)

Place of birth

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

6 titles

Simon McCoy is a journalist and newsreader for the BBC on the rolling news channel BBC News between 2pm and 5pm on weekdays, in a segment titled Afternoon Live. He is also a regular presenter of the BBC News at One and a relief presenter of BBC Weekend News.

Known for

Question Time poster
5.9

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

Question Time

1979

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster
6.0

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

Celebrity Hunted poster
5.5

Twelve famous faces go fugitive in this real-life thriller in aid of Stand Up To Cancer. Can they survive 14 days on the run from an elite team of hunters?

Celebrity Hunted

2017

Years and Years poster
7.5

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world.

Years and Years

2019

Twenty Twelve poster
7.4

A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.

Twenty Twelve

2011

Hostages poster
5.1

After a terrifying London hotel explosion, three strangers hide together in a room, navigating a chaotic hostage situation that satirizes the 24-hour news cycle, self-proclaimed experts, and society’s obsession with social media over human life.

Hostages

2025

Film credits

Series credits