Kaye Forster is a freelance weather presenter based at BBC East Midlands weather hub. Her usual role is providing weekday breakfast and lunchtime and weekend forecasts for the East Midlands, West Midlands and North West regions following budget cuts as part of the BBC’s Delivering Quality First in England program.
Kaye Forster took a BSc in Geography at Brunel University where her final year dissertation was on the effect of global warming on Atlantic hurricanes. In 2001 she started Met. Office training at ‘several RAF airfields’. She became a regular weather presenter at BBC South East Today before leaving to become freelance; she then spent a spell covering for a leave of absence for Dianne Oxberry at BBC North West Tonight.
Kaye Forster joined a ladies’ football team at university and has since played for Wycombe Wanderers, Exeter City and Ebbsfleet United.
Joanna Blythe popularly known as Jo Blythe is an English meteorologist and news presenter for UK’s ITV network. She has been presenting the daily weather forecast for over 18 years now
Joanna Blythe worked for Yorkshire Television , presenting the weather for the ITV region, but also for the Border, Granada Television and sometimes Tees Tyne channels. In addition to regional broadcasts, she occasionally worked for the ITV national weather team based in London .
Joanna Blythe has also presented several regional programs in the northern regions for Northern ITV and appeared in a local commercial. Recently, Jo was voted fourth best weather presenter at the 2006 FHM Bloke Awards.
Victoria Jemma Butler-Henderson is a British racing driver, former presenter of Top Gear and current presenter of Fifth Gear.
In 1994, Vicki Butler-Henderson joined the BBC’s flagship motoring show Top Gear. After the BBC cancelled the original show in 2001, Vicki Butler-Henderson, along with co-presenters Quentin Willson and Tiff Needell, moved to Channel 5 in 2002 to continue their work on a show called Fifth Gear. In 2004, she presented ITV’s coverage of the British Touring Car Championship, in which her brother Charlie briefly competed in 2004; and from February 2006 the ten-part series Wrecks To Riches for Discovery Real Time. Also in 2004, she was a presenter for Formula Woman on ITV.
Vicki Butler-Henderson has in later years broadened her media career outside racing and cars to become a general presenter. After co-hosting radio shows on Virgin Radio, in 2005, she presented a daytime television show for ITV called Date My Daughter in which a single man ‘dates’ three mothers after which they decide if he is worthy enough to date their daughter.
Vicki Butler-Henderson has recorded voice overs for radio and television advertisements, including Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and Sony Centres. She also provided a voiceover for the PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 4 Prologue. In January 2006, Vicki Butler-Henderson appeared in a TV commercial for the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership in which she stated that the Partnership “don’t want your cash, they just want you to slow down”. Vicki Butler-Henderson was also a narrator for National Geographic Channel (UK)’s science documentary entitled I Didn’t Know That. In 2009, she starred in several Dutch commercials for Toyota. She worked at Absolute Radio doing traffic news on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show. She left the breakfast show on 9 July 2009.
Vicki Butler-Henderson lent her views in the Golden Garages Award, a search for the United Kingdom’s best garage run by Motor Codes. Butler-Henderson was part of a professional panel of six independent judges including the Telegraph’s Honest John[ and motoring editor of Which? magazine, Richard Headland. She later presented the prize in person to the winners of the competition, Kinghams of Croydon.
In 2016, Vicki Butler-Henderson’s fourteen-year stint at Fifth Gear ended after the show was cancelled. In 2018, the programme returned on Quest with all of the original presenters including Vicki Butler-Henderson returning.
Since 2019, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Alex Riley have co-presented The Car Years; a motoring series shown on ITV4.
Elizabeth Rizzini is a British journalist working as a weather forecaster for BBC London. She works alongside BBC weather female presenters Wendy Hurrell and Kate Kinsella. Elizabeth Rizzini has previously worked with the Met Office as a weather news presenter.
The BBC London journalist presents the morning and lunchtime weather news for the BBC South East and Look East. At one point, Elizabeth Rizzini presented The Sky at Night show, expressing her interest in astronomy and space weather. Elizabeth Rizzini has also participated in several marathons before. In September 2015, she participated in the Great North Run to help raise funds for the Save the Children group.
The following year, Elizabeth Rizzini was one of the Vіrgin Money London Marathon Media Presenters, along with famous people in the international media industry.
Katerina Christodoulou is a prominent BBC weather presenter who has been delivering forecasts across the North of England and London.
Known for her engaging on-air presence and expert weather analysis, Katerina Christodoulou has built a loyal following among viewers across the UK. With a degree in television and broadcasting and over a decade of experience in the industry, she provides accurate and insightful weather updates that help viewers plan their daily activities. Christodoulou’s passion for her craft and commitment to keeping the public informed about changing weather patterns have made her a trusted voice in the field of broadcast meteorology.
Katherine Downes is an English television presenter who formerly worked on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast, specialising in sports coverage.
In 2009, Katherine Downes was working at BBC South East for which she won Best Newcomer at the Royal Television Society Southern Centre Awards in 2010.
Katherine Downes joined the BBC Sport team in 2012 when it moved to Salford. She had previously worked as a reporter and occasional presenter on BBC South East Today, as well as reporting on a variety of news stories as a correspondent for BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel during 2011.
On 1 June 2013, she married Tim Sleap at All Hallows Church in Sutton-on-the-Forest near York. She had allowed readers of Brides magazine to choose her wedding dress from a selection of five.
In November 2021, Katherine Downes announced she was leaving the BBC after 14 years with the corporation.
In 2022, Katherine Downes was part of BBC Sport’s presentation and interview team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Christina Helen Johanne Trevanion is a British auctioneer and television presenter.
Christina Trevanion is a partner in the firm of Trevanion & Dean, auctioneers and valuers, based in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Trevanion founded the firm with Aaron Dean, having previously worked at Christie’s.
Christina Trevanion has appeared on a number of BBC daytime television programmes as an expert in antiques and as an auctioneer, including Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Flog It!.
Christina Trevanion has also presented along with Will Kirk and JJ Chalmers a new series titled The Travelling Auctioneers.
Nina Louise Warhurst is an English journalist, newsreader, television presenter and actress. She is currently a business and consumer presenter on BBC Breakfast.
Nina Warhurst begin her on-screen career in an acting role in the Christmas special of Casualty in 1997, Heartbeat in 1998, and Butterfly Collectors in 1999. She began her broadcasting career on Russia Today in Moscow. In April 2007, she joined Guardian Media Group’s regional television channel Channel M, presenting on Channel M Breakfast. In 2009, she moved to Channel M’s weekday news programme Channel M Today, after cutbacks at station required the cancelation of Channel M Breakfast.
In 2010, Nina Warhurst joined BBC East Midlands regional news presenting East Midlands Today. Later in 2010, she joined BBC North West regional news presenting BBC North West Tonight and Sunday Politics North West. In June 2014, she covered the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil for BBC Sport. In September 2016, Nina Warhurst was appointed political editor at BBC North West.
In 2018, Warhurst begin reporting for BBC Breakfast on a freelance basis, and became a relief presenter when regular hosts were unavailable. In October 2020, she was appointed as BBC Breakfast’s main business presenter, succeeding Steph McGovern.
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