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| She has appeared in television adverts for ]<ref>{{cite web| title = Lloyds Pharmacy| url=http://www.lloydspharmacy.com| accessdate = 2007-06-21 }}</ref> and supports the Recycle Now campaign to encourage more people to take up home composting.<ref name="environment">{{cite web| title = Recycle Now| url=http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/celebrity_composters/index.html|accessdate = 2007-06-21 }}</ref> | She has appeared in television adverts for ]<ref>{{cite web| title = Lloyds Pharmacy| url=http://www.lloydspharmacy.com| accessdate = 2007-06-21 }}</ref> and supports the Recycle Now campaign to encourage more people to take up home composting.<ref name="environment">{{cite web| title = Recycle Now| url=http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/celebrity_composters/index.html|accessdate = 2007-06-21 }}</ref> | ||
| In 2007, she co-produced with her husband ''An Otter in the Family'', a short documentary series about the adoption of an ] cub called Grace and their attempts to raise her as a wild animal in order to be released into the wild.<ref> |
In 2007, she co-produced with her husband ''An Otter in the Family'', a short documentary series about the adoption of an ] cub called Grace and their attempts to raise her as a wild animal in order to be released into the wild.<ref> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=yesterday&service_id=4224&filename=20071216/20071216_1830_4224_5903_30 BBC Two website programme guide]</ref> and is and is currently working on the follow up series, provisionally titled a "Bush in the Mush". | ||
| ==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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Philippa Forrester (born (1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 56) in Winchester, Hampshire) is a British television presenter and producer as well as an author.
Career
Forrester first worked for the BBC as a presenter on CBBC along side Toby Anstis until 1994 (she was gunged on Get Your Own Back). She then went on to host many programmes including Tomorrow's World (with Peter Snow), Barking Mad, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars.
She also co-presented the BBC's coverage of the total solar eclipse of August 1999. At the end of the same year she was also part of the corporation's team covering the turn of the new Millennium, and was duped into appearing on the spoof documentary Brass Eye's notorious 2001 paedophilia special, in which she wore a large pair of gloves, and explained how a paedophile could use them to touch children through a screen, such as a television screen.
She has appeared in television adverts for Lloyds Pharmacy and supports the Recycle Now campaign to encourage more people to take up home composting.
In 2007, she co-produced with her husband An Otter in the Family, a short documentary series about the adoption of an otter cub called Grace and their attempts to raise her as a wild animal in order to be released into the wild. and is and is currently working on the follow up series, provisionally titled a "Bush in the Mush".
Personal life
Forrester is married to wildlife cameraman and producer Charlie Hamilton-James. The couple live just outside Bath, Somerset, run Halcyon Media which specialises in wildlife productions, and have three sons. The arrival of the first, Fred, in 2000, is described in her book the River.
She is an avid environmentalist and took a part-time degree in Ecology and Conservation at Birkbeck, University of London when presenting Tomorrow's World. She also holds a degree in English from the University of Birmingham.
Bibliography
References
- "Stupidity scuttled Survivor". The Observer. 2001-07-29. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- "Lloyds Pharmacy". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ "Recycle Now". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=yesterday&service_id=4224&filename=20071216/20071216_1830_4224_5903_30 BBC Two website programme guide]
- "The Telegraph - Interview". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- "Hilary Knight Management, Philippa Forrester". Retrieved 2007-08-02.
External links
- Philippa Forrester at IMDb
- Template:Tvtome person
- Publishers' page on The River
- Philippa Forrester at Hilary Knight Management
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