Elizabeth Jane Barker was born on 16 May 1975 and is an English television presenter, best known for her work on Blue Peter from 2000 to 2006.
16 Facts About Liz Barker
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On 23 June 2000 Liz Barker joined the children's television programme Blue Peter.
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Liz Barker won a bronze medal in the two-woman Bob at the British Bobsleigh championships, trained as a Childline councillor for the charities appeal and once held the Guinness World Record for putting on a duvet cover.
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Liz Barker interviewed top celebrities, including David Beckham, Quentin Blake and Elton John, whom she presented with a Gold Blue Peter badge in Las Vegas.
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Liz Barker raced former Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton at go-karts.
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Liz Barker met the Queen at BBC Television Centre, where her colleague Simon Thomas presented Her Majesty with a Gold Blue Peter badge.
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Liz Barker presented the Children's Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the Blue Peter summer roadshows and the Queens Jubilee Concert.
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On 25 May 2004 Liz Barker announced that she was pregnant with her first child, by husband Michael Todd.
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Liz Barker became the first presenter to rejoin Blue Peter after having a baby, but on 23 January 2006 she told viewers that she would be leaving the programme at Easter and moving away from London so she could spend more time with her family.
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Liz Barker was replaced by Zoe Salmon, who originally took Liz's place in December 2004 when she had her baby.
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On 11 April 2006 Liz Barker left the programme with a special This Is Your Life-style show devoted to her, featuring former presenters, family, friends and people she had met along her Blue Peter travels, including Kitty Hart-Moxon.
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Liz Barker announced, on her last live show, that she would be co-presenting a new CBBC show, Totally Doctor Who, with CBBC's Barney Harwood; the first episode was broadcast on 13 April 2006.
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On 18 September 2006 it was announced on Blue Peter that Liz Barker was expecting another baby and on 20 February 2007 it was announced on Blue Peter that she had given birth to a girl called Poppy.
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Liz Barker has since given birth to Rocco Winston Todd in 2011 and Gus Lennon Todd in 2013.
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Liz Barker co-presented a weekly radio show for 6 years alongside Tim Willett on Cambridge 105.
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Liz Barker set up YellowSeven Vintage Interiors and co-created a School Sport Psychology package for primary schools which included a series of videos, giving children alternative tools succeeding in PE lessons.