Marian Foster was born on 19 March 1948 and is an English television and radio presenter from Newcastle Upon Tyne.
20 Facts About Marian Foster
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Marian Foster is best known for presenting BBC One's Pebble Mill at One from 1972 to 1986 and currently Garden Mania on BBC Radio Newcastle and BBC Radio Tees.
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Marian Foster's father was a Tyneside sailor, in which she learned how to steer a huge cargo boat before she could drive.
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Marian Foster was trained as a music teacher and sang with the London Symphony Chorus.
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Marian Foster is most famous for presenting the BBC1 afternoon chat show Pebble Mill at One for fourteen years, from 1972 to 1986 alongside Bob Langley and Donny MacLeod.
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Marian Foster was voted viewers' favourite while on the chat show.
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Marian Foster presented and made reports for Daytime Live in the 80s, the show which replaced Pebble Mill.
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Marian Foster was a host on the BBC2 car show Top Gear.
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Marian Foster worked in Ethiopia filming the results of Live Aid.
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Marian Foster has degrees in Geography and Education, previously working as a Geography teacher in both Newcastle and London.
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Marian Foster produced the documentary series 'The Task Of Mankind' for BBC Two and worked for BBC One and BBC Two.
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Marian Foster was a science reporter for various public broadcasting stations across America.
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Marian Foster is currently a presenter on BBC Radio Newcastle, hosting the weekly gardening show Garden Mania on Sunday mornings for over 20 years.
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Marian Foster has presented programmes from RHS Chelsea Flower Show and worked alongside Alan Titchmarsh.
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Marian Foster often gives advice and talks at flower shows, events and school across the North East of England.
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In 2017, Marian Foster appeared on Peter Seabrook's podcast 'This Week In The Garden'.
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Marian Foster is often a compare and judge for Northumbria In Bloom.
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Marian Foster is the former President of the North of England Horticultural Society.
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In 2017, Marian Foster won a Garden Media Guild Award for her BBC Radio Newcastle broadcast documentary on English landscape gardener Capability Brown.
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In September 2024, Foster was awarded The Chartered Institute of Horticulture's Northern Branch Commendation for 2024, in recognition of Marian's tireless promotion of community horticulture in the North of England.