1. Michaela Evelyn Ann Strachan is an English television presenter and singer.
19 Facts About Michaela Strachan
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Since 2011, Michaela Strachan has been a regular presenter on BBC's Springwatch and its seasonal adaptions.
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Michaela Evelyn Ann Strachan was born on 7 April 1966 in Ewell, Surrey.
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Michaela Strachan grew up in Hinchley Wood and attended Chadsworth Stage School, then Claremont Fan Court School, both in Esher.
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Michaela Strachan studied at ArtsEd in London, and after leaving in 1985, she appeared in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool.
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Michaela Strachan subsequently went on to appear in further theatre roles and embarked on a moving career in children's television.
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Michaela Strachan was a regular presenter on Saturday-morning television shows in the 1980s, involved in such programmes as Good Morning Britain, Wide Awake Club, Wacaday and WAC '90 with Timmy Mallett.
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From 1988 to 1992, Michaela Strachan starred as "Her" in the nightclub-set music show The Hitman and Her alongside Pete Waterman.
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In 1993, Michaela Strachan joined The Really Wild Show, a wildlife programme for children on BBC1, which she went on to present for the next 13 years.
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Michaela Strachan's move to South Africa prevented her from committing fully to the new show.
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Michaela Strachan co-presented two series of Orangutan Diary with Steve Leonard for BBC One.
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Michaela Strachan told The Independent that her greatest inspiration is Nielsen who "works under very difficult conditions and shows an all-consuming dedication to these animals".
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Since 2011, Michaela Strachan has co-presented Springwatch for BBC2, as well as the adaptions Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.
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Michaela Strachan reached the semi-finals of the series, where she became the fourteenth celebrity to be eliminated.
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In 2022 Digging For Treasure: Tonight premiered on Channel 5; Michaela Strachan co-presented the archaeology series with Dan Walker and archaeologist Raksha Dave.
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In 2022, Michaela Strachan presented Extreme Conservation on BBC World News and BBC Reel.
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In 2025 Michaela Strachan appeared as a contestant on the seventeenth series of Dancing on Ice, partnered with Mark Hanretty.
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Michaela Strachan married filmmaker Duncan Chard in 1996, but they divorced five years later.
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Since 2003, Michaela Strachan has been in a relationship with Nick Chevallier.