Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester was born on 20 September 1968 and is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author.
12 Facts About Philippa Forrester
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In 2015, Philippa Forrester moved with her family to Wyoming, US to support her husband's work with National Geographic magazine.
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Philippa Forrester was educated at Westgate School, a co-educational comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire, and at Peter Symonds College in the same city.
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Philippa Forrester holds a degree in English from the University of Birmingham, where she appeared on the internal Students Guild television station.
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Philippa Forrester first worked as a children's presenter for BFBS television in 1986, and was often seen reading out birthday cards onscreen.
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Philippa Forrester became a presenter on Children's BBC from the early 1990s, becoming a more regular fixture alongside Toby Anstis from July 1990 until 1994.
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Philippa Forrester co-presented the BBC's coverage of the solar eclipse of August 1999.
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Philippa Forrester was a co-presenter with Brett Westwood on World on the Move, a BBC Radio 4 series that started in 2008 on migration in the animal kingdom.
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Philippa Forrester married wildlife cameraman and producer Charlie Hamilton James in July 2004.
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Philippa Forrester took a part-time degree in Ecology and Conservation at Birkbeck, University of London while presenting Tomorrow's World.
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Philippa Forrester has been vice president of St Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital and Patron of the Seahorse Trust with Nick Baker, Vice President of the Avon Wildlife Trust with Simon King and is a brand ambassador for Anglian Windows.
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Philippa Forrester supported the Recycle Now campaign to encourage more people to take up home composting.