Gemma Hunt

Gemma Hunt
Born (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982
Wiltshire, England[1]
Occupation TV presenter
Years active 2002–present

Gemma Hunt (born 1 April 1982, Wiltshire, England) is a CBBC presenter who also used to be on the TV series Xchange.[2]

CBBC

Hunt joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on BBC One and BBC Two. In 2004, she was noticed by CBBC series Xchange and later became a presenter until its close in 2006. She continued to present CBBC until its revamp in 2007. As well as her presenting duties she has made guest appearances on Blue Peter and Smile. More recently she guest presented a new episode of Best of Friends alongside Ortis Deley. She has filmed a series with Barney Harwood for CBBC called Barney's Barrier Reef, which began airing on Monday 12 January 2009 at 7:30 on BBC Two.[3] The show returned for a second series, now entitled Barney's Latin America. She also made a guest appearance live on the CBBC Channel in Office on 5 August 2010.

Hunt is the main presenter on CBeebies show, Swashbuckle.

Education

Hunt attended Staverton Primary School in Staverton, Wiltshire, which was then followed by her secondary school education at The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media Performance from the University of Bedfordshire in 2003.[4]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 CBBC Herself Continuity Presenter
2003 CBBC Herself Continuity Presenter
2004 CBBC Herself Continuity Presenter
Xchange Herself Main Presenter
2005 CBBC Herself Continuity Presenter
Xchange Herself Main Presenter
Blue Peter Herself Guest on Farewell Simon! and also on Blue Peter Champions [5]
2006 Xchange Herself One of the Presenters
CBBC Herself Continuity Presenter
2007 CBBC Herself Chief Continuity Presenter until 2 September
Smile Herself Guest Presenter on final episode
ChuckleVision Herself Appeared as a presenter in the episode, "Muscling In"[6]
2008 Best of Friends Herself Guest Presenter alongside Ortis Deley
2009 Barney's Barrier Reef Herself Alongside Barney Harwood
BAMZOOKi Herself Alongside Barney Harwood
Newsround Specials Herself Special guest
2010 BAMZOOKi Herself Alongside Barney Harwood
Barney's Latin America Herself Alongside Barney Harwood
Hotel Trubble TV Presenter Guest appearance in "Catz N Doggz"
2011 All Over The Place Herself Regular Presenter
2013 Swashbuckle Gem Regular Presenter
2014 Swashbuckle Gem Regular Presenter
2015 Swashbuckle Gem Regular Presenter

Other appearances

In 2007, Hunt appeared in an episode of Chucklevision entitled "Muscling In". She was the compere of a strong man contest, which pitted Barry Chuckle against the cheating man mountain Magnus Sorenson.

She has also appeared in pantomimes. In 2007/2008 she played the lead role in Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield. In 2008/2009, Hunt played Tinkerbell, alongside fellow CBBC presenter Barney Harwood in Peter Pan at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth. In 2012/2013 she performed at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in Peter Pan alongside Jennifer Ellison.

In August 2009, she and Harwood presented a BBC Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London entitled "Evolution!", during which they interviewed Sir David Attenborough.[7]

In 2010, she guest starred in the CBBC sitcom Hotel Trubble as a television presenter in the episode "Catz N Doggz".

References

  1. ↑ "Gemma Hunt". TV.com. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  2. 1 2 "Take 3 Management". Take 3 Management. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  3. ↑ "CBBC TV Listings for January 16th, 2009". Uk-tv-guide.com. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Gemma Hunt: BA Hons Media Performance". beds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  5. ↑ "Gemma Hunt". TV.com. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  6. ↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  7. ↑ "Proms - 2009 season". BBC. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

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