Lara Lewington
| Lara Lewington | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 10 May 1979 |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Martin Lewis (2009-present) |
Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979) is a British freelance weather, television presenter and National Council for the Training of Journalists-trained journalist.[1]
Early career
Lewington began her career in television working as a presenter whilst taking her degree. She first gained television recognition when working at UK auction shopping channel bid-up.tv, as an auctioneer assistant. She's also worked on shows including Five's Pepsi Chart, ITV London's news programme London Tonight and It's a Knockout.
She then moved to work as a reporter on the BBC Choice (now BBC Three) entertainment news programme Liquid News, until being recruited to present the weather.
Current career
Lewington joined Five in January 2003, as a weather presenter; she could also be seen as a showbiz correspondent for Five News, interviewing celebrities.
Outside Five she has contributed to various shows, including the Weakest Link News and Weather special ITV1's Celebrities Exposed and E!'s 101 Greatest programmes. She has also appeared weekly in ITV1's The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, was a panellist on ITV1's Win, Lose or Draw, and has appeared on The Eleven O'Clock Show, BBC Two's Newsnight, Channel 4's RI:SE and Big Brother's EFourum (now known as Big Brother's Big Mouth).
Lewington was made redundant by Channel 5 as a weather presenter, in February 2009. She then worked as a freelance; appearing on Sky News as a reporter, weather presenter on London Tonight and BBC South East Today.
She is currently a reporter on BBC's Click.[2]
Other appearances
- Lewington can also be seen presenting the weather on a background monitor in the Daily Planet newsroom in 2006 film Superman Returns.
- She appeared as one of the four representatives of Five TV on the BBC1 Sport Relief Superstars special.
- She also appeared in April 2011 on the BBC Breakfast show, presenting the regional weather for Northern Ireland.
Personal life
She married[1] TV's Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis on 31 May 2009. She gave birth to her first baby, Sapphire Susan Lewis, on 1 November 2012.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Lara's Biography". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
trained journalist ... married to Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis
- ↑ "Lara Lewington Biography".
Lara can be regularly seen on BBC Click
- ↑ "Looking after the world’s most precious Sapphire".
I’m on paternity leave at the moment as last Thursday our beautiful first child (MSE Junior) was born. Her name is Sapphire Susan Lewis
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Sky.com
- Lara Lewington at the Internet Movie Database
- Lara Lewington on Twitter