"Born in Cumbria, Helen Skelton, 42, began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsround. From 2008 to 2013, she was a Blue Peter presenter. Her other credits include reporting on the London 2012 Olympics and presenting Countryfile and BBC Morning Live; she also voices Annie in Fireman Sam. In 2023, she published her autobiography, In My Stride. A new series of her show Lost and Found in the Lakes starts on 5 January on BBC One."
"What is your greatest fear? Getting to the end and thinking that I haven't laughed enough. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Jealousy. It's the thief of joy. What was your most embarrassing moment? After the 2012 Olympics I hosted the parade. I had on a little skirt and when the prime minister came on everyone cheered. I thought: Oh my God, they love David Cameron, but they were cheering because my skirt had blown up,"
"Describe yourself in three words Chaotic, warm, northern. What makes you unhappy? Grief. It's one of those things you have to embrace; you grieve situations and jobs and friendships and relationships as well as people. It's a heavy emotion. Who would play you in the film of your life? Kate Hudson. What scares you about getting older? Losing my eyesight I live for the view, and the sunset and the sunrise."
Helen Skelton was born in Cumbria and began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsround. From 2008 to 2013 she presented Blue Peter. She has presented Countryfile and BBC Morning Live. In 2023 she published her autobiography In My Stride and a new series of Lost and Found in the Lakes began on 5 January on BBC One. She lives in Cumbria and has three children with her former husband Richie Myler. She fears reaching the end of life without having laughed enough, deplores jealousy as the thief of joy, and describes grief as a heavy emotion to be embraced.
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