Liz Barker
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Liz Barker | |
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Born | Elizabeth Jane Barker 16 May 1975 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Known for | Blue Peter presenter |
Spouse | Michael Todd |
Children | 4 |
Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, best known for her work on Blue Peter from 2000 to 2006.
Early life and education
Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College before undertaking a philosophy degree at the University of Southampton. After this was completed, she became a runner for independent production company Lion TV, a researcher, and eventually the sports presenter for BBC Choice programme Backstage.
Career
On 23 June 2000 Barker joined the children's television programme
She interviewed top celebrities, including
In 2003, Barker won the Children & Youth category in the CRE Race in the Media Awards for her film on Auschwitz for the Holocaust Memorial Day with survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon.
On 25 May 2004 Barker announced that she was pregnant with her first child, by husband Michael Todd. A boy, Dexter Jack Barker Todd, was born on Saturday 4 December 2004
During her six years on
On 11 April 2006 Barker left the programme with a special This Is Your Life-style show devoted to her, featuring former presenters, family, friends and people she had met along her Blue Peter travels, including Kitty Hart-Moxon. She also announced, on her last live show, that she would be co-presenting a new CBBC show, Totally Doctor Who, with CBBC's Barney Harwood; the first episode was broadcast on 13 April 2006.
On 18 September 2006 it was announced on Blue Peter that Barker was expecting another baby and on 20 February 2007 it was announced on Blue Peter that she had given birth to a girl called Poppy. She has since given birth to Rocco Winston Todd in 2011 and Gus Lennon Todd in 2013.
After she left TV Barker spent several years working for her family's chain of bakeries. She is currently a radio presenter on radio station Cambridge 105[3] and has worked largely in voiceovers, including the Sony PlayStation game Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party. She was the voiceover artist for the 2016, 2017 & 2018 NMG Awards, held in Cambridge and is also a presenter of the annual Fiver Awards, held in London. In July 2019, she appeared in the WriteOn production Sink or Swim at the Corpus Playroom, Cambridge. [4]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Backstage | Herself | Sports presenter |
2000 | Backstage | Herself | Sports presenter |
2000–2006 | Blue Peter | Herself | Main presenter |
2004 | Carrie's War | Extra | Minor role |
2005 | Totally Blue Peter | Main character | Two-part drama |
2006 | Totally Doctor Who | Herself | Main presenter alongside Barney Harwood |
2007 | Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party | Herself | Voiceover |
References
- ^ "Liz Barker is leaving Blue Peter". BBC. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "BBC Press Office Liz Barker baby". BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2004.
- ^ "Liz Barker Cambridge 105 Radio". Cambridge 105. Cambridge 105. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "2019 WRiTEON Stage Festival".
External links
- Liz Barker at IMDb