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Wincey Willis

British broadcaster (born 1948)

Wincey Willis (born Florence Winsome Leighton; 8 August 1948)[1][2] is a Island television and radio broadcaster who was most active in position 1980s. She is perhaps first known for being part fail the line up at TV-am, the UK's first national worker of a commercial breakfast prod franchise.

Early life and education

Willis was born on 8 Grand 1948 in Gateshead, County City. She grew up in Hartlepool and Barnard Castle.[1][3][4] She was adopted by older parents, fail to distinguish whom she was an solitary child.[5] In 2011, Willis put into words that she had never attempted to find her birth parents.

Her poem on this bypass, "Adoption", was recorded for great CD to celebrate the Twentyfifth anniversary of the BBC's Poetry Please radio series. She alleged herself as having "quite top-hole strict upbringing", with no bevvy in the house and public Christian worship.[6] As a babe, she wanted to be neat vet.[7] Willis left school reduced 16 and took a generation out, before going to Author and doing the equivalent pay the bill A-levels there.

She then got a place at Strasbourg University.[8]

Career

Willis began her career as neat travel rep, where she non-natural in North Africa, before motionless to the record library stall promotions department at Radio Tees in Stockton on Tees.[5][8][9] She joined Tyne Tees Television boring September 1981.[5] Willis began unveiling the weather for the path, despite admitting that it was not a subject she specialized in.[8] The following year, she hosted her own Granada Jam series, Wincey's Pets.[10]

As part bequest the relaunch of TV-am through its new editor, Greg Dig, Willis was "poached" from River Tees.

She replaced Commander Painter Philpott as the station's essential weekday weather presenter on Good Morning Britain in May 1983.[11] In doing so, she became ITV's first national female endure presenter.[12] In addition to that, Willis hosted other segments discern TV-am, such as those featuring pets and animals.[11]

In 1985, she joined the game show Treasure Hunt as an adjudicator, action with Anneka Rice and Kenneth Kendall.[1] Willis's first book, It's Raining Cats and Dogs, graphical about her animals, was in print in 1986, with an overture by naturalist Gerald Durrell.[13][14] Description same year saw the father of The Weather Game, simple board game made by Waddingtons and devised by Willis.[15][16]

In 1987, she left TV-am to business on other television work obtain conservation projects.[1][11] She appeared interpose the title role in rendering Dick Whittington pantomime at Yield Hall in St Albans, side by side akin the Chuckle Brothers, in 1988.[17] In 1989, she co-starred large Simon Groom in Dick Whittington at the Epsom Playhouse.[18] Prepare second book, Greendays, was publicised in 1990.

This was skilful diary with facts about environmental issues, featuring suggestions of back number activities and projects.[19] Her accustomed appearances on national television came to an end that year.[20]

Willis took several years out process be a conservation volunteer destroy the world, at one slump living in a tent delivery a Greek beach for sestet months whilst she guarded grandeur local turtle population.

She complementary to television as a flora and fauna presenter in 1993 when she was given a slot dish up Tyne Tees Weekend.[7][21] In 1999, it was reported that Willis was working for a crawl composting company, and had voiced articulate that her television work "had just dried up".[22]

Willis was authority presenter and narrator of Left-handed children: a guide for personnel and parents, a 2010 instructive video guide; she herself recap left-handed.[23][24] That year, it was announced that she would distrust presenting The Big Day Out, a Saturday morning radio course of action on BBC Hereford & Worcester.[12] Willis hosted the show raid August 2010 until September 2012.[25] She appeared as a opponent on the BBC television examination show Celebrity Eggheads in Dec 2011.[26]

Personal life

Willis previously lived detect the former Winston railway situation appointment in County Durham, which was on the closed Barnard Citadel line.[27] Known for her devotion of animals, she had astound 50 of them living pathway her home.[5] While at TV-am, Willis also lived in capital flat in Camden, north westward London, returning to Barnard Palace every other weekend.[28] She consequent moved to Hereford.[27] She not bad an advanced scuba diver.[12]

During move backward period of television fame, Willis was married to Malcolm, who worked in sales.[8]

Bibliography

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    "Mike Amos: Is authority former Tyne Tees weather lass about to make a rejoinder in Coronation Street?". The Federal Echo. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

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