Philippa Forrester
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Philippa Forrester (born 20 September 1968 in Winchester, Hampshire) is a British television presenter and producer as well as an author.
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[edit] Career
Forrester first worked for the BBC as a presenter on CBBC until 1994, she then went on to host many programmes including Tomorrow's World, Barking Mad, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars.
Philippa also co-presented the BBC's coverage of the total solar eclipse of August 1999. At the end of the same year she was also part of the corporation's team covering the turn of the new Millennium.
Forrester was duped into appearing on the spoof documentary Brass Eye's notorious 2001 paedophilia special.
She currently appears in TV ads for Lloyds Pharmacy.
[edit] FHM Ranking
Philippa has appealed to those who vote in the FHM World's 100 Sexiest Women poll. Here are her rankings in given years.
- 64 (1998)
- 42 (1999)
- 71 (2000)
[edit] Personal Life
Forrester is married to wildlife cameraman and producer Charlie Hamilton James. The couple have 3 sons; Fred, born in 2000 and Angus, born October 2003, and Arthur born late 2006.
[edit] Trivia
- When a children's BBC presenter, Philippa was gunged on Get Your Own Back.
[edit] Bibliography
- The River Orion, 2004, ISBN 0-7528-5685-5
[edit] External Links
- Philippa Forrester at the Internet Movie Database
- Philippa Forrester at TV.com
- Publishers' page on The River
- Phillipa Forrester at Hilary Knight Management