Lara Lewington

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Lara Lewington

Born	May 10, 1979 (1979-05-10) (age 29)
Occupation	Television presenter

Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five, joining Five News in January 2003. An NCTJ trained journalist,^[1] she has a Bachelor of Science degree^{[citation needed]} in sociology and drama. Lewington is engaged^[2]^[3] to TV "Money Saving Expert" Martin Lewis and is the younger half-sister of Canadian television and film producer Morgan Lewington.^{[citation needed]}

1 Early career
2 Current career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early career

Lara began her career in television working behind the scenes, as a runner and researcher whilst taking her degree. Lara 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.

[edit] Current career

On Five Lewington can be seen presenting the weather every weekday following the News at 11.55am and 5.55pm and 7pm. She is also Five News\ lunchtime celebrity interviewer appearing between one and three times a week interviewing mainly Hollywood celebrities such as for Michael Douglas, Cliff Richard, Alice Cooper, Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman.

Outside Five she is seen as a pundit on various shows including 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 various shows including The Eleven O'Clock Show, BBC Two's Newsnight, and Channel 4's RI:SE and Big Brother's EFourum (now known as Big Brother's Big Mouth).