Jess French

Jess French
Education Norwich School, University College London, University of Nottingham
Occupation TV Presenter, zoologist, naturalist, entomologist and author
Notable work Minibeast Adventure with Jess (Cbeebies)
Website www.jessfrench.co.uk

Jess French is a zoologist, naturalist and entomologist[1] and presenter of 'Minibeast Adventure with Jess' on the Cbeebies channel.

TV Career

She has worked on a number of shows as a wildlife (in particular creepy-crawly) expert including, Live ‘n’ Deadly (CBBC), Deadly Mission Madagascar (CBBC), Springwatch (BBC) and Micro Monsters 3D (Sky).[2] Since April 2014 she has presented a series of twenty 9-minute episodes of Minibeast Adventure with Jess on the Cbeebies channel.[3][4][1]

Books

French has written a number of books which will be published by Egmont publishers:

Awards

French won the Jane Goodall Global Youth Leadership award in 2010 for setting up a program to get university students to teach children about environmental issues.[2][6]

Education

French is from East Leake and grew up in Norfolk[7] and studied at Norwich School. She gained a first class degree in zoology at the University College London[3][2] and is currently studying for a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Nottingham.[1][4] Her specialism is with primates and she hopes to be a gorilla vet in the future.[8] She can speak fluent Spanish and can use British Sign Language.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vet student makes CBEEBIES big time". University of Nottingham. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jess French". Bath Literary Agency. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "ON Jess French presents a new show about creepy crawly pets on CBeebies". Norwich School. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Falconer, Daniel (18 April 2014). "Jess French exclusive interview: Minibeast Adventure". Female First. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Eyre, Charlotte (8 April 2015). "Egmont signs CBeebies presenter". The Book Seller. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jane Goodall Global Leadership Awards 2010". The Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nottingham student is new face of CBeebies". Nottingham Post. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jess French on BBC Breakfast". Vimeo. Kindle Entertainment. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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