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Emma Katy Forbes (née Clarke; born 14 May 1965 in
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,
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) is an English
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and television presenter.


Biography

Forbes's parents are
Nanette Newman Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), ''The Whisperers'' (1967), '' Deadfall'' (1968), ''The Stepfor ...
and
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(né John Theobald Clarke). She attended
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. Forbes presented the cooking slot on ''
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,'' a position she won after bombarding the production office with ideas for 'makes'. She was then selected as co-presenter for the replacement
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children's show ''
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'' with
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from 1993 through to 1996 and also presented ITV's teenage problem show ''Speakeasy''. From 1994 to 1997, Forbes hosted a
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revival of the panel show ''
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''. (Her mother had been a regular panellist on the 1970s
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version of the show.) She has voiced Mummy Hippo in the children's animated series, ''
Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 Ma ...
''. She also presented the Heart 106.2 breakfast show, alongside Jonathan Coleman, before she left to present on Capital 95.8. Forbes was the face of a long-running television advert campaign for
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shampoo in the mid-to-late 1990s. In 1996, she was voted number 64 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women Poll, and has been represented by Storm Models. Alongside Mark Radcliffe, Forbes has co-hosted the Steve Wright show on
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. Also on
BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
Forbes presented a Saturday show from 6 pm to 8 pm alongside comedian
Alan Carr Alan Graham Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian, broadcaster and writer. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the '' City Life'' Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeon ...
called ''
Going Out with Alan Carr ''Going Out with Alan Carr'' was the incarnation of the Saturday evening show on BBC Radio 2 between 25 April 2009 and 31 March 2012, produced by Open Mike Productions, which also produced Carr's TV series '' Chatty Man''. It was hosted by Brit ...
'', and a Sunday morning breakfast show, replacing Pete Mitchell. On 13 December 2009, she announced that she would no longer be presenting her Sunday show on BBC Radio 2, but she continued to co-present ''Going Out With Alan Carr'' on Saturday evenings until April 2010. From March 2011, Forbes was a regular discussion contributor on ITV's daytime show ''
The Alan Titchmarsh Show ''The Alan Titchmarsh Show'' is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 until 14 November 2014 and aired on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" the ...
'', which ended in November 2014.


Personal life

Forbes lives with her banker husband Graham Clempson (married September 1987) and has two children, born 1996 and 1999. She suffered from
postnatal depression Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a type of mood disorder associated with childbirth, which can affect both sexes. Symptoms may include extreme sadness, low energy, anxiety, crying episodes, irritability, and chan ...
after both births. Forbes was
Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisio ...
's god-daughter. When she took a professional break to have her two children, Forbes and her journalist sister Sarah Standing started a shop in
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, London. Forbes is a party organiser. Forbes is also a patron of
Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital ...
.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Emma 1965 births Actresses from London BBC Radio 2 presenters English voice actresses English television presenters English radio presenters Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Living people People educated at Hurst Lodge School People from Hammersmith British women radio presenters