Ellen Jane Crisell (born 19 July 1976) is an English journalist and

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working for the BBC. Crisell has presented the BBC One 8:00 pm news summary, and is a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel. She was formerly the main presenter of children's news programme ''

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'' on CBBC and ''Newsround Extra''. Ellie has also appeared on the celebrity edition of Total Wipeout Great Britain.

Early life

Crisell attended Dame Allan's Girls School, Newcastle upon Tyne, before going on to the University of Birmingham, then gaining an MA in Broadcast Journalism at London's City University.

Career

Crisell worked for '' The Mail on Sunday'' for a year, and then for a year in radio, before joining the ITV regional station, Tyne Tees Television, as a reporter and newsreader for '' North East Tonight''.

''Newsround''

She began as a ''

'' presenter in February 2003 shortly after previous chief anchor Becky Jago's departure. Significant stories that Crisell reported included the

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and she travelled to Indonesia to see the effects of the disaster. She also travelled to Athens in Greece to give daily reports on the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. In addition to serious reports, she also presented more light-hearted stories, including a report on the

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-inspired rise of magic in the UK that ended with her being sawn in half by a magician in an illusion called Clearly Impossible. Crisell has not presented ''Newsround'' since returning from maternity leave, and her profile has been taken off the show's website.

BBC News

On 12 September 2006, Crisell appeared on '' Newsnight'', her first non-sports based appearance on BBC News main output. In November 2006, Crisell started relief presenting for BBC News. Following a second maternity leave in 2015, Crisell began presenting '' South East Today'' as a stand-in presenter from July onwards.Twitter – Ellie Crisell

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