Gemma Hunt (born 1 April 1982) is a British presenter who also used to be on the

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TV series ''

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''.

CBBC

Hunt joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on

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and

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. In 2004, she was noticed by CBBC series ''

'' and later became a presenter until its close in 2006. She continued to present CBBC until its revamp in 2007. As well as her presenting duties she has made guest appearances on '' Blue Peter'' and ''

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''. More recently she guest presented the food special of '' Best of Friends'' alongside

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. She has filmed a series with

Barney Harwood Barnaby John "Barney" Harwood (born 7 November 1979) is a British actor and television presenter. He is known for his work with CBBC beginning in 2002. Career Television For CBBC, Harwood presented '' Prank Patrol'' and was a voice-over comment ...

for CBBC called ''

Barney's Barrier Reef ''Barney's Barrier Reef'' is a British documentary program launched by the CBBC in 2009, presented by Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt. The structure of the program shows the links between animals from the Great Barrier Reef. It involves at least ...

'', which began airing on Monday 12 January 2009 at 7:30 on BBC Two. The show returned for a second series, now entitled ''Barney's Latin America''. She also made a guest appearance live on the CBBC Channel in ''Office'' on 5 August 2010 and was the main presenter on '' Swashbuckle''.

Education

Hunt attended Staverton Primary School in

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, which was then followed by her secondary school education at

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, Wiltshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media Performance from the

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in 2003.

Television

Other appearances

In 2007, Hunt appeared in an episode of ''

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'' entitled "Muscling In". She was the compere of a strong man contest, which pitted Barry Chuckle against the cheating man mountain Magnus Sorenson (played by Joe Montana). She has also appeared in

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s. In 2007/2008 she played the lead role in ''

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'' at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield. In 2008/2009, Hunt played Tinkerbell, alongside fellow

presenter

in ''

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'' at the Pavilion Theatre in

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. In 2012/2013 she performed at the Churchill Theatre,

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in Peter Pan alongside

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. In August 2009, she and Harwood presented a

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concert at the

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in London entitled "Evolution!", during which they interviewed

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. In 2010, she guest starred in the CBBC sitcom ''

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'' as a television presenter in the episode "Catz N Doggz". She is one of two lead presenters of the Alpha course film series, alongside Toby Flint, in which she describes her

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faith.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Gemma 1982 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bedfordshire Black British television personalities British television presenters English people of Antigua and Barbuda descent People from Wiltshire English Christians