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Georgie Barrat is a British tech journalist and television presenter, best known as a presenter on ''
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''.


Early life

Barrat graduated from
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with a degree in English Literature. She later gained a diploma in Radio Production. Since then Barrat has appeared on Radio 2 and TalkSport.


Career

Barrat has written for ''
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'', ''
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and'' The Mirror and has spoken on the subject for the likes of
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,
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and the
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. Barrat is the resident tech expert on ITV's '' Weekend'', where she talks
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through the newest gadgets while working with the production team to help source and create the feature. Georgie is also
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's YouTube presenter and delivers Tech City News' weekly video roundup. In 2017, Barrat joined ''
The Gadget Show ''The Gadget Show'' (currently known as ''The Gadget Show: Better Tech, Better Life'') is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5, is currently presented by Ortis Deley, Geor ...
'' as a co-host alongside
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,
Ortis Deley Ortis Deley ( ) (born 2 June 1973) is a British television presenter, comedian, singer, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Gu ...
and Jon Bentley. In August 2017, she presented '' Can Crooks Hack Your Home?: Tonight'' for ITV.


Personal life and advocacy

Barrat has a passion for getting more girls into coding and is an advocate for charities
Stemettes Stemettes is a social enterprise which encourages girls and young women aged 5–25 to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM). Stemettes runs panel events, hackathons, the Student to Stemette mentoring programme supp ...
and Baytree Centre, both of which encourage 11–14-year-olds to study STEM subjects at
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level and beyond. On 25 November 2021, Barrat posted on Instagram that she was six months pregnant and is expecting a baby girl.


References


External links


Personal website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrat, Georgie Living people English television presenters 1989 births