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Lindsey Russell (born 25 September 1990) is a British television presenter. She is best known for being the thirty-sixth presenter of the long running British
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television programme ''
Blue Peter'', which she co-hosted from 2013 to 2021 with
Barney Harwood
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Richie Driss
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Mwaksy Mudenda
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and
Adam Beales.
Career
Russell was successful in a competition to find the next presenter for ''
Blue Peter'' that attracted 20,000 applicants and was judged by a panel that included TV presenters
and
Myleene Klass
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. She won the role shortly after graduating from the
University of Bristol
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after a four-year
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course.
In 2016 Russell attempted to cross the 21 miles between
Northern Ireland
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and
Scotland
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in a three-metre
zorb
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in aid of
Sport Relief
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It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educat ...
. She had to abort the attempt due to bad weather. She left ''
Blue Peter'' on 15 July 2021, breaking a world record for the fastest time to dress in cricket whites on her last show.
It was announced on 16 December 2021 that Russell would join
Heart Radio
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in January 2022 to present Saturdays and Sundays from 1am to 6am.
Filmography
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Living people
1990 births
English television presenters
People from Oxford
Blue Peter presenters
Alumni of the University of Bristol