Naomi Laura Wilkinson (born 30 June 1974, in

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, England) is an English

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and

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Career

Wilkinson was a presenter of ''

Milkshake! ''Milkshake!'' (stylised as milkshake!) is a British children's television programming block on Channel 5 and is currently aimed at children aged 3–7. History The block debuted on Channel 5's first full day on air, at 7.30am on 31 March 1 ...

'', the early-morning programming block for young children on Channel 5 and ''

Finger Tips ''Finger Tips'' is a British children's television series that aired on CITV and was broadcast from 3 September 2001 to 14 December 2008. It was produced by The Foundation. Format ''Finger Tips'' is an arts and crafts series that centres around ...

'' for

CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...

. Wilkinson took over as the host from '' Fearne Cotton'' in series four and remained as the host until the series closed. Prior to joining ''Milkshake!'' in 2000, Wilkinson co-presented the breakfast show ''Wakey! Wakey!'' for the now-defunct children's channel

Carlton Kids Carlton Kids was a British digital terrestrial pay television kids channel, provided by Carlton Television, which started broadcasting in November 1998 and closed in February 2000. Its sister channels were Carlton Food Network, Carlton World, ...

. As well as presenting for Milkshake, she has also starred in Milkshake shows such as ''Havakazoo'' and ''Monkey Makes''. Wilkinson left Milkshake! in 2012 after 12 years as a main presenter. She now works on shows for ''

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7–16 ...

''. Wilkinson went to the

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and became the host of '' Make Way for Noddy'' on

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and ''

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'' on

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. She voices Angelina on '' Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps'' on

. Wilkinson joined Steve Backshall on

and

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream a ...

presenting '' Live 'n' Deadly'' in 2010. In 2012, she joined the

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vehicle '' All Over the Place'' for its second series on CBBC as well as ''Marrying Mum and Dad'' in which she also presents with Ed Petrie. Wilkinson currently presents a

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for children on CBBC called ''Naomi's Nightmares of Nature''. Naomi also co-presents CBBC's "Wild & Weird" with Tim Warwood. In 2015, Naomi was one of the judges on the ''

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'' photographic competition and has now become a regular presenter on the show itself. In 2018, she joined 26 other celebrities at

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, to perform an original Christmas song called

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, written and produced by Grahame and. Jack Corbyn. The song was released in aid of

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and was released digitally on independent record label

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on 30 November 2018 under the artist name

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. The music video debuted exclusively with The Sun on 29 November 2018 and had its first TV showing on Good Morning Britain on 30 November 2018. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart. In 2020 amid the

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crisis Wilkinson rejoined

which now included

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and X Factor winner

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to raise money for both

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and

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. They recorded a new rendition of

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and it was released digitally on 11 December 2020, on independent record label

. The music video debuted exclusively on Good Morning Britain the day before release. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart.

Television

Wilkinson has been a television presenter since 1999. She started work on

for Channel 5 in 2000 where she was producer and presenter. She has been a regular presenter on CBBC since 2011 after leaving Milkshake – she has her own show: ''Naomi's Nightmares of Nature''. Naomi also voices over

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Tiny Pop Tiny Pop (styled as tiny POP) is a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. Broadcast on many of the major digital television platforms in the UK, Tiny Pop, which was ...

and former

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. She also voiceovers for the Community Channel. In 2013 and 2014, she presented a live show called ''WILD'' on CBBC. Wilkinson has also appeared three times on CBBC panel show ''

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'' since 2015.

Personal life

She was born in Bristol in 1974. Her entertainment career first started at

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, where she was a Redcoat. In February 2013 she was nominated in the Female On-Screen Talent category for excellence in the

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's awards. Wilkinson is one of nine presidents of The

Young People's Trust for the Environment Young People's Trust for the Environment (YPTE) is a British charity founded in 1982, to encourage young people's understanding of the environment. The charity's main goal is to give young people a real awareness of environmental issues such as cli ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Naomi 1974 births Living people Television personalities from Bristol Butlins Redcoats English television presenters English expatriates in Spain