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Carol Patricia Smillie (born 23 December 1961) is a Scottish television presenter, actress and former model. Smillie became famous as a presenter on British TV during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was best known for assisting
Nicky Campbell Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987. Early life Campbell wa ...
on the UK version of the game show ''
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'' between 1989 and 1994. Between 1996 and 2003, she was the main presenter on the
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home makeover show '' Changing Rooms''. After leaving the
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, Smillie was a model throughout the 1980s. Her break in television came in 1989 when she auditioned for the role of hostess on ''
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'' After leaving the show in 1994, Smillie appeared on the
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television channel, firstly as a reporter on ''The Travel Show'', and then the '' Holiday'' show, eventually becoming the programme's main presenter. The DIY programme '' Changing Rooms'' established her name and led to her presenting other primetime shows for the BBC, such as the '' National Lottery'' and her own morning chat show ''Smillie's People''. In 2012 Smillie decided to leave mainstream TV and created a new business venture, launching a brand of leak-proof underwear for women, named DiaryDoll. This was later changed to Pretty Clever Pants. In 2018 Smillie relinquished control of her business, licensing the brand to the company High Street TV. As of 2018, Smillie qualified as a
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with the
Humanist Society Scotland Humanist Society Scotland is a Scottish registered charity that promotes humanist views and offers humanist wedding, funeral, and baby-naming ceremonies. It is a member of the European Humanist Federation and Humanists International. In the ...
, and is now pursuing a career conducting humanist, non-religious weddings, funerals and baby-namings.


1961–1988: Early life and career beginnings

Smillie was born on 23 December 1961, in
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, Scotland, the daughter of Isobel and electrical engineer George Smillie. She has two older sisters and one older brother. Smillie attended Simshill Primary School and the independent
Hutchesons' Grammar School Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3-18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 It is a selective school, ...
. Academically she attained seven
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s, including a qualification in fabric and fashion. She left the following year with three
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, but needed five to get into the
Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, an ...
. Smillie studied at
Langside College Langside College was a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow. It was established in 1947 and enrols over 5,000 students every year of whom many are from countries outwith the European ...
, but managed only one more, which she has attributed to too much freedom and enjoying herself. Undeterred, she spent another year at Cardonald College, finally achieving this goal. At age 18, in 1979, Smillie embarked on her first year at the Glasgow School of Art, studying Art, Design, and Fashion, with the idea of becoming a fashion designer, but felt she didn't really fit in with the typical punk students sporting green hair and pink shoes. To subsidise her studies, Smillie worked in a cocktail bar, modelling part-time, and eventually left to embark on a modelling career. Smillie then joined the Best Modelling Agency, run by Fiona Best. Too short at for catwalk modelling, she booked photo shoots and promotions. Smillie worked for the agency throughout the 1980s. Smillie met her future husband, former model Alex Knight, through Fiona's agency.


Life and career


1989–present: Television career


1989–1994: ''Wheel of Fortune''

Smillie's presenting career launched in 1989, at age 27, when she beat 5,000 other applicants to become the hostess and puzzle board operator of
Scottish Television Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is th ...
's ''Wheel of Fortune'' game show. She co-presented the show until 1994 with
Nicky Campbell Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987. Early life Campbell wa ...
.


1994–1996: ''Get It On''

Fashion series presented by Smillie and produced by Scottish Television.


1992–1993: ''The Travel Show''

Reporter on BBC Two's ''
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''.


1995–1996: ''Hearts of Gold''

Smillie joined the show as co-presenter with Mickey Hutton, alongside the main presenter Esther Rantzen. The show recognised unsung heroes and heroines who had shown outstanding bravery and dedication to public life.


1996–2000: ''Holiday''

Stints followed on
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for the '' Holiday'' programme. Smillie continued to present holiday programmes such as ''Summer Holiday'', ''Holiday Swaps'', ''Holiday Heaven'' and ''Holiday Favourites'' throughout the 1990s.


1996–2003: ''Changing Rooms''

In 1996, Smillie became the original presenter of BBC Two's new DIY show ''Changing Rooms''. The show was an immediate success and was transferred to BBC One for series 2. The programme is credited with starting a craze for DIY in the late 1990s. During her time on the show, it won a National TV Award and an INDIE Award and were BAFTA nominated. Smillie remained the main presenter for 13 series, leaving in 2003. In September 1998, she was the subject of '' This Is Your Life''.


1996–2000: ''The National Lottery Show''

In 1996, Smillie was selected as a presenter of the BBC ''The National Lottery Show''. She mainly appeared on the Wednesday Midweek Draw show, but also made occasional appearances on Saturday nights. Smillie presented various incarnations of the show between 1996 and 2000. In September 2006, she appeared on ''The National Lottery: Everyone's A Winner!'' in
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.


1996–1997: ''Smillie's People''

In 1998, Smillie hosted a short mid-morning celebrity chat-show on BBC One entitled ''Smillie's People''.


2003–2005: ''Dream Holiday Homes''

In 2003, after leaving ''Changing Rooms'', Smillie joined the Channel 5 show ''Dream Holiday Homes''. This new show was similar to ''Changing Rooms'', although this time, entire properties were given a makeover. The properties were situated in various Southern European locations, and at the end of each show Smillie would sell off the property for the price of a £1 phone call to a lucky viewer picked at random. The show ran for five series.


2004: ''Strictly Ice Dancing''

In 2004, Smillie was one of the celebrities to take part in ''
Strictly Ice Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 j ...
'', a one-off ice dance version of '' Strictly Come Dancing''.


2005: ''The People's Court''

Smillie was back working for
STV Productions STV Studios (previously STV Productions, SMG Productions, and originally known as Scottish Television Enterprises) is the television production arm of the STV Group plc. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and with an office in London, England ...
in 2005 as presenter of the short-lived ITV show ''
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''.


2005: ''A Brush with Fame''

Later that year, she was the presenter of ITV's ''
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'', searching for the UK's best amateur portrait artist.


2006: ''Strictly Come Dancing''

From October to December 2006, Smillie took part in Series Four of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' with dance partner
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. She improved as the series progressed.
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often referred to her as the ''Dark Horse'' of the competition, and played music from the ''
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'' TV series over her training clips on the complementary show '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two''. She came fifth out of the fourteen competitors.


2007–2008: ''Postcode Challenge''

Smillie returned to STV from November 2007 into 2008 to host the Scottish channel's new gameshow, ''
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''. In each show, four teams of six people from the same postcode area are tested on general knowledge.


2009: ''Best of British Wedding Venues''

On 22 September 2009, Smillie presented a 10 part series entitled ''Best of British Wedding Venues'' on
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, a woman's lifestyle channel on the
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and
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platforms. 2009


2013–2014: ''Finding Scotland's Real Heroes''

Smillie presented the 2013 and 2014 series of STV's ''Finding Scotland's Real Heroes''.


Television guest appearances

In 1993, she appeared on the Saturday evening
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light entertainment show ''
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'', when her "Gotcha" tape was shown to viewers. In 2001, Smillie appeared on ''
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'' and the following year appeared on ''
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'' in the episode called "All New Sooty". In the summer of 2009, Smillie appeared as a guest presenter of STV's '' The Hour'' for one week, with main anchor
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. In 2004, she took part in a
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called ''Gender Swap'' for Channel 5. Using silicon
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makeup, she was transformed from female to male and was then given the challenge of attending a
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event as her new opposite sex self.


Outside television


1982–2010: Model

In her early years, Smillie worked the exhibition circuit and was an occasional lingerie model. Smillie was allegedly one of the Tennent's Lager girls (a Scottish marketing promotion that put pictures of young women on the backs of cans of lager). Smillie denied a role in ''
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'' newspaper on 2 October 2006. Smillie has continued to model occasionally since her rise to fame. Between 2007 and 2010 Smillie was the figurehead model for the Scottish company The
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.


1994 and 2009: Radio

In 1994, Smillie presented a holiday show for BBC Radio 5 Live called ''Carol Smillie's Blue Skies'', featuring reports from various worldwide destinations and holiday tips for would be travellers. In June 2009, Smillie appeared in the BBC Radio Scotland comedy sketch show Ellis and Clarke. Smillie appeared in a number of sketches in the 30-minute production playing herself, in which she and the members of the cast parodied her television personality. The show was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland on 5 June 2009. On Bank Holiday 31 August 2009, Smillie hosted her own Radio show on 105.2 Smooth Radio, a Scottish Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Glasgow and the surrounding area.


2003: Author

In 2003, Smillie joined forces with Eileen Fursland to become a best selling author with the publication of ''Carol Smillie's Working Mum's Handbook''. The book examined the practical problems and emotional issues that face women who go back to work. It considered work-life balance, time management, workplace rights to maternity leave and pay, tax credits. Starting on 10 May 2008, Smillie co-wrote – with animal behaviourist Emma Magson – a weekly column in ''
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'' entitled 'Perfect Pets'. The column was featured in the Body and Soul section of the Saturday edition and lasted 10 weeks.


2006–2011: Actress


=2006–2007 and 2010–2011: Stage actress

= In February 2006, Smillie made her début on the stage in the Eve Ensler play ''
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''. She completed three tours of Scotland, appearing in
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,
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, Dundee, Edinburgh,
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and
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. In February to March 2010, Smillie appeared on stage in ''Hormonal Housewives'', a new comedy written by Julie Coombe and John MacIsaac. Appearing alongside Smillie were the co-writer Julie Coombe and Shonagh Price. The comedy portrayed three women juggling a career, childcare and being a housewife. The play begins with the three women getting ready for a night out and then moves into a series of self-contained sketches. The finale features a medley of music by Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Cher. Smillie takes the part of Madonna, dancing and miming to the track " Holiday", dressed in a pastiche outfit based on the
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-designed conical bra corset, from the singer's 1990 Blond Ambition tour. Smillie took the play on a three-week tour of Scotland performing at theatres in
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, Dundee, Edinburgh,
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and Inverness.


=2008: Film Actress

= In 2008, Smillie made her film debut in a short film entitled ''Infamy'' playing a television presenter named Joan. The story concerns a man who is so desperate to get on Reality TV that he will try anything, including ultimately, holding up a shop at gunpoint to make the local news.


2012–2018: Entrepreneur


=2012–2018: DiaryDoll/Pretty Clever Pants

= In October 2012, Smillie started her own business, DiaryDoll, with business partner and friend
Annabel Croft Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain i ...
, an ex-international tennis player. Together they created a range of women's underwear specifically for use during periods, with a secret waterproof panel inside them to remove the possibility of leaks and stains on clothing and bedding. They were designed to look and feel like normal underwear – i.e. breathable, washable and not crackly – giving women the confidence to go about their usual activities. DiaryDoll then partnered with charity Endometriosis UK, giving confidence to some of the 1.5 million British women who suffer painful and heavy periods as a result of endometriosis. It was later noted that these were also useful to women in post-maternity and with pelvic floor weakness and the company was rebranded to include all of these groups. An additional goal for Smillie is to reduce the stigma of periods and women's pelvic health as it is still seen to be an embarrassing topic despite its prevalence and normality amongst healthy women.


2018–present: Humanist celebrant

Smillie is a
humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "human ...
. In 2018, she became an accredited
humanist celebrant A humanist celebrant or humanist officiant is a person who performs humanist celebrancy services, such as non-religious weddings, funerals, child namings, coming of age ceremonies and other rituals. Some humanist celebrants are accredited by huma ...
with the
Humanist Society Scotland Humanist Society Scotland is a Scottish registered charity that promotes humanist views and offers humanist wedding, funeral, and baby-naming ceremonies. It is a member of the European Humanist Federation and Humanists International. In the ...
, conducting humanist, non-religious weddings, funerals and baby-namings.


Personal life

Smillie lives in Glasgow with husband Alex Knight, a restaurateur, whom she married in August 1991. They have three children. Smillie's smile was caricatured by the British impressionist
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in the UK television show ''Big Impression''. Ancona's impression of Smillie used the catchphrase "I'm Smiley Smiley Carol Smillie".


Charity work

Smillie is involved with several charities, primarily ones concerned with child welfare. One of her main charities is The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH). She hosts 'A Little Less Strictly Come Dancing' Ball for them every year alongside Angus Purden. Smillie was a contestant on the British television game show ''
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'' supporting the charity
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. She appeared on the show with
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. They failed to progress past the £16,000 mark when they missed the question about authors, dropping to £1,000.


Trustee

Smillie is trustee to a number of Glasgow institutions. These include
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, where she is on the board as trustee of The Kelvingrove Refurbishment Appeal (KRA). This is an independent trust established to raise £5 million in sponsorship and donations towards the £27.9million refurbishment of Kelvingrove. She became a board member and Trustee for The Riverside Museum. She supports the Glasgow School of Art, as a former and current student of the School’s Continuing Education Programme. Smillie is a member of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project team. In July 2007 she launched The Digital MacIntosh Project to raise funds for the restoration and refurbishment of the MacIntosh Building, which houses the school.


Mensa

When Smillie was hosting ''Wheel of Fortune'' in the early 1991s, she was invited to take the Mensa test for high IQs by a tabloid newspaper, to prove that game show hostesses were not stupid. She said she had passed with an IQ of 148. She courted controversy in 2003, when she announced in an interview that she had cheated on the test. She admitted that the test was not taken under exam conditions, and she completed only two thirds of it, coming unstuck at the end. Smillie had phoned a friend to complete the remainder of the test. She said, "I felt slightly guilty at the time, but it hadn't really bothered me that I had cheated because it was never a real test to me, and Mensa had never invited me to take part."


Filmography


Television

Presenter *''
Wheel of Fortune The Wheel of Fortune or ''Rota Fortunae'' has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Art * ''The Wheel of Fortune'' (Burne-Jo ...
'' 1989–1994 *''The Travel Show'' 1992 *''Holiday'' 1994–2001 ''including'' ''Summer Holiday'', ''Holiday Swaps'', ''Holiday Heaven'' and ''Holiday Favourites'' *''
Hearts of Gold ''Hearts of Gold'' was a BBC television programme devised and presented by Esther Rantzen, with Michael Groth and Carol Smillie as co-presenters. Running for six years in the 1980s and 1990s, the programme commended members of the public for the ...
'' 1995 – 1996 *''Get It On'' 1996 *'' Changing Rooms'' 1996–2003 *''The National Lottery'' 1996–2000 ''including'' ''The National Lottery – Amazing Luck Stories'', ''The National Lottery – We've Got Your Number'', ''National Lottery – Local Heroes'' *''Smillie's People'' 1996–97 *''Crazy For Love'' 1996 *''Edinburgh Hogmanay Live'' 1996 *''Edinburgh Hogmanay Live'' 1997 *''New Year Live Hogmanay Show'' 1998 *''Star Secrets'' 1999 *''Surprising Stars'' 2001 *''Dream Holiday Homes'' 2003–2005 *''Baby Hospital Live'' 2004 *''The Peoples Court'' 2005 *''
A Brush With Fame ''A Brush with Fame'' is a British lifestyle game show that aired on ITV from 10 October to 4 November 2005 and hosted by Carol Smillie. Background The programme series was initially piloted by Granada Television using the name Celebrity Face ...
'' 2005 *''
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'' 2005–2006 (Narrator) *''Postcode Challenge'' 2007–2008 *'' The Hour'' 2009 *''Best of British Wedding Venues'' 2009 *''Scotland's Winter Wonderland'' 2010 (Narrator) *''3@Three'' 2010 *'' The Hour'' 2010 *''Vet School'' 2011 (Narrator) Guest appearances *''The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna'' 1994 *''You Bet'' 1995 1996 1997 *''The Alphabet Game'' 1996 *'' Shooting Stars'' 1996 *''An Evening with Lily Savage'' 1996 *''Confessions'' 1998 *''Clive Anderson All Talk'' 1998 *''McCoist & MacAulay'' 1998 *''Celebrity Ready Steady Cook'' 1999 *''All Over The Shop'' 1999 *''It's Only TV...But I Like It'' 1999 *''Blankety Blank'' 1999 *''Clarkson'' 1999 *'' This Is Your Life'' 1999 *''Heaven And Earth Show'' 2001 *''Celebrity Friends Like These'' 2001 *''Sooty'' 2001 *''Hot Potatoes'' 2002 *''Friday Night with Jonathon Ross'' 2002 *''The Brian Conley Show'' 2002 *''Alter Ego'' 2002 *''Kelly'' 2003 and 2005 *''V Graham Norton'' 2003 *'' Have I Got News for You'' 2003 *''Today with Des and Mel'' 2003 2004 *''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' 2004 *''Win, Lose or Draw Late'' 2004 *''29 Minutes of Fame'' 2005 *''The Paul O'Grady Show'' 2005 *''Stars in Fast Cars'' 2005 *''Brainiac: Science Abuse'' 2005 *''
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30th Birthday: Live'' 2006 *''Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' 2006 *''Your Country Needs You'' 2007 *''The Aphrodisiac Test'' 2007 *''The Meaning Of Life'' 2007 *''Tonight With Trevor McDonald'' 2007 *''The Pyramid Game'' 2007 *''The Grumpy Guide To'' 2007 *''
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'' 2008 *''The Alan Titchmarsh Show'' 2008 *''Take It Or Leave It'' 2008 *''How TV Changed Britain – Property'' 2008 *''Daily Cooks Challenge'' 2008 *''What Are You Like ?'' 2008 *''STV's Top 30 Best Loved Shows (Part 5)'' 2009 *''Loose Women'' 2009 *''
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Videos

*''Changing Shape with Carol Smillie'' (2000) *''Changing Rooms – Trust Me..I'm A Designer'' (2002)


Books

*''Carol Smillie's Working Mums Handbook'' (2003)


Awards

* National Television Award for '' Changing Rooms'' * INDIE Award for '' Changing Rooms'' * Bafta Nominated for '' Changing Rooms'' *
Rear of the Year Rear of the Year was a British award for celebrities who were considered to have an attractive posterior. It was created by publicity consultant Anthony Edwards in 1976. Initially, it was awarded only to women, but in 1986 the first award was ...
1998, a British award for people with a notable posterior. *In October 2008, Carol was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA, in The Lloyds TSB Scotland Audience Award for Most Popular Scottish Presenter category.


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smillie, Carol Mass media people from Glasgow Scottish female models Scottish atheists Scottish humanists Scottish non-fiction writers Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters 1961 births Living people People educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School