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Julia Michele Bradbury (born 24 July 1970) is an Irish-born English television presenter, employed by the
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, specialising in documentaries and consumer affairs. Her passion is the outdoors and more recently following her cancer diagnosis and surgery, is dedicating her time supporting the benefits of healthy living and the virtues of nature therapy. She is best known for presenting a series of outdoor walking programmes across multiple tv channels in addition to co-presenting the
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programme ''
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'' with
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from 2004 until 2014. She also presented ''
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'' (2005–2009) and '' Planet Earth Live'' (2012) for the
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and '' Take on the Twisters'' (2013), ''The Wonder of Britain'' (2015) and ''Britain's Best Walks'' (2017) for ITV. She has a website called The Outdoor Guide which is run by her sister Gina. In 2021 they launched The Outdoor Guide Foundation - raising money to donate outdoor kit to State Primary schools making the outdoors accessible to all.


Early life

Bradbury's father Michael Bradbury, a
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-born, steel and engineering industry marketing director and Greek mother were in the Republic of Ireland when Bradbury was born. The family returned to Britain, where she grew up in an old rectory and attended primary school in
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, followed by King Edward VII School in
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, where her father worked for
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and her mother ran a fashion business. Bradbury attended acting classes, and took part as a child in the
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's stage production of ''
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'', starring
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and
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.


Career


Early career

Bradbury started as a television presenter with Chrysalis TV, followed by
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, before making the transition in 1996 from cable TV to terrestrial with
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as its Los Angeles correspondent. Bradbury also worked as a co-host on ''Top Gear'' during the 1990s. Alongside
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, Bradbury was the first presenter on Channel 5 when the network launched on 30 March 1997 with a countdown from the
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.


BBC

Bradbury and co-host Arkin Salih hosted the BBC's ''Are We Being Served?'', which examined customer service in the UK and ran for six programmes in the summer of 2006. The show later received strong criticism from comedian
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when he named it as "the most evil programme ever made" during his appearance on '' TV Heaven, Telly Hell''. From 2008 to 2011, Bradbury presented four series of ''Kill It, Cook It, Eat It'' on
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. The first series concentrated on commercially farmed animals such as chickens, pigs, sheep and cattle. The second series featured hunted wild game such as ducks, rabbits, deer and grouse. The third series focused on fast food; a group of six people went through the process of killing, cooking and eating animals. The fourth series focused on how animal products from the first series are used outside of the meat trade. Bradbury was joined by young consumers to uncover the animal origins of many of western society's favourite things as body parts were transformed from abattoir to shop display. From 2 March 2009, Bradbury temporarily stepped down from BBC One's ''
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'' following allegations in the press concerning irregularities in her
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frequent flyer account. Anita Rani stepped in to co-present the show with Nicky Campbell. On 15 April 2009, Bradbury was cleared of any wrongdoing in the investigation, and it was confirmed that she would return to present ''Watchdog'', which she did on 20 April 2009. It was incorrectly reported in several newspapers at the time that Bradbury had to repay £20,000 worth of
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– in fact her account (and several others) had been tampered with by an employee who was later arrested and charged. In April 2009 it was announced that Bradbury would present the relaunched primetime ''
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'' with
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. Anne Robinson returned to ''Watchdog'' after an eight-year absence. In August 2007, Bradbury presented ''Ultimate Britain – Climbing'' on
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, with rock climber Tim Emmett. Bradbury's lifetime ambition to be a "real" rock climber was achieved when the pair successfully ascended
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's Commando Ridge, Crackstone Rib in the
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, and the Old Man of Stoer. That year, Bradbury also presented ''Wainwright Walks'' on
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, in which she followed the mountain routes of the renowned fell walker and guidebook author
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. The series was later repeated on
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and ran for two series. Her appearance in this and the ''Railway Walks'' series earned her the title of "Walking Man's Totty". On 20 July 2009 her series ''Coast to Coast'' started on BBC Two. In 2010, Bradbury went to South Africa and embarked on a series of ''South Africa Walks'' as part of ''South Africa season'' for the BBC during the
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. In December 2010, she presented another walking-themed series, ''Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust'' on BBC Four in which she explored Germany and its
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through a series of walks across the country. The series was repeated on BBC Two in January and February 2011. In May 2011, she presented ''Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury''. Another walking programme, ''Julia Bradbury's Icelandic Walk'', aired on 11 May 2011 on BBC Four. Her challenge was to walk the 60 kilometres of
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's most famous hiking route, which includes the newest hills on Earth. This route ends at
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, the volcano whose copious eruptions of
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brought air traffic across Europe to a standstill in April 2010. She also presented a new series in May 2011, following the routes of some of the UK's canals. From November to December 2011, Bradbury presented a series called ''That's Britain!'' with
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, focusing on the good, the bad and the ugly in Britain. She presented with
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a four-part BBC One documentary series ''The Great British Countryside'', which began in February 2012. She has co-presented (with Richard Hammond) a programme about the wildlife of different countries called '' Planet Earth Live'' in 2012, which has aired on BBC One. In 2013, Bradbury co-presented the BBC One show ''Fightback Britain'' with
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and the BBC One show ''Keeping Britain Safe 24/7'' with
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. On 3 March 2014, it was announced that Bradbury would be leaving ''
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'' and the
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completely later in the year before joining
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full-time after doing odd jobs for them in the past. In 2016, she took part in the third series of
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's '' Famous, Rich and Homeless'' programme.


ITV

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In 2013, Bradbury co-presented the two-part ITV series ''Mystery Map'' with
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. In the same year, she presented teatime quiz show '' Take On the Twisters'', a summer replacement for '' The Chase''. In 2015, Bradbury presented an ITV primetime series called ''The Wonder of Britain''. In 2016, Bradbury began presenting her own eight-part ITV series ''Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury''. A book, ''Unforgettable Walks'', was published alongside the series. Beginning in January 2017, Bradbury presented ''Britain's Best Walks'' for ITV. In 2018, she co-presented a one-off programme called ''Britain's Favourite Walks: Top 100'', as voted for by the public.
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co-presented. In 2019 she presented ''Australia with Julia Bradbury'' and ''My £10K Holiday Home'', a new primetime ITV series. On 10 January 2020, she presented the first of a new ITV series entitled ''The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury''.


Channel 5

From 1997, she anchored ''Exclusive!'' for
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''
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'', 29 October 2007
With
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, she presented the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.


Radio

Bradbury has also presented on radio for
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, and
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. She crossed NUJ picket lines to present Radio 5 Live's breakfast programme on 15 July 2011. She presented the programme with Ian Payne who also broke the strike.


Books

*''Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks'' (7 October 2010) *''Canal Walks'' (3 March 2011) *''Julia Bradbury's Wainwright Walks'' (1 November 2012) *''Julia Bradbury's Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast'' (20 March 2013) *''Unforgettable Walks'' (9 February 2017)


Personal life

Bradbury lives in
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and
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. Her long time partner Gerard Cunningham, works in property and is father to her children, twin girls Zena and Xanthe and son Zeph. In summer 2006, Bradbury was treated for
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. In February 2011, Bradbury and Cunningham announced they were expecting their first child, despite Bradbury's problems with endometriosis. On 4 August 2011, Bradbury gave birth to her first child, a son named Zephyrus Cunningham. On 26 September 2014, it was announced that Bradbury and Cunningham were expecting again, this time with twins which were conceived via
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. On 12 March 2015, Bradbury gave birth to twin girls Xanthe and Zena. On 19 September 2021, Bradbury announced that she had been diagnosed with
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, and that she would require a
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later in the year.


Charity work

Bradbury is an ambassador to several charities including th
Pink Ribbon FoundationThe Outdoor Guide Foundation
Bowel & Prostate Cancer and Keep Britain Tidy. In 2009, she competed in the
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with her sister, Gina Fox, raising £7,000 towards the £105,000 raised for
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. Later that year, she travelled from
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to
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with ''Countryfile'' co-star
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in BBC's ''
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'' in aid of '' Children in Need''. Bradbury was president of the Friends of the Peak District from 2008 until 2016 (remaining now as a Vice-President) and she is Vice-President of the CPRE in
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. In April 2010 she became president of the
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. Bradbury also works with the
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to encourage people to exercise more. In February 2012, Bradbury was appointed an ambassador for the
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. In October 2013, she became president of the Camping and Caravanning Club, whose previous presidents included Dr
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,
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and
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. This made her the first woman to hold the post.


Awards and honours

On 14 November 2013, Bradbury was awarded an
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by
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.


Filmography

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'' (2009)Around the World in 80 Days
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'' (2009, 2013) – Guest *'' The Magicians'' (2011) – Guest *''
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'' (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) – Guest *''
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'' (2014) – "Dictionary Corner" guest *'' This Morning'' (2015) – Guest *'' The Saturday Show'' (2016) – Guest *''
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'' (2016, 2018) – Guest *'' Good Morning Britain'' (2016, 2018) – Guest *''The Superhumans Show'' (2016) – Guest ;DVDs * ''Wainwright Walks'' Series 1 – presented by Julia Bradbury (2007) * ''Wainwright Walks'' Series 2 – presented by Julia Bradbury (2008) * ''Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks'' (2009) * ''Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast'' (2009) * ''The Julia Bradbury Collection'' (2009) * ''German Wanderlust with Julia Bradbury'' (2010) * ''South Africa Walks''South Africa Walks With Julia Bradbury (DVD)
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(2010) * ''Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks'' (2011) * ''Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury'' (2016) * ''Britain's Best Walks with Julia Bradbury'' (2017)


References


External links

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Lake District Walks – Julia Bradbury On The Coast To Coast Walks
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