Romana D'Annunzio (born 14 January 1972) is a Scottish teacher and a former television presenter of Italian descent, who presented the children's programme ''

Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC ...

'' from 1996 until 1998. Her co-presenters on the show were Tim Vincent, Stuart Miles, Katy Hill, Richard Bacon and

Konnie Huq Konnie Huq (born Kanak Asha Huq ; on 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme '' Blue Peter'', ...

. From 2004, D'Annunzio studied English and Italian at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

and graduated with a MA, having also worked as an English

teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. w ...

in Rome. D'Annunzio completed her post-graduate diploma in education at the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

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* Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters Scottish children's television presenters Scottish people of Italian descent 1972 births Living people Television personalities from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Glasgow Teachers of English as a second or foreign language {{Scotland-tv-bio-stub