Lara Lewington
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Lara Lewington | |
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 Lara Lewington on 28 May 2006 | |
| Born | Danielle Lara Lewington 10 May 1979 Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Danielle Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979 in Chichester, West Sussex)[1] is a British television presenter, journalist and former weather presenter.[2][3] She co-presented the BBC's technology programme Click till its end in October 2024.
Early life
[edit]Lewington attended Surbiton High School, an independent school in Surbiton, Greater London.[4] She studied at St Mary's University, Twickenham.[5] She reports working as a runner on the game show It's a Knockout while at the university.[3]
Lewington, as well as her husband, is Jewish.[6]
Career
[edit]Lewington joined Five in January 2003, as their weather presenter.[7] She spent six years at the channel, also becoming the showbiz correspondent for Five News, before a stint as showbiz correspondent on Sky News.[citation needed]
She contributed to various shows including The Weakest Link News and Weather special, ITV1's Celebrities Exposed and E!'s 101 Greatest programmes.[citation needed] She has also appeared weekly on ITV's The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, was a panellist on ITV's Win, Lose or Draw, and has appeared on BBC Two's Newsnight, Channel 4's RI:SE, Big Brother's Big Mouth, ITV's Britain's Best Dish, the BBC's Let's Dance For Sports Relief and appeared as one of the four representatives of Five TV on the BBC One Sport Relief Superstars special.[citation needed]
Lewington joined BBC's Click in 2011 as a reporter and later became a presenter in 2018.[8] She co-presented the show with Spencer Kelly and appears on other radio and television shows talking about technology. She has also been the technology columnist for Woman magazine.[9] In July 2023, she presented the BBC Radio Four programme Wiki Wars, on editing on Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales spoke on this programme. It discussed issues such as hoaxes on Wikipedia, sociological research suggesting gender bias on Wikipedia, geographical bias on Wikipedia and paid editing.[10]
In September 2023 Lewington announced a new role as AI Agony Aunt to the Lorraine programme on ITV.[11]
Other appearances
[edit]Lewington can be seen presenting the weather on a background monitor in the Daily Planet newsroom in the 2006 film Superman Returns.[12] She appeared in the British comedy feature film Shouting Men (2010) and BBC2's Happiness.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Lewington married financial journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis in 2009. They have one daughter, born in 2012.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lara Lewington | Tech Presenter and Journalist". laralewington.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Entry Information | Births Jun 1979". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "LARA LEWINGTON'S EXPERIENCE IS VAST AND VARIED". laralewington.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Who will you Become at Surbiton High School?" (PDF). Surbiton High School. June 2021. p. 13. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Alumni in the Media". St Mary's University. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
- ^ candice@jewishnews.co.uk (15 December 2023). "Martin Lewis says calls for him to speak out 'bordered antisemitism'". Jewish News. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Green, Chris (30 May 2008). "The 5-minute Interview: Lara Lewington, TV and weather presenter". The Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Lara Lewington". Cick. BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Lara Lewington". Knight Ayton Management. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Wiki Wars". BBC Radio 4. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Lara Lewington on X". Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Earnshaw, Helen (26 July 2007). "Lara Lewington Exclusive FemaleFirst Interview". FemaleFirst. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Shahid, Sharnaz (10 September 2020). "Martin Lewis makes surprising revelation about wife Lara Lewington". Hello!. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Shipley, Diane (1 November 2020). "Martin Lewis makes heartfelt comment about daughter". Hello!. Retrieved 8 July 2023.