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Born 10 May 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-05-10 ) Similar People Martin Lewis, Becky Mantin, Lucy Verasamy, Jon Culshaw Profiles | ||
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Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979) is a British freelance weather presenter, television presenter and National Council for the Training of Journalists-trained journalist.
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- Lara lewington s showreel
- Lara Lewington
- Early career
- Current career
- Other appearances
- Personal life
- References
Lara Lewington
Early career
Lewington began her career in television working as a presenter whilst taking her degree. She first gained television recognition when working at UK auction shopping channel bid-up.tv, as an auctioneer assistant. She's also worked on shows including Five's Pepsi Chart, ITV London's news programme London Tonight and It's a Knockout.
She then moved to work as a reporter on the BBC Choice (now BBC Three) entertainment news programme Liquid News, until being recruited to present the weather.
Current career
Lewington joined Five in January 2003, as a weather presenter; she could also be seen as a showbiz correspondent for Five News, interviewing celebrities.
Outside Five she has contributed to various shows, including the Weakest Link News and Weather special ITV1's Celebrities Exposed and E!'s 101 Greatest programmes. She has also appeared weekly in ITV1's The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, was a panellist on ITV1's Win, Lose or Draw, and has appeared on The Eleven O'Clock Show, BBC Two's Newsnight, Channel 4's RI:SE and Big Brother's EFourum (now known as Big Brother's Big Mouth).
Lewington was made redundant by Channel 5 as a weather presenter, in February 2009. She then worked as a freelance; appearing on Sky News as a reporter, weather presenter on London Tonight and BBC South East Today.
She is currently a reporter on BBC's Click.
Other appearances
Personal life
She married TV's Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis on 31 May 2009. She gave birth to their first child, Sapphire Susan Lewis, on 1 November 2012.