Sarah Greene
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| Sarah Greene | |
| Born | 24 October 1958 London, England |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Blue Peter |
Sarah Greene (born 24 October 1958, London, England) is a British television personality. Her most famous work was a period on the popular children's television show Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983.
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[edit] Early life and career
Sarah Greene is daughter of DIY expert Harry Greene and sister of former TV weather presenter Laura Greene. Greene was educated at the Gospel Oak Primary School and the Grey Coat Hospital school, London, while also pursuing child acting roles. She graduated with a degree in Drama from University of Hull. She then pursued acting roles in Birmingham, Manchester and London.
[edit] Television career
In 1979 Greene had a role on the daytime drama Together (Southern Television/ITV), which was always broadcast live. She first appeared on Blue Peter[1] in the BBC adaptation of Pamela Brown's The Swish of the Curtain. After leaving Blue Peter, she presented Saturday Superstore with Mike Read, and subsequently co-presented Going Live! with Phillip Schofield. It was during her time on Going Live! that Sarah began to appear in television commercials for Nescafe coffee. Later, she fronted Channel 4's popular daytime antiques programme Collectors Lot.
Greene and boyfriend Mike Smith were seriously injured on 10 September 1988 when the helicopter Smith was piloting crashed in Gloucestershire, with Greene on board. She broke an arm and both of her legs and was left unable to have children. She returned to present Going Live! while still in plaster. She and Smith became engaged weeks after the accident, and were married in 1989.[2]
In addition to presenting magazine shows such as the BBC's Pebble Mill At One, Greene has acted in programmes such as the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen, Casualty, Brookside and French & Saunders. In 1992 she combined her talents in a hoax paranormal programme called Ghostwatch, alongside Smith and talk-show host Michael Parkinson. Greene and Smith made a foray into feature films in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), starring Bill Murray; they played presenters of The Theatre Of Life, a fictional English TV show which promised the participant a role in a crime drama.
More recently, Greene appeared in the ITV programme Have I Been Here Before? and was also a regular presenter on magazine show This Morning. She has also presented Discovery Home & Health's Weddings Live, an annual 6-hour broadcast which showcases several weddings live from across the country, from 2005 to 2007. Fellow presenters include Brendan Courtney and celebrity stylists such as Armand Beasley.[3]
Partnered with Fred Palascak, Sarah competed in the 2008 ITV Dancing on Ice competition. She was the first to leave the competition, having lost to Samantha Mumba in the first week's show. Judge Jason Gardiner described her skating style as "a disabled pensioner trying to stumble across ice wearing stiletto heels".
[edit] References
- ^ BBC - I Love Blue Peter - Sarah Greene presenter biography, bbc.co.uk
- ^ "1988: BBC presenters in helicopter crash". On This Day (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504243.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "WeddingPath Newsletter". Newswire (Wedding Path). 2006-02-17. http://news.weddingpath.co.uk/newsdetail/5/113/. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
[edit] External links
- Sarah Greene at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC - I Love Blue Peter - Sarah Greene presenter biography
- BBC -Gallery (Sarah Greene wears a pair of overalls over a T-shirt)
- Blue Peter tortoises (Sarah Greene appears right side); she wears a pair of overalls over a T-shirt
| Preceded by Tina Heath |
Blue Peter Presenter No. 11 1980-83 |
Succeeded by Janet Ellis |
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