Helen Skelton Biography
Helen Skelton is a well-reputed English television presenter and actress. She co-presented the BBC children’s program Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013. She has been a presenter on Countryfile since 2014, Countryfile is a British television program which airs weekly on BBC One and reports on rural, agricultural, and environmental issues in the United Kingdom.
Helen Skelton Age
Helen was born on July 19. 1983 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. She is currently 36 years old as of 2019. She celebrates her birthday on July 19.
Helen Skelton Parents – Brother
Skelton was born on 19 July 1983, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and brought up on a dairy farm in the village of Kirkby Thore. After doing our research, details about her parents are not available. However, she has a brother named Gavin Richard Skelston who is a professional footballer and player-manager.
Helen Skelton Education
Coming to her educational background, She attended Kirkby Thore Primary School, and then Appleby Grammar School. She graduated from the Cumbria Institute of the Arts, where she gained a BA degree in journalism. During her time at college, she worked as an extra on Coronation Street and Cutting It. Skelton is a qualified tap dance teacher and has said that if she was not a broadcaster she would be a teacher.
Helen Skelton Wedding – Helen Skelton Husband
Helen married England national rugby league team player Richie Myler in December 2013, and gave birth to their first child, a boy, on 19 June 2015. After Myler joined the Catalans Dragons club, they moved to France in September 2015. He currently plays for the Yorkshire club Leeds Rhinos. Their second son, Louis, was born in April 2017.
Helen Skelton BBC – Helen Skelton Radio 5
After a short time working in public relations, Helen decided to concentrate on journalism. She worked in the newsroom at CFM Radio and was involved with various programs at Border Television, before becoming a breakfast presenter on BBC Radio Cumbria in 2005, one of the youngest breakfast show presenters on the BBC network at the time.
She was then a reporter and occasional presenter on children’s news program Newsround and its weekend sports-based version, Sportsround. Skelton was revealed as a new Blue Peter presenter on 28 August 2008, replacing Zöe Salmon, becoming the 33rd presenter for the program.
In a challenge for the show, she took an uncredited role in the BBC production of Merlin. In August 2013, she announced her departure from the show; she was replaced by Radzi Chinyanganya. Skelton worked on other projects during her time on Blue Peter, mainly correspondent-based. These included reporting from the Championships, Wimbledon.
After her departure from Blue Peter, she became a presenter of live FA Women’s Super League football matches for the BT Sport channel, as well as retaining her BBC reporter roles. In December 2012, she took part in a Christmas Special edition of the BBC One program Strictly Come Dancing.
She has occasionally presented segments of Countryfile since 2008 and presented two series of Holiday Hit Squad in 2013 and 2014 alongside Angela Rippon and Joe Crowley. In 2014 and 2015, she presented the London Marathon Highlights show on the BBC. She was replaced by Ore Oduba in 2016.
Since 2015, Skelton has co-presented daytime BBC One series The Instant Gardener alongside Danny Clarke. In early 2016, she presented Tonight: Kids V Career. Skelton also hosted coverage of The 2016 European Swimming Championships with Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington.
She worked for the BBC at the 2016 Summer Olympics presenting swimming coverage alongside Rebecca Adlington, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and Mark Foster. In 2017, she returned to host the swimming coverage on the BBC during the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with Adlington and Foster.
In October 2016, Skelton guest presented five episodes of Lorraine on ITV. She presented a further five episodes in February 2017. She co-presented two episodes of Walks with My Dog on More4 in 2017.
Helen Skelton Olympics
Ultra marathons
Skelton became the second woman to ever finish the 126-kilometer Namibian ultra marathon in April 2009. She completed the marathon in 23 hours and 45 minutes just a mere 15 minutes under the time limit of one day. She called the experience a rather grueling one. A few weeks later she completed the 2009 London Marathon.
Kayaking The Amazon
In early 2010, Skelton kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon for Sport Relief 2010. She kayaked 2,010 miles (3,230 km) on a solo journey from Nauta in Peru on 20 January, to Almeirim, Brazil on 28 February. She achieved two Guinness World Records: the longest solo journey by kayak, and the longest distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman.
Tightrope Walking
Helen walked a 150-meter tightrope between chimneys at Battersea Power Station, 66 meters above ground, to raise money for Comic Relief on 28 February 2011. Blue Peter created two specials about her walk.
The South Pole
In 2012, Skelton raised more money for Sport Relief by becoming the first person to reach the South Pole using a bicycle. The bike was custom built for her trip, with 8-inch-wide tires. She also used skis and a kite to help her pull a sled containing 82 kg of supplies.
She covered 329 miles by kite ski, 103 by bike, and 69 by cross-country ski. She is also the first person to claim a world record for the fastest 100 km by kite ski, in seven hours 28 minutes, which was set during the trip.
Guinness World Records commentated on the award saying “We are aware of explorers who have achieved longer distances, but Helen Skelton’s application was the first that Guinness World Records had received specifically for the 100-kilometer distance”.
Helen’s Magnificent Seven
In April 2013, wanting to inspire Blue Peter viewers to do something to support Comic Relief, she took on seven challenges set by Comic Relief while breaking one world record. She called this series of challenges her “Magnificent 7”, a reference to the 1960 Western The Magnificent Seven;
- Rugby Kick – failed
- Performing In 2 Shows On One Night – succeeded
- Flying With the Red Arrows – succeeded
- Photo Shoot – succeeded
- Rope Bridge – succeeded
- Longest Line of Bunting – succeeded (at the time, a World Record)
- Coin Toss – failed
Helen Skelton Net Worth
As of April 2020, Helen Skelton is estimated to have a net worth of $6 million according to our reliable sources. She mainly earns her fortune from her career as an English TV presenter and actress.
Helen Skelton Amazon
In early 2010, Skelton kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon for Sport Relief 2010. She kayaked 2,010 miles (3,230 km) on a solo journey from Nauta in Peru on 20 January, to Almeirim, Brazil on 28 February. She achieved two Guinness World Records: the longest solo journey by kayak, and the longest distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman.
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