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Zoe Salmon Biography
Zöe Salmon is the glamorous Ulster-born former host of BBC1 children's TV hit show Blue Peter, first appearing as the 30th presenter of the show in the December 2004 Christmas special.
Life on Blue Peter
After joining the Blue Peter team her life became a whirlwind of filming assignments and trips, including challenges in America, Austria, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Sri Lanka and Switzerland.
Zöe’s filming highlights include skydiving, running the London Marathon, barefoot water-skiing, singing on stage at the Royal Albert Hall at the Last Night of the Proms, Latin-American dancing, choreographing a routine for Liberty X’s new single, training to be a primary school teacher, pot-holing, training to be an RNLI life saver and designing her own range of clothing.
In the beginning
She is no newcomer to the limelight, having made her first screen appearance in a cameo role as the Silver Slipper-wearer in little known film version of The Wizard of Oz at just 14-years-old.
She then went on to study law at Queen's University, Belfast, before qualifying as a solicitor and later proved she had beauty as well as brains when she scooped the title of Miss Northern Ireland in 1999.
Zöe presented the results of the Northern Ireland region in Making Your Mind Up, the UK's national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. She also appeared on BBC1’s Sport Relief 2006 and was a guest on BBC1’s Test the Nation, as well as singing for the nation on Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
Zöe starred as a footballer's girlfriend in the TV version of the book Hotel Babylon and appeared in the 2007 edition of Comic Relief does Fame Academy, alongside several other celebrity opponents.
In the world of radio she has co-presented the Blue Peter Proms 2005 and the Blue Peter Proms in 2006 from the Royal Albert Hall, London live for BBC Radio 3.
The Future
Zöe decided to leave Blue Peter in June 2008, to pursue other opportunities, which have included presenting her own Gameshow HotRods for CBBC primetime Saturday mornings, and presenting Bratz Fashion Academy for Nickelodeon.
Zöe is in great demand as a Presenter and also regularly will presents award ceremonies and product launches etc.
Lives: Zöe was born in Bangor, Co Down and now lives in London.
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Zoe Salmon News
A selection of relevant news related to Zoe Salmon, Awards Hosts & Presenter and Personal Appearances, TV Presenters and Women Speakers stories. For more information on Zoe Salmon or details as to how to book Zoe Salmon for your corporate event, please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
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12th November 2009
Celebrities and city bosses will be sleeping rough tonight in a campaign to raise awareness and money for Centrepoint. Centrepoint is the charity supporting homeless young people in London. They are hoping to raise ÂŁ250,000 with the 'Sleep Out' event.
Queen throws 50th birthday tea for Blue Peter show
25th September 2008
The Queen is a fan of the show and even owns a Gold Badge... so Her Majesty is gladly hosting a tea party to mark the 50th anniversary of Blue Peter.
Blue Peter's Zoe Salmon to quit
21st May 2008
Zoe Salmon became the 30th Blue Peter presenter when she joined in 2004 Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon is to leave the BBC One children's show after three-and-a-half years.
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17th May 2013
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16th May 2013
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15th May 2013
The Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy in order to reduce her chances of breast cancer.
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10th May 2013
The acts have been confirmed for this year’s Radio 1 Big Weekend, the annual festival takes place from the 24th-26th of May, there will be performances from some of the world’s most famous artists and a host of new artists.
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9th May 2013
TV presenter and awards host, David Walliams and his wife Lara Stone have happily announced the birth of their son and first child.
Line Up Announced for Science 2013
3rd May 2013
The Cheltenham Science Festival is considered to be the country’s number one science festival and this year’s line up has now been announced.
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30th April 2013
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Zoe Salmon Reviews
Zoe Salmon has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Zoe Salmon for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Zoe Salmon for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Zoe was brilliant, she chatted to our 300 children throughout the day. She was enthusiastic and really got stuck in! We would definitely ask her back, she was a massive hit with the kids.
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