Storm Huntley

Storm Huntley
Born (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Alma mater University of Glasgow
Occupation TV presenter
Years active 2014–present
Known for STV Glasgow (weather / The Riverside Show)
CBeebies (Down on the Farm)
Channel 5 (The Wright Stuff/Jeremy Vine)

Storm Huntley (born 24 February 1987)[1] is a Scottish television presenter.

Early and personal life

Huntley's uncommon forename derives from the coincidence that on the day of her birth, her mother was reading a novel in which a principal character had that name (A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith) and also observed an electrical storm outside.[2] Her grandmother was unimpressed at the choice and refused to address her as Storm for some time.[3]

As a toddler, she accidentally poured a kettle of boiling water over herself, resulting in permanent scarring to her arm, shoulder and neck; as a result she chooses clothing to conceal the scars.[3]

Huntley was raised in the town of Bishopbriggs in the northern part of Greater Glasgow, and attended Bishopbriggs High School.[4] Moving into higher education, she obtained a degree in politics and economics from the University of Glasgow in 2008,[3] also becoming involved with the institution's Subcity Radio Station as well as hospital radio.[2][5] She then spent time in London developing a local community radio company (OnFM)[4] and decided to undertake a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the London College of Printing.[2]

Television career

Huntley's progression into presenting was gradual. Following a period of unpaid work to gain experience,[5] her media knowledge and academic background helped her to land a job as a research assistant with BBC Scotland. There, she became increasingly interested in weather reporting and took a short meteorology course with the Open University.[2][3][4]

After a spell of preparing and reading radio weather bulletins, in June 2014 Huntley was hired by Scottish Television's new regional STV Glasgow channel,[2] presenting both weather forecasts and features on its evening daily Riverside Show, stating at the time that it was her "dream job".[4] One of her assignments, connected to the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, was a visit to Jamaica to explore the Caribbean island's colonial links to the host city.[3][4]

Current work

In 2015, Huntley became involved in two diverse projects[5] on British terrestrial television, which (as of 2018) are both still ongoing.[6][5] The seasonal CBeebies show Down on the Farm is filmed on location at various agricultural sites, where she and co-presenter JB Gill (a former pop star turned turkey farmer)[7] introduce young children to aspects of rural life. The programme was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2016.[8]

Huntley's other role is, since 2015, in a fixed studio on a daily basis, working as co-host on Channel 5's live morning phone-in debate programme The Wright Stuff, replaced in 2018 by 'Jeremy Vine', whereby she screens and introduces the callers to host Matthew Wright, later Jeremy Vine and reads out viewer correspondence.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "29 years ago today my Mum spent 18 hours in labour for my benefit! What a woman!!". Storm Huntley on Twitter. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "STV Glasgow launch night: Introducing Storm Huntley". Scottish Television. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "TV weathergirl Storm Huntley on her unusual moniker, fashion and new role on STV's Riverside show". Daily Record. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Storm lands her dream job with STV Glasgow". Kirkintilloch Herald. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "How I Became a TV Presenter: Storm Huntley, CBBC". Source Magazine. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Down a Storm on kids' telly". The Sun. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ex-JLS star JB Gill reveals plans to present new CBeebies show on his farm". Daily Mirror. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2016". BAFTA Scotland. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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