Summary

Etholle George is a radio and TV presenter, best known as part of the continuity team at BBC 7

BBC 7

BBC Radio 4 Extra, formerly known as BBC 7 and BBC Radio 7, is a British digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and children's programming nationally 24 hours a day. It is the principal broadcasting outlet for the BBC's archive of spoken-word entertainment...

, as well as her work in BBC local radio

BBC Local Radio

BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. They cover a variety of areas with some serving a city and surrounding areas, for example BBC Radio Manchester; a county, for example BBC Radio Norfolk; an administrative region for...

 and regional TV.

After leaving school at 18 to work in the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

 as an accountant

Accountant

An accountant is a practitioner of accountancy or accounting , which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and others make decisions about allocating resources.The Big Four auditors are the largest...

, George's break in media

Media (communication)

In communications, media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data...

 came when she joined Radio Forest, based at St Margarets Hospital in Epping, where she presented a midweek evening show called The Wednesday Roundabout. That led to BBC Essex

BBC Essex

BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Essex. It broadcasts from its studios on New London Road in Chelmsford on 103.5 and 95.3 FM, and on 729 , 765 , and 1530 AM. It is also available on DAB and live streaming via the internet.-History:BBC Essex launched on 5...

 where she started as a volunteer in 1993, her first job being to compile and read the Shoppers Car Parking Report on a Saturday morning.

After a lengthy spell working on the Breakfast Programme, she now presents her own lunchtime show between midday and 2pm every day and, since 2000, can also be seen on the small screen presenting Look East

Look East

BBC Look East is the BBC's regional television news programme for the BBC East region, covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, north Buckinghamshire and southern Lincolnshire....

 bulletins from both Cambridge and Norwich. At BBC 7 from 2002, she introduced the 7th Dimension dramas and "bestsellers" during the week.

George is also qualified in both windsurfing

Windsurfing

Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...

 and scuba diving

Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....

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