Sarah Greene (born 24 October 1958) is a British television personality. Her most famous work was a period on the popular children's television show
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983.
Greene was born in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
,
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, the daughter of
DIYDo it yourself is a term used to describe the creation, alteration or reparation of something without the aid of experts or professionals...
expert
Harry GreeneHarry W. Greene is a herpetologist, currently working as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University....
and sister of former TV weather presenter
Laura Greene-Career:Greene began her career in 1994 at Britain's ITV network, after graduating from the University of London with an bachelor's degree in Geography....
. Greene was educated at the
Gospel OakGospel Oak is an inner urban area of north London in the London Borough of Camden below Hampstead Heath. It is bordered by the more affluent areas of Belsize Park to the west, Kentish Town to the south, Eastern Hampstead to the North and Dartmouth Park and Tufnell Park to the east...
Primary School and the
Grey Coat HospitalThe Grey Coat Hospital is a Church of England comprehensive secondary school for girls in Westminster, London, England.-History:The school was founded on St. Andrew's Day in 1698. Eight members of the congregation of St. Margaret's, Westminster donated towards the founding of the school, initially...
school, London, while also pursuing child acting roles.
Sarah Greene (born 24 October 1958) is a British television personality. Her most famous work was a period on the popular children's television show
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983.
Early life and career
Greene was born in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the daughter of
DIYDo it yourself is a term used to describe the creation, alteration or reparation of something without the aid of experts or professionals...
expert
Harry GreeneHarry W. Greene is a herpetologist, currently working as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University....
and sister of former TV weather presenter
Laura Greene-Career:Greene began her career in 1994 at Britain's ITV network, after graduating from the University of London with an bachelor's degree in Geography....
. Greene was educated at the
Gospel OakGospel Oak is an inner urban area of north London in the London Borough of Camden below Hampstead Heath. It is bordered by the more affluent areas of Belsize Park to the west, Kentish Town to the south, Eastern Hampstead to the North and Dartmouth Park and Tufnell Park to the east...
Primary School and the
Grey Coat HospitalThe Grey Coat Hospital is a Church of England comprehensive secondary school for girls in Westminster, London, England.-History:The school was founded on St. Andrew's Day in 1698. Eight members of the congregation of St. Margaret's, Westminster donated towards the founding of the school, initially...
school, London, while also pursuing child acting roles. She graduated with a degree in Drama from
University of HullThe University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull , a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The main campus is located on Cottingham Road in the north west of the city while a smaller campus is located in nearby Scarborough...
. She then pursued acting roles in
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
,
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
and London.
Television career
In 1979 Greene had a role on the daytime drama
Together (
Southern TelevisionSouthern Television was the first ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south-east of England from 30 August 1958 until 1 January 1982. It also used the name Southern Independent Television, on-air, from 1964 until its demise...
/
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
), which was always broadcast live. She first appeared on
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
in the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
adaptation of
Pamela BrownPamela Brown was a British writer, actress and television producer.-Literary career:Pamela Brown was just 14 when she started writing her first book, The Swish of the Curtain, in 1938. A year later, when World War II broke out, she left Colchester County High School and went to live in Wales with...
's
The Swish of the CurtainThe Swish of the Curtain is a children's novel by Pamela Brown . It was begun in 1938 when the author was 14 but was not published until 1941.-Plot summary:...
. After leaving
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
, she presented
Saturday SuperstoreSaturday Superstore was a children's television series, broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin and John Craven. The show was very similar to its predecessor Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.A regular spot on...
with
Mike ReadMike Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer and television presenter.- Broadcasting career :Read's professional broadcasting career began in March 1976 at Reading's Radio 210, where he co-hosted a show with Steve Wright, before joining Radio Luxembourg late in 1977.He joined BBC Radio One at...
, and subsequently co-presented
Going Live!Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher....
with
Phillip SchofieldPhillip Schofield is a British television presenter.-Early life and career:Schofield was born in the Lancashire town of Oldham. He grew up and was educated in Newquay, Cornwall. When he was 15, his first foray into media was a Sunday show on Hospital Radio Plymouth...
. It was during her time on
Going Live!Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher....
that Sarah began to appear in television commercials for
NescafeNescafé is a brand of instant coffee made by Nestlé. It comes in the form of many different products. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café"...
coffee. Later, she fronted
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
's popular daytime antiques programme
Collectors LotCollectors Lot was a tv programme produced from 1997 to 2001 by Twofour Broadcast for the UKs Channel 4. Shown on weekday afternoons, the programme visited every corner of Britain to explore the weird and wonderful things that people choose to collect. The five series of the programme featured over...
.
Greene and her then boyfriend,
Mike SmithMike Smith is a British television, radio presenter, racing driver, pilot and businessman.-Radio career:...
were seriously injured on 10 September 1988 when the
helicopterA helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing aircraft because the helicopter achieves lift with the...
Smith was piloting crashed in
GloucestershireGloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, 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.
In addition to presenting magazine shows such as the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
's
Pebble Mill At OnePebble Mill at One was a popular British afternoon chat show broadcast originally on BBC2 before transferring to BBC1. It was produced from the Pebble Mill facilities of BBC Birmingham, and uniquely was hosted from the centre's main reception area rather than a traditional studio...
, Greene has acted in programmes such as the
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
serial
Attack of the CybermenAttack of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from January 5 to January 12, 1985. It opened Season 22 of the series...
,
Casualty,
BrooksideBrookside was a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the first night of the then-new network Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
and
French & SaundersFrench & Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring BAFTA Award-winner Dawn French and Emmy and BAFTA Award-winner Jennifer Saunders...
. In 1992 she combined her talents in a hoax paranormal programme called
GhostwatchGhostwatch is a British horror-mockumentary television movie broadcast on BBC One on 31 October 1992. Despite having been recorded weeks in advance, the narrative was presented as 'live' television...
, alongside Smith and talk-show host
Michael ParkinsonSir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster and journalist. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
. Greene and Smith made a foray into feature films in
The Man Who Knew Too LittleThe Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 comedy film starring Bill Murray, directed by Jon Amiel, and written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin...
(1997), starring
Bill MurrayWilliam James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in films including Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.-Early years:Murray, the fifth...
; 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
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
programme
Have I Been Here Before?Have I Been Here Before? is an ITV daytime programme, presented by Phillip Schofield, made by ITV Productions. The programme offers celebrity guests the chance to see if they have lived before, in a past life...
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 CourtneyBrendan Courtney is an Irish comedian and television presenter. He is openly homosexual. He has been linked with famous Irish synchronized swimmer Caroline Walsh. The pair broke up after Courtney discovered his true sexuality. The pair are still friends.-Career:Brendan began his career on RTÉ...
and celebrity stylists such as Armand Beasley.
Partnered with Fred Palascak, Sarah competed in the 2008 ITV
Dancing on IceDancing on Ice is a British television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT, has been a prime-time hit in 8 different countries including Germany, Italy and Chile...
competition. She was the first to leave the competition, having lost to Samantha Mumba in the first week's show. Judge
Jason GardinerJason Gardiner is a choreographer, singer and theatre producer currently best known as a judge on the top rated ITV show, Dancing On Ice. He was previously a judge on the first series of the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever...
described her skating style as "a disabled pensioner trying to stumble across ice wearing stiletto heels".
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