Ann-Maree Biggar

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Ann-Maree Biggar
Born1967or1968(age 56–57) [1]
NationalityAustralian
Occupationtelevision presenter
Years active1988–present
Known for Agro's Cartoon Connection

Ann-Maree Biggar is an Australian television presenter.

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Career

Biggar's career began in 1988 at World Expo 88 [ citation needed ] on a show called The Breaky Bash with Sean James as commander Super K and his robot dog K9 and Brett.

In 1989, Biggar began hosting the children's morning program Agro's Cartoon Connection . [2] [3] She remained on the show for a number of years, finishing up at the end of the 1995 season, before being replaced by Terasa Livingstone

In 1994 and 1995, she became a reporter on the travel show The Great Outdoors . [1] This was followed by a move to the Nine Network as a regular on a relaunched version of In Melbourne Tonight [3] with Frankie J. Holden.

In 2000, she became a reporter on Network Ten's morning show Good Morning Australia . [3] After the program ended at the end of 2005, she joined the replacement show 9am with David & Kim , [3] where she was also a reporter. She remained on the show until 2009.

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References

  1. 1 2 Cook, Margaret (26 January 1995). "Having fun in the Great Outdoors". The Age . p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2021 via Newsbank Australia.
  2. Bucklow, Andrew (16 May 2014). "Jamie Dunn reveals what life's been like as the voice behind Agro". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Knox, David (11 March 2011). "Agro & Ann-Maree Biggar to reunite". TV Tonight . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.