Gemma Hunt

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Gemma Hunt
Born (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 42)
Wiltshire, England [1]
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active1997–present

Gemma Hunt (born 1 April 1982) is a British presenter best known for presenting the children's competition show Swashbuckle from 2013 to 2022. She also presented the CBBC TV series Xchange . [2]

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CBBC

Hunt joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on BBC One and BBC Two. In 2004, she was noticed by CBBC series Xchange and later became a presenter until its close in 2006. She continued to present CBBC until its revamp in 2007. As well as her presenting duties she has made guest appearances on Blue Peter and Smile . More recently she guest presented the food special of Best of Friends alongside Ortis Deley. She has filmed a series with Barney Harwood for CBBC called Barney's Barrier Reef , which began airing on Monday 12 January 2009 at 7:30 on BBC Two. [3] The show returned for a second series, now entitled Barney's Latin America. She also made a guest appearance live on the CBBC Channel in Office on 5 August 2010 and is the main presenter on Swashbuckle . [4]

Education

Hunt attended Staverton Primary School in Staverton, Wiltshire, which was then followed by her secondary school education at The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media Performance from the University of Bedfordshire in 2003. [5]

Television

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2003-07 CBBC HerselfContinuity Presenter
2004-06
Xchange Main Presenter
2005 Blue Peter Guest on Farewell Simon! and also on Blue Peter Champions [6]
2007 Smile Guest Presenter on final episode
ChuckleVision Appeared as a presenter in the episode, "Muscling In" [7]
2008 Best of Friends Guest Presenter alongside Ortis Deley
2009 Newsround Specials Special guest
Barney's Barrier Reef Alongside Barney Harwood
BAMZOOKi
2010 BAMZOOKi
Barney's Latin America
Hotel Trubble TV PresenterGuest appearance in "Catz N Doggz"
2011 All Over The Place HerselfRegular Presenter
2013— 2022 Swashbuckle Gem
2015Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBCHerselfOne-off special
CBeebies Presents: Alice in Wonderland
2018CBeebies Presents: ThumbelinaLadybird
2019CBeebies Presents: Hansel and GretelMummy Crimble
2020— present Songs of Praise HerselfRegular Presenter
2020CBeebies Presents: Christmas in StorylandEmpress of StorylandOne-off special [8]
2021CBeebies Presents: The Night Before ChristmasPlumOne-off special; Filmed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth [9] [10]
2022Today at the Caravan ShowCo-presenterTwo-part series [11]
2023CBeebies Robin HoodWill ScarlettOne-off special [12]
2024Twelfth Night!ValentineUpcoming performance [13]

Other appearances

In 2007, Hunt appeared in an episode of Chucklevision entitled "Muscling In". She was the compere of a strong man contest, which pitted Barry Chuckle against the cheating man mountain Magnus Sorenson (played by Joe Montana).

She has also appeared in pantomimes. In 2007/2008 she played the lead role in Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield. In 2008/2009, Hunt played Tinkerbell, alongside fellow CBBC presenter Barney Harwood in Peter Pan at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth. In 2012/2013 she performed at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in Peter Pan alongside Jennifer Ellison.

In August 2009, she and Harwood presented a BBC Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London entitled "Evolution!", during which they interviewed Sir David Attenborough. [14] In 2010, she guest starred in the CBBC sitcom Hotel Trubble as a television presenter in the episode "Catz N Doggz".

She is one of two lead presenters of the Alpha course film series, alongside Toby Flint, in which she describes her Christian faith. [15]

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