Storm Huntley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 February 1987 Bishopbriggs, Scotland |
| Education | Bishopbriggs High School |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow (MA) London College of Communication (PGDip) |
| Occupation | Television 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) |
| Spouse | Kerr Okan (m. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
Storm Huntley (born 24 February 1987) [1] is a Scottish television presenter.
Huntley's first name was chosen from a combination of her mother reading a novel where the lead had this name ( A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith) and an electrical storm outside on the day she was born. [2] Her grandmother refused to use this name for some time. [3]
As a toddler, she accidentally poured a kettle of boiling water over herself, causing permanent scarring to her arm, shoulder and neck; she chooses clothing to conceal the scars. [3]
Raised in Bishopbriggs in the northern part of Greater Glasgow, she attended Bishopbriggs High School [4] before taking a degree in politics and economics from the University of Glasgow in 2008. [3] She became involved in the university station's Subcity Radio as well as hospital radio, [2] [5] spent time in London with a local community radio company (OnFM) [4] and took a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the London College of Communication. [2]
After a period of unpaid work experience, [5] she found work as a researcher with BBC Scotland, became increasingly interested in weather reporting and took a short meteorology course with the Open University. [2] [3] [4]
In June 2014 Huntley joined STV's new local STV Glasgow channel, [2] presenting weather forecasts and features on its evening daily Riverside Show. [4]
Since 2015, Huntley has been involved in three shows on British terrestrial television - the seasonal CBeebies show Down on the Farm and The Wright Stuff and its replacement Jeremy Vine . [5] Down on the Farm was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2016. [6]
On Channel 5's daily live morning phone-in debate programme The Wright Stuff and its 2018 replacement Jeremy Vine , she is a co-host, screening and introducing callers to the hosts Matthew Wright and Jeremy Vine and reading out viewer correspondence. Since June 2023 she hosts her own solo show from 11:15 (when Vine leaves for his midday BBC Radio 2 programme) through to 12.40, in which she continues the viewer interaction on the topics of the day.
Around 2016, Huntley was in a relationship with Glaswegian actor Daniel Portman, noted for his role as Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones (2011-2019). Together, they attended the London premiere of The Revenant (2015).[ citation needed ]
On 30 October 2020, Huntley announced her engagement to Kerr Okan, lead vocalist of The LaFontaines. [7] They married on 2 September 2021 on the banks of Loch Lomond. Huntley gave birth to their son, Otis, on 11 July 2022. [8] In September 2024, Huntley announced that she is expecting her second child, a girl. She discussed her experience with gestational diabetes. Her maternity leave starts on 10 March 2025.[ citation needed ]