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Storm Huntley
Born (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987 (age 37)
EducationBishopbriggs High School
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (MA)
London College of Communication (PGDip)
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2014–present
Known forSTV Glasgow (weather / The Riverside Show)
CBeebies (Down on the Farm)
Channel 5 (The Wright Stuff and Jeremy Vine) Storm Huntley (Channel 5
SpouseKerr Okan (m. 2021)
Children1

Storm Huntley (born 24 February 1987)[1] is a Scottish television presenter.

Early life and education[edit]

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]

Television career[edit]

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]

Current work[edit]

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. Following Jeremy Vine's departure at 11:15, (to host his BBC Radio2 program at 12:00), she has a solo spot to 12:40 in which she continues the viewer interaction on the topics of the day.

Personal life[edit]

On 30 October 2020, Huntley announced her engagement to Kerr Okan, lead singer of the rock band The LaFontaines.[7] They married on 2 September 2021 on the banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland. Huntley gave birth to their son, Otis, on 11 July 2022.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "29 years ago today my Mum spent 18 hours in labour for my benefit! What a woman!!". Storm Huntley on Twitter. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "STV Glasgow launch night: Introducing Storm Huntley". Scottish Television. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "TV weathergirl Storm Huntley on her unusual moniker, fashion and new role on STV's Riverside show". Daily Record. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Storm lands her dream job with STV Glasgow". Kirkintilloch Herald. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "How I Became a TV Presenter: Storm Huntley, CBBC". Source Magazine. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  6. ^ "British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2016". BAFTA Scotland. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ "JLS singer Kerr Okan proposes to TV stunner Storm Huntley with huge engagement ring". dailyrecord.co.uk. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Jeremy Vine co-host Storm Huntley introduces newborn son on TV for the first time and brings everyone to tears". metro.co.uk. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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