showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterIt's no surprise that Helen Skelton was such a natural presenter on the BBC's hit show Countryfile.She grew up on a dairy farm in the village of Kirkby Thore in Carlisle, Cumbria, so an understanding of rural life is in her DNA.Never afraid to get stuck in, Helen, 37, rose to fame on Newsround and Blue Peter.
She's also worked as a BBC reporter on several sporting events, with her most high profile gig being the 2016 coverage of the Olympics in Rio.Helen has also run the London Marathon three times - in 2009, in 2014 and in 2019.Since 2008 Helen has been a regular part of the Countryfile team, but more recently she's been the co-host of Channel 5's This Week on the.
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