Ellie Harrison (journalist)

Ellie Harrison
Born Eleanor Harrison
(1977-11-17) 17 November 1977
Residence Gloucestershire, England
Nationality English
Education Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury
Alma mater King's College London
Occupation Television presenter
Employer Freelance
Known for Countryfile
Daily Planet
Michaela's Wild Challenge
Secret Britain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner(s) Matt Goodman since 2005
Children 2 daughters, 1 son

Eleanor "Ellie" Harrison (born 17 November 1977) is an English television presenter, best known for co-presenting Countryfile since 2009.

Early life

Born to a father who was a carpenter, Harrison grew up in rural Gloucestershire close to Cirencester, where the family grew their own fruit and vegetables and kept chickens. She was educated at Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury.[1]

Whilst studying geography at King's College London, she was in a relationship with Nathan Hutchings, son of actor Geoffrey Hutchings. Through his father, Hutchings had contacts in Zimbabwe from the shooting of the Clint Eastwood film White Hunter Black Heart, which allowed the couple to visit the country, where Harrison gained her interest in wildlife. She graduated with BA in Ecology and Geography from King's College, London in 2000.[1]

Career

Whilst exploring a career as a country singer, Harrison undertook a series of temporary jobs to support her life, ending up as a secretary at Channel 5. Picked from a line-up to host the children's show Milkshake!, she turned it down, but a year later was chosen to fill in for Michaela Strachan's maternity leave, presenting Michaela's Wild Challenge for over a year, during which time the show won a children's BAFTA. After this, she became a freelance television presenter, presenting across the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the Discovery Channel.

Harrison currently provides filmed reports or is a presenter on various TV shows, including: Countryfile, Country Tracks, The Great British Winter and The One Show for the BBC; and Daily Planet for the Discovery Channel.[2][3]

In December 2014, Harrison took over as president of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust from Sir Henry Elwes.[4]

Since 2015, she has co-presented Secret Britain on BBC One. In 2015, she presented Dinosaur Britain, a two-part documentary for ITV. In 2016, she presented Britain's Sharks and Britain's Whales, also for ITV. She is currently on Maternity Leave but appeared at Countryfile Live at Blenheim in August and Countryfile Ramble for Children in Need in Edinburgh on Saturday 8th October 2016.

Personal life

Since 2005, Harrison has been engaged to doctor Matthew Goodman with whom she has two daughters and a recently born son.[5][6] The family live in Gloucestershire.

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