Natasha Stillwell
Occupation(s)Television host, producer

Natasha Stillwell is an English television reporter and producer, known in Canada for the television show Daily Planet, on Discovery Channel Canada[1] and in Northern and Central Scotland for her reporting role on STV’s The Five Thirty Show.

Originally from Hertfordshire,[2] Natasha grew up in Edinburgh, she was a weather girl on the city’s now defunct LIVE! station. Following this, Natasha worked for the independent television production company Tern Television where she hosted shows for the BBC and Channel 4 before moving to Canada in September 2002 to join Jay Ingram on Discovery Canada’s science and technology show.[3]

Her appearance on Daily Planet was occasionally parodied on CBC comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes by comedian and impressionist Gavin Crawford.[4] Stillwell’s final appearance was 2 February 2007.

She returned to Scotland, joining STV for the launch of their features magazine programme The Five Thirty Show as one of the show’s reporters from 28 January 2008 until the programme was axed on 15 May 2009. Stillwell then became a producer for The Five Thirty Show’s successor, The Hour.

She has also presented her own video blog, Stillwell Science, on YouTube,[5] and written articles on science for The Times newspaper.[6]

In 2011, Stillwell joined Twig, a company that makes educational films and resources. She served in a number of roles before the company was acquired by Imagine Learning in 2022, and now serves as president of Imagine Learning Studios, UK. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Allec, Patrick. "Daily Planet". www.tvarchive.ca. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Natasha Stillwell birth details". freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Canada wry for Natasha; PRIME TIME DRAG ACT MIMICS STV ACTION GIRL. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Artist Who Interviews". www.artzmark.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Stillwell Science
  6. ↑ Stillwell, Natasha (6 October 2011). "Men and women: what we like, and why". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Team | Twig Education". www.twigeducation.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
Preceded by
Gill Deacon		 Daily Planet/@discovery.ca anchor'
2002 – 2007
co-anchor Jay Ingram 		Succeeded by
Kim Jagtiani


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