    katy hill (born 15 april 1971) is an english television presenter who has worked in tv and radio in the uk since 1995. ==biography== born in poole, dorset, her father, chris hill, was the local vicar. hill has two siblings, an elder brother simon and a younger sister naomi. she gained 9 'o' levels and 4 'a' levels at st. edward's church of england school in romford, london, and worked in a record shop before she started presenting.http://www.myhounslow.co.uk/hounslow/celebs&gossip-media.htm hill worked for free at the local radio station bbc essex, to gain the experience required to become a presenter. ===career=== hill began her media career with voluntary work in essex at eastward hospital television, and presented katy's capers on bbc essex, before transferring to nickelodeon. while working for bbc channel controllers and the head of children's television, as a secretary she bombarded the editor of blue peter with showreels, which resulted in an audition. on 23 june 1995, hill joined the cbbc tv programme blue peterbbc cult: i love blue peter http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/hill.shtml and left on 19 june 2000. her assignments included living in mongolia with a family for a week, training with the england football squad for a world cup special, joining the cirque du soleil and, of course, making things from yoghurt pots and sticky-backed plastic. she won the 2000 children's bafta award for best presenter, for her time on blue peter. she returned to blue peter for one episode on 30 march 2010 for the final programme to feature the dog mabel. as a result of her work on blue peter, hill also presented live & kicking, top of the pops, football fever (she supports newcastle united) and the millennium quiz show with michael parkinson. she also presented the bbc's holiday and went on to present the weekend breakfast show on 95.8 capital fm. hill has written for numerous magazines including a regular column for cosmopolitan hair & beauty, hello! and closer. in both 2000 and 2001, she presented the final of song for europe, the competition to select the united kingdom's entry for 
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