Danielle Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979 in

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) is a British

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, journalist and former

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. She co-presents the BBC's technology programme ''

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''.

Early life

Lewington attended

Surbiton High School Surbiton High School is a private day school in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England. It has seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior Schoo ...

, an

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, Greater London. She studied at

St Mary's University, Twickenham St Mary's University, Twickenham is a public university in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its stated commitment is to the mission of the Catholic Church in higher education. History Originally foun ...

. She reports working as a runner on the game show ''

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'' while at the university. Lewington, as well as her husband, is Jewish.

Career

Lewington joined

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in January 2003, as their weather presenter. She spent six years at the channel, also becoming the showbiz correspondent for ''

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,'' before a stint as showbiz correspondent on

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. She contributed to various shows including ''

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'' News and Weather special,

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's ''Celebrities Exposed and'' E!'s ''101 Greatest'' programmes. She has also appeared weekly on

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's ''

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'', was a panellist on

's ''

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'', and has appeared on

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's ''

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'',

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's '' RI:SE'', ''

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'',

's ''

Britain's Best Dish ''Britain's Best Dish'' is a British daytime cookery show part of the ITV Food category on ITV and hosted by Mary Nightingale. Amateur cooks from around the UK compete to cook "Britain's Best Dish" and a prize of £10,000. The judges were Ed B ...

'', the

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's '' Let's Dance For Sports Relief'' and appeared as one of the four representatives of Five TV on the

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'' ''

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'' special. Lewington joined BBC's ''

'' in 2011 as a reporter and later became a presenter in 2018. She co-presented the show with Spencer Kelly and appears on other radio and television shows talking about technology. She has also been the technology columnist for ''Woman'' magazine. In July 2023, she presented the

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programme ''Wiki Wars'', on editing on

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spoke on this programme. It discussed issues such as hoaxes on Wikipedia, sociological research suggesting

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, geographical bias on Wikipedia and paid editing. In September 2023, Lewington announced a new role as AI Agony Aunt to the ''

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'' programme on ITV.

Other appearances

Lewington can be seen presenting the weather on a background monitor in the ''

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'' newsroom in the 2006 film ''

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''. She appeared in the British comedy feature film ''Shouting Men'' (2010) and BBC2's ''

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''.

Personal life

Lewington married financial journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis in 2009. They have one daughter, born in 2012.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewington, Lara 1979 births Living people Alumni of St Mary's University, Twickenham British television presenters British television weather presenters People educated at Surbiton High School People from Chichester Television personalities from West Sussex