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Carol Kirkwood (née MacKellaig) (born 29 May 1962) is a Scottish
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, trained by the Met Office, and employed by the
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, on '' BBC Breakfast''. In 2015, she participated in the 13th series of
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's '' Strictly Come Dancing'', finishing in 10th place.


Early life

Born Carol MacKellaig on 29 May 1962 in
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,
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, she was one of eight children of parents who were hoteliers in Morar. After attending Lochaber High School in Fort William, Kirkwood gained a BA in
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from Napier College of Commerce and Technology (now
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) in
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.


Career

After graduation, Kirkwood joined the BBC's secretarial reserve in
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. After a series of internal moves, she presented short slots on
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, and then BBC Radio 2 and
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. Following her marriage to Jimmy Kirkwood, she left the BBC and subsequently worked in recruitment and then as a training consultant for a management consultancy in Cheshire. In 1992, she spent time on a now defunct cable TV channel, Windsor TV, latterly called Wire TV, along with
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. Kirkwood rejoined the BBC at the corporation's Elstree Studios training department in 1993 as a freelance presenter, during which time she also presented a bi-monthly programme ''Talking Issues'' for
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. In 1996 Kirkwood joined the new UK operation of
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, but after it closed down she underwent training under the guidance of the BBC at the Met Office, before joining
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in April 1998 as a weather presenter. She has since appeared regularly across all of
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's output on both radio and television, including
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,
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, ''
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'' and the live forecasts as part of the BBC's coverage of the
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. Kirkwood is the main weather presenter on '' BBC Breakfast''. The programme moved from London to MediaCityUK in
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in 2013 but Kirkwood stayed in
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presenting the weather on ''Breakfast'' via video link. She presented the BBC's ''The Weather Show'' and is also a regular contributor and reporter for ''
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''. In 2011, Kirkwood co-presented the BBC One series ''The Great British Weather''. She also presented the weather on BBC Radio 2's ''
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''. Kirkwood has appeared as a guest on
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's show ''
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''. In 2014, she appeared on BBC One panel show '' Would I Lie to You?'' In October 2018, Kirkwood had a cameo appearance on ''
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''.


''Strictly Come Dancing''

In August 2015, it was announced that Kirkwood would be taking part in the thirteenth series of '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which began in September 2015. She was partnered with professional dancer
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.


Personal life

She was married to Jimmy Kirkwood; they divorced in 2008. Kirkwood announced her engagement to her new partner, live on ''BBC Breakfast'' from the Chelsea Flower Show, on 23 May 2022.


Awards

Kirkwood won the TRIC award for best TV Weather Presenter in 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2012–2017. She received an Honorary Fellowship from
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for "contributions to broadcasting" at Inverness College, part of the
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, on 17 November 2015.


TV appearances

*'' BBC Breakfast'' (1997–present) – Weather presenter *''The Great British Weather'' – Co-presenter *''
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'' – Guest *''The Weather Show'' – Presenter *''
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'' – Reporter *'' Would I Lie to You?'' (2013) – Guest, 1 episode *''
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'' (2015–2020) – Weather presenter *'' Strictly Come Dancing'' (2015) – Participant *''
Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...
'' (2018) – Cameo appearance as Weather presenter *''The People vs Climate Change'' (2021) – Narrator *''
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'' (2022) – Guest, 1 episode


Books

* ''Under a Greek Moon'' (
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, 2021) * ''The Hotel on the Riviera'' (
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, 2022)


References


External links

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