Naomi Wilkinson (born 30 June 1976, in

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, England) is an English

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Career

Wilkinson was a presenter of ''

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'', the early-morning programming block for young children on Channel 5 and '' Finger Tips'' for

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. Wilkinson took over as the host from Fearne Cotton in series four and remained as the host until the series closed. Prior to joining ''Milkshake!'' in 2000, Wilkinson co-presented the breakfast show ''Wakey! Wakey!'' for the now-defunct children's channel Carlton Kids. As well as presenting for Milkshake, she has also starred in Milkshake shows such as Havakazoo and ''Monkey Makes''. Wilkinson left Milkshake! in 2012 after 12 years as a main presenter. She now works on shows for ''

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''. Wilkinson went to the

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and became the host of ''

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'' on

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and '' The Sunny Side Up Show'' on PBS Kids Sprout. Wilkinson joined

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and

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presenting '' Live 'n' Deadly'' in 2010. In 2012, she joined the Ed Petrie vehicle '' All Over the Place'' for its second series on CBBC as well as ''Marrying Mum and Dad'' in which she also presents with Ed Petrie. Wilkinson currently presents a

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for children on CBBC called ''Naomi's Nightmares of Nature''. Naomi also co-presents CBBC's "Wild & Weird" with Tim Warwood. In 2015, Naomi was one of the judges on the '' Countryfile'' photographic competition and has now become a regular presenter on the show itself. In 2018, she joined 26 other celebrities at Metropolis Studios, to perform an original Christmas song called Rock With Rudolph, written and produced by Grahame and Jack Corbyn. The song was released in aid of

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and was released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment on 30 November 2018 under the artist name The Celebs. The music video debuted exclusively with

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on 29 November 2018 and had its first TV showing on Good Morning Britain on 30 November 2018. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart. In 2020 amid the

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crisis Wilkinson rejoined The Celebs which now included

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and X Factor winner

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to raise money for both Alzheimer's Society and

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. They recorded a new rendition of Merry Christmas Everyone by

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and it was released digitally on 11 December 2020, on independent record label Saga Entertainment. The music video debuted exclusively on Good Morning Britain the day before release. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart.

Television

Wilkinson has been a television presenter since 1999. She started work on

for Channel 5 in 2000 where she was producer and presenter. She also worked as a presenter on three of the strands programmes, Havakazoo (from series 3 onwards) and 'Monkey Makes' from 2002-2005 and 'The Milkshake! Show'. She has been a regular presenter on CBBC since 2011 after leaving Milkshake – she has her own show: ''Naomi's Nightmares of Nature''. She also voiceovered for the Community Channel. In 2013 and 2014, she presented a live show called ''WILD'' on CBBC. Wilkinson has also appeared three times on CBBC panel show ''

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'' since 2015.

Personal life

She was born in Bristol in 1976. Her entertainment career first started at

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, where she was a Redcoat. In February 2013, she was nominated in the Female On-Screen Talent category for excellence in the

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's awards. Wilkinson is one of nine presidents of

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References

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