Gemma Hunt

For the English footballer, see Gemma Hunt (footballer).

Gemma Hunt (born 1 April 1982) is a British presenter best known for presenting the children's competition show Swashbuckle from 2013 to 2022. She also presented the CBBC TV series Xchange.^[2]

Gemma Hunt
Born	(1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 43) Wiltshire, England[1]
Occupation	Television presenter
Years active	1997–present

CBBC

Hunt joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on BBC One and BBC Two. In 2004, she was noticed by CBBC series Xchange and later became a presenter until its close in 2006. She continued to present CBBC until its revamp in 2007. As well as her presenting duties she has made guest appearances on Blue Peter and Smile. More recently she guest presented the food special of Best of Friends alongside Ortis Deley. She has filmed a series with Barney Harwood for CBBC called Barney's Barrier Reef, which began airing on Monday 12 January 2009 at 7:30 on BBC Two.^[3] The show returned for a second series, now entitled Barney's Latin America. She is the main presenter on Swashbuckle.^[4]

Education

Hunt attended Staverton Primary School in Staverton, Wiltshire, which was then followed by her secondary school education at The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media Performance from the University of Bedfordshire in 2003.^[5]

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003–07	CBBC	Herself	Continuity Presenter
2004–06
	Xchange		Main Presenter
2005	Blue Peter		Guest on Farewell Simon! and also on Blue Peter Champions[6]
2007	Smile		Guest Presenter on final episode
	ChuckleVision		Appeared as a presenter in the episode, "Muscling In"[7]
2008	Best of Friends		Guest Presenter alongside Ortis Deley
2009	Newsround Specials		Special guest
	Barney's Barrier Reef		Alongside Barney Harwood
	BAMZOOKi
2010	BAMZOOKi
	Barney's Latin America
	Hotel Trubble	TV Presenter	Guest appearance in "Catz N Doggz"
2011	All Over The Place	Herself	Regular Presenter
2013–2022	Swashbuckle	Gem
2015	Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC	Herself	One-off special
	CBeebies Presents: Alice in Wonderland
2018	CBeebies Presents: Thumbelina	Ladybird
2019	CBeebies Presents: Hansel and Gretel	Mummy Crimble
2020— present	Songs of Praise	Herself	Regular Presenter
2020	CBeebies Presents: Christmas in Storyland	Empress of Storyland	One-off special[8]
2021	CBeebies Presents: The Night Before Christmas	Plum	One-off special; Filmed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth[9][10]
2022	Today at the Caravan Show	Co-presenter	Two-part series[11]
2023	CBeebies Robin Hood	Will Scarlett	One-off special[12]
2024	Twelfth Night!	Valentine	Upcoming performance[13]

Other appearances

In 2007, Hunt appeared in an episode of Chucklevision entitled "Muscling In". She was the compere of a strong man contest, which pitted Barry Chuckle against the cheating man mountain Magnus Sorenson (played by Joe Montana).

She has also appeared in pantomimes. In 2007/2008 she played the lead role in Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield. In 2008/2009, Hunt played Tinkerbell, alongside fellow CBBC presenter Barney Harwood in Peter Pan at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth. In 2012/2013 she performed at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in Peter Pan alongside Jennifer Ellison.

In August 2009, she and Harwood presented a BBC Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London entitled "Evolution!", during which they interviewed Sir David Attenborough.^[14] In 2010, she guest starred in the CBBC sitcom Hotel Trubble as a television presenter in the episode "Catz N Doggz".

She is one of two lead presenters of the Alpha course film series, alongside Toby Flint, in which she describes her Christian faith.^[15]