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Storm Huntley
Scottish television presenter (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Storm Huntley (born 24 February 1987)[1] is a Scottish television presenter.
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Early life and education
Huntley's first name was chosen from a combination of her mother reading a novel where the lead had this name (A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith) and an electrical storm outside on the day she was born.[2] Her grandmother refused to use this name for some time.[3]
As a toddler, she accidentally poured a kettle of boiling water over herself, causing permanent scarring to her arm, shoulder and neck; she chooses clothing to conceal the scars.[3]
Raised in Bishopbriggs in the northern part of Greater Glasgow, she attended Bishopbriggs High School[4] before taking a degree in politics and economics from the University of Glasgow in 2008.[3] She became involved in the university station's Subcity Radio as well as hospital radio,[2][5] spent time in London with a local community radio company (OnFM)[4] and took a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the London College of Communication.[2]
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Television career
After a period of unpaid work experience,[5] she found work as a researcher with BBC Scotland, became increasingly interested in weather reporting and took a short meteorology course with the Open University.[2][3][4]
In June 2014 Huntley joined STV's new local STV Glasgow channel,[2] presenting weather forecasts and features on its evening daily Riverside Show.[4]
Current work
Since 2015, Huntley has been involved in three shows on British terrestrial television - the seasonal CBeebies show Down on the Farm and The Wright Stuff and its replacement Jeremy Vine.[5] Down on the Farm was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2016.[6]
On Channel 5's daily live morning phone-in debate programme The Wright Stuff and its 2018 replacement Jeremy Vine, she is a co-host, screening and introducing callers to the hosts Matthew Wright and Jeremy Vine and reading out viewer correspondence. Since June 2023 she hosts her own solo show from 11:30 (when Vine leaves for his midday BBC Radio 2 programme) through to 12.30, in which she continues the viewer interaction on the topics of the day.
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Personal life
Around 2016, Huntley was in a relationship with Glaswegian actor Daniel Portman, noted for his role as Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones (2011-2019). Together, they attended the London premiere of The Revenant (2015).[citation needed]
On 30 October 2020, Huntley announced her engagement to Kerr Okan, lead vocalist of The LaFontaines.[7] They married on 2 September 2021 on the banks of Loch Lomond. Huntley gave birth to their son, Otis, on 11 July 2022.[8] In September 2024, Huntley announced that she is expecting her second child, a girl. She discussed her experience with gestational diabetes. Her maternity leave started on 10 March 2025.[citation needed]
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