Cat Cubie
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Cat Cubie was born in Scotland to Heather and Andrew Cubie and grew up in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, attending George Watson's College
George Watson's College
George Watson's College, known informally as Watson's, is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871 and was merged with its sister school...

 before taking a psychology degree at Aberdeen University. Currently deputising while BBC Reporting Scotland's two weather presenters are on maternity leave.

Recent work

In 2009, Cubie was one of the presenters of the Euromillions slot on BBC 1. , Cubie previously presented Movie Specials for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

, The Surgery on BBC Switch
BBC Switch
BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two And ceased broadcasting on Saturday 17 December 2010...

 and a number of live music shows, including The Next Big Thing and Live and Unsigned. She was also in the MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...

 final of Pick Me and has been the voice of Living TV and Living 2.

Her first broadcast work was as a researcher for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, on programmes such as Little Angels, Teen Angels, Level Up and Beat the Boss.

On 20th January 2011, it was announced Cubie would fill in, while the existing forecasting team of Gail McGrane
Gail McGrane
Gail McGrane is the senior weather forecaster for BBC Scotland. Born in Dingwall, Ross-shire, McGrane attended Dingwall Academy before moving to Glasgow to attend the University of Strathclyde. She took a job at the Met Office in 1999 and began presenting breakfast weather reports in 2000, before...

, Judith Ralston
Judith Ralston
Judith Ralston trained as a musician from an early age. She continued her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Royal Northern College of Music and in Canada. She received a number of awards....

 and Gillian Smart took maternity leave on BBC Scotland.

External links

  • http://www.beccabarrmanagement.co.uk/cat-cubie.htm
  • http://www.catcubie.co.uk/
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