Emma Jesson
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Emma Louise Jesson-Hargreaves (born October 19, 1968) is an English
English people
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 television and weather presenter who works for ITV Central in Birmingham
Birmingham
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, England
England
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, and ITV Granada.

She worked alongside her colleague Charlie Neil
Charlie Neil
Charlie Neil, born 12 May 1961 in Upper Gornal, West Midlands, is a British weather forecast presenter who worked for Central TV in Birmingham, UK...

 presenting the weather for the three Central sub-regions, in addition to the weather for the HTV Wales
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...

 and HTV West
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...

 regions during weekends and holidays. Jesson worked for GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...

 in 1993 and was their first weather presenter before GMTV moved their weather forecasts to their studios in London. She made a return to GMTV in 2010 as they changed their format and line-up.

Since the re-structuring of ITV in February 2009, Jesson now goes out as a weather reporter. She can also be seen guesting on Channel 4 racing as part of her Racing Weather service, and The Morning Line.

External links

  • Emma Jesson on Twitter
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