Emma Forbes

Forbess parents are Nanette Newman and Bryan Forbes She attended Hurst Lodge School Forbes presented the cooking slot on Going Live a position she won after bombarding the production office with ideas for makes She was then selected as copresenter for the replacement BBC childrens show Live Kicking with Andi Peters from 1993 through to 1996 and also presented ITVs teenage problem show Speakeasy From 1994 to 1996 Forbes hosted a Meridian Television revival of the panel show Whats My Line Her mother had been a regular panellist on the 1970s BBC version of the show She has voiced Mummy Hippo in the childrens animated series Peppa Pig She also presented the Heart 1062 breakfast show alongside Jonathan Coleman before she left to present on Capital 958 Forbes was the face of a longrunning television advert campaign for Head Shoulders shampoo in the midtolate 1990s In 1996 she was voted number 64 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women Poll and has been represented by Storm Models Alongside Mark Radcliffe Forbes has cohosted the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2 Also on BBC Radio 2 Forbes presented a Saturday show from 6 pm to 8 pm alongside comedian Alan Carr called Going Out with Alan Carr and a Sunday morning breakfast show replacing Pete Mitchell On 13 December 2009 she announced that she would no longer be presenting her Sunday show on BBC Radio 2 but she continued to copresent Going Out With Alan Carr on Saturday evenings until April 2010 From March 2011 Forbes was a regular discussion contributor on ITVs daytime show The Alan Titchmarsh Show which ended in November 2014