Nazaneen Ghaffar Explained

Nazaneen Ghaffar
Birth Date:9 June 1985
Birth Place:Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Education:Ravensbourne University
Occupation:Weather presenter, TV Presenter
Spouse:Charlie Rose (m. 2016)[1]

Nazaneen Ghaffar is a British television weather presenter. She was born on 9 June 1985.She currently appears on the TalkTV channel, having previously presented for BBC South East Today, ITV West and Sky News.

Early life

Ghaffar grew up in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where she attended St James’ Primary School and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School.[2] After completing her A-levels she studied for a BA (hons) degree in Broadcasting at the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Greenwich.[3] Her parents are Iranians who met in England.

Television career

Upon graduating in 2006, her first television industry job was for Endemol in Bristol as a runner for the programme Deal or No Deal. After moving on to ITV West, her first on-screen opportunity was when she was asked to audition a weather presenting position and trained at the Met Office.[4] After 18 months of presenting for ITV she moved back to Kent to join the BBC's South East Today programme.

On 4 November 2010 it was announced that Ghaffar was leaving the BBC to join Sky News as weather presenter on its Sunrise programme, replacing Lucy Verasamy who had left to join ITV's Daybreak. She also presented forecasts for Sky News-produced 5 News on Channel 5 until 19 February 2012.

On 25 April 2022, Ghaffar left Sky News to join TalkTV on the weather segment after TalkTV News.

Personal life

Ghaffar married BBC reporter Charlie Rose in August 2016.[1] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Nazaneen Ghaffar marries in style before partying up a storm with TV friends. Hello. 24 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Sky New's Weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar on Tunbridge Wells and life in Kent . Kent Life . 2012-02-21.
  3. News: Nazaneen Ghaffar - BBC South East Today profile . bbc.co.uk . 2011-01-20 . 2010-02-15 . 25 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110125101521/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8369000/8369257.stm . dead .
  4. Web site: New weather presenter to join Sky News Sunrise team . skypressoffice.co.uk . 2011-01-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120051115/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=3021 . 20 November 2010 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Sky News forecasts some sleepless nights ahead for #Sunrise weather presenter @SkyNewsNaz as she goes on maternity leave... . Twitter . @SkyNews . 16 August 2019 . en . 27 March 2019.