Natasha Stillwellis an English television reporter and producer, known in Canada for thetelevisionshowDaily Planet,onDiscovery Channel Canada[1]and in Northern and Central Scotland for her reporting role onSTV’sThe Five Thirty Show.

Natasha Stillwell
Occupation(s)Television host,producer

Originally from Hertfordshire,[2]Natasha grew up inEdinburgh,she was a weather girl on the city’s now defunct LIVE! station. Following this, Natasha worked for the independent television production company Tern Television where she hosted shows for theBBCandChannel 4before moving to Canada in September 2002 to joinJay Ingramon Discovery Canada’s science and technology show.[3]

Her appearance onDaily Planetwas occasionally parodied on CBC comedy showThis Hour Has 22 Minutesby comedian and impressionistGavin Crawford.[4]Stillwell’s final appearance was 2 February 2007.

She returned to Scotland, joiningSTVfor the launch of their features magazine programmeThe Five Thirty Showas one of the show’s reporters from 28 January 2008 until the programme was axed on 15 May 2009. Stillwell then became a producer forThe Five Thirty Show’s successor,The Hour.

She has also presented her own video blog,Stillwell Science,on YouTube,[5]and written articles on science forThe Timesnewspaper.[6]

In 2011, Stillwell joined Twig, a company that makes educational films and resources. She served in a number of roles before the company was acquired by Imagine Learning in 2022, and now serves as president of Imagine Learning Studios, UK.[7]

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  1. ^Allec, Patrick."Daily Planet".www.tvarchive.ca.Retrieved17 April2018.
  2. ^"Natasha Stillwell birth details".freebmd.org.uk.Retrieved17 April2018.
  3. ^"Canada wry for Natasha; PRIME TIME DRAG ACT MIMICS STV ACTION GIRL. - Free Online Library".www.thefreelibrary.com.Retrieved17 April2018.
  4. ^"The Artist Who Interviews".www.artzmark.com.Retrieved18 April2018.
  5. ^Stillwell Science
  6. ^Stillwell, Natasha (6 October 2011)."Men and women: what we like, and why".The Times.ISSN0140-0460.Retrieved17 April2018.
  7. ^"Team | Twig Education".www.twigeducation.com.Retrieved17 April2018.
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Preceded by
Gill Deacon
Daily Planet/@discovery.caanchor'
2002 – 2007
co-anchorJay Ingram
Succeeded by
Kim Jagtiani