- Andy Akinwolere
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name = Andy Akinwolere
caption = Andy Akinwolere (right) and Konnie Huq (left) with child animator Patrick Beardmore (centre) in 2007
birth_date = birth date and age|1983|11|30|df=y
birth_place =Nigeria
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occupation = Television presenter
known_for =Blue Peter presenter
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website =Andy Akinwolere (born
30 November 1983 inNigeria ) is a British television presenter.Career
Akinwolere was born on 30th November 1983, and moved to
Birmingham ,England when he was eight years of age.Andy began hosting the
BBC television programme "Blue Peter " on28 June 2006 He had studied Media Studies at
Sheffield Hallam University between 2001 and 2004 before getting a job as a runner for the BBC. He was asked to audition by one of the "Blue Peter" directors he met whilst eating out with work colleagues; he had previously intended to go into documentary-making. His first challenge, as a presenter, was to complete a 150 metreabseil . He has presented the show withKonnie Huq ,Zöe Salmon ,Gethin Jones ,Helen Skelton andJoel Defries .Andy took part on
Ready Steady Cook against fellow presenterKonnie Huq in December 2007Personal life
Akinwolere has four
siblings - 3 brothers and 1 sister and speaks Yoruba, as well as English.References
Filmography
External links
* [http://www.tv.com/andy-akinwolere/person/458392/summary.html Profile at tv.com]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bluepeter/andys_blog/index.shtml Andy's blog on Blue Peter website]
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