Former Tomorrow's World and Robot Wars presenter, Philippa has a degree in environmental science and now produces and presents wildlife programmes for the BBC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Philippa is a trained coach, presenter and accomplished public speaker, author and television presenter with many years experience of broadcasting live to millions and presenting to large audiences.
Philippa is best known for her work as a science broadcaster on BBC 1 especially for Tomorrows World and on Radio 4 for World on the Move. Her many TV presenter credits also include Robot Wars, The Queen’s Jubilee, Crufts and of course CBBC. She has also produced award winning natural history programmes for the BBC including Halcyon River Diaries, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and many more.
Philippa also has a first class degree in Ecology and Conservation and has campaigned on issues of sustainability and conservation. She has now created, co-produced and presents a podcast Conscious about people who are making waves in the worlds of sustainability and conservation.
As an author, while living in the US near Yellowstone National Park, Philippa wrote On the Trail of Wolves which tells the story of the wolf reintroduction and the human reaction to it from first hand interviews and her own experiences.
Following it’s hugely successful publication in February 2024, Wild Woman: Empowering Stories from Women who Work in Nature is already on its second reprint, and has benefited this year from a great round of publicity including the Easter front cover of The Times magazine.
Philippa has also been working all over the world with the National Geographic society coaching, presenting and workshopping on the Power of Storytelling and teaching storytelling to National Geographic Explorers and other clients including NASA scientists, the African Wildlife Foundation and even DeBeers.
Back in the UK, Philippa is available for keynote speeches and motivational talks for businesses and schools. Centred around the themes of nature and motivation, lessons from the natural world (especially wolves), wellbeing and sustainability and of course women’s empowerment, Philippa is also designing workshops around this theme.