Clare Nasir
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TV Presenting
GMTV, ITV1 (2000-PRESENT) Weather/Reporter/Producer
Met Office, Carlton/LWT (1998-2001) Regional weather presenter
ITN (1998-2000) National weather presenter
Anglia TV (1996-1998) Weather presenter
TV Appearences
Through the Keyhole, BBC One
The Right Stuff, Five
Brainiac: Science Abuse, Sky1
ITN News, ITV
Take it or Leave it, Challenge
Freaky Eaters, BBC Three
Open House with Gloria Hunniford, Five
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV1
Clare’s first love has always been weather. She achieved a BSC in Mathematics and a MSC in Applied Marine Science at Plymouth University, where she specialised in the mathematics of the atmosphere and oceans. After leaving university she trained at the Met Office in 1993 as a weather forecaster and spent the next eight years forecasting and presenting the weather.
Clare has worked has in Met Office departments in London, Norwich and Plymouth. Her duties included aviation, marine and agricultural forecasting, radio weather bulletins and interviews and newspaper articles. She presented on Anglia TV before moving to Carlton.
Clare joined GMTV in 2000. Her duties include weather producer and presenter, with full responsibility for all weather output and science related features on GMTV, such as renewable energy and climate change strands.
Additionally, Clare also presents travel reports from worldwide destinations. She continues to be affiliated with Plymouth University and spends some of her free time talking to school classes about weather, climate change and science. Clare has also studied for an additional degree in Science and Environment.
Clare is married to Chris Hawkins, presenter on BBC 6 Music. Apart from her passion for weather and science, Clare loves music and spends her spare time attending live gigs and playing saxophone and guitar at home.
Clare also writes a weekly book column in NOW Magazine.
CV
Radio Presenting:
Weather Centre Forecaster (BBC Radio 4)
Weather Centre Forecaster (BBC Radio 5 live)
Weather Centre Forecaster (BBC regional weather bulletins)
LBC Double headed shows with Chris Hawkins 2006/07
BBC London Double header show with Chris Hawkins 2007
Radio Appearances:
Where in the World, hosted by John Simpson (BBC Radio 4) 2007
LBC, Caroline Feraday Show and Chris Hawkins Show (LBC) 2006
Regional BBC radio, Weather pundit interviews 2000-7
Commercial radio, weather pundit interviews 2000-7
BBC 6Music, voice overs 2007
BBC 6Music Friday weather on the Early Morning Breakfast 200-2009
Print & Journalistic Review:
Now Magazine, regular weekly columnist – book review 2008-9
Daily Express, Travel articles
Daily Express, Weather features 2007,2008
Daily Mirror, Travel articles 2006
Plymouth University Magazine, Global Warning article
Interviews and profile, OK!, Closer, Hello, Woman and Home, New, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Sky Magazine, News of the World and many others..
Weather Forecast pages in the Times, Daily Mail, Daily Record, and other regional newspapers.