Philippa Forrester (born 20 September 1968 in Winchester, Hampshire) is an English television and radio presenter, producer and author. She has presented shows such as Tomorrow's World, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars. She has also made wildlife programmes with her husband, Charlie Hamilton James.

In recent years she starred on a number of Lloyds Pharmacy adverts and then took a break to spend time with her children. In September 2013, she made her TV comeback co-presenting farming show Harvest on the BBC.

Education

Forrester was educated at Westgate School, a co-educational comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire, and at Peter Symond's College in the same city. She holds a degree in English from the University of Birmingham, where she appeared on the internal Students Guild television station.

Career

Forrester first worked as a children's presenter for BFBS television in 1986, and was often seen reading out birthday cards onscreen. She became a presenter on Children's BBC from the late 1980s, becoming a more regular fixture alongside Toby Anstis from July 1990 until 1994. She then went on to host many programmes including Tomorrow's World, Barking Mad, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars series 1-3 and 5 and 6, before being replaced by Jayne Middlemiss in Series 7.