Kate Humble “I owe a lot to Berkshire”

TV’s ever-popular wldlife and countryside presenter Kate Humble is never happier than when she is outdoors and working, and she believes that it all began when she lived in a rural area of Berkshire

- Bernard Bale

School in Reading. There was nothing wrong with the school, it was me. I didn’t want to spend my days in a classroom and my restlessness did not make for a star pupil. I did well at Latin though and got to A level,” she says. “I didn’t really know what I wanted to do when I left school, which is why I decided to forget about going to Uni. Instead, I went to Africa and spent a year there doing all kinds of jobs from waitressing to truck driving and even working on a crocodile farm.

“I still didn’t have any particular plans when I came back. I lived in London for a while and became a ‘gofer’ with a TV production company. I met Ludo Graham, who was a producer and director. We found that we were two of a kind and got married in 1992.”

Kate and Ludo now have their own working farm in Wales. And, of course, Kate is as busy as ever with her book writing, personal appearances and television presenting.

“I have had so many privileges through television,” she said. “I have worked with elephants and whales, I have been to the Antarctic and places like YellowStone Park. I have been behind the scenes at Longleat and had many other great experiences. I don’t know if any of that would have happened if I had been more of a conformist.