I'm proud of my scars'
Woman's Weekly|June 20, 2023
TV presenter Michaela Strachan on her career, family and life after cancer
VICKI POWER
I'm proud of my scars'

When Michaela Strachan was just starting out on TV, she remembers the excitement she felt at meeting a colleague who'd already been presenting TV for a decade.

'When I met Tommy Boyd on Wide Awake Club, he already had 10 years' experience from doing Magpie and I remember thinking, "Wow, imagine having this career for 10 years! That would be amazing!" recalls Michaela, with a laugh. 'And here I am, in my fourth decade and still doing it. I do feel incredibly blessed.'

Michaela has been presenting Springwatch from RSPB Arne in Dorset on week nights alongside Chris Packham. Now 57, she has been a regular fixture on our TV screens for 35 years, presenting The Really Wild Show, Michaela's Wild Challenge, Elephant Diaries, Countryfile and, since 2011, the much-loved 'Watches' Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.

The best thing about being in her 50s, says Michaela, 'is that I'm no longer embarrassed about what I don't know. I don't come from an academic background and I've always been a little bit apologetic about that, but I've realised, "So what if I don't know who that actress is in that TV show?" She seems very happy in her skin, no doubt due in part to a happy home life. Twenty-odd years ago, Michaela moved to South Africa for love when she met her partner, cameraman Nick Chevallier, a widower with three children, now in their 30s. Michaela and Nick's son, Ollie, was born in 2005.

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