{"id":69894,"date":"2023-10-19T14:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69894"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:48:05","slug":"helen-skelton-announces-major-career-change-as-she-lands-new-tv-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/helen-skelton-announces-major-career-change-as-she-lands-new-tv-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Skelton announces major career change as she lands new TV role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helen Skelton signs off BBC Radio 5 Live for the final time<\/h3>\n

To many Helen Skelton will be best known for her presenting duties on the likes of Blue Peter and Countryfile.<\/p>\n

Others will remember her making it all the way to the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 final with her professional dance partner Gorka Marquez in 2022.<\/p>\n

But the mother-of-three has just announced a surprising career change.<\/p>\n

Helen is set to make her return to children\u2019s TV in the upcoming series of the animated show, Fireman Sam.<\/p>\n

She will play the new character of Annie Morris. Farmer Annie is set to be a key member of the community, with her introduction also bringing a new location into the show \u2013 Annie\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n

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Fans of the show \u2013 young and old \u2013 will be interested to know that Annie is related to one of Pontypandy Fire Station\u2019s most beloved firefighters \u2013 Penny Morris (voiced by Tegwen Tucker in the UK version of the show).<\/p>\n

Annie is actually Penny\u2019s cousin and is the third of her cousins, following Derek Price and Jerry Lee Cridlington (both voiced by Steven Kynman).<\/p>\n

The Strictly star made the decision to step away from her BBC Radio 5 Live role earlier this year so that she could spend more time with her three children.<\/p>\n

She shares Ernie, aged eight, Louis, aged five and 19-month-old daughter Elsie with her ex-husband Richie Myler.<\/p>\n

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