- Nazaneen Ghaffar on Twitter
- BBC South East Today presenter profile Archived 25 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Nazaneen Ghaffar at IMDb
Nazaneen Ghaffar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 June 1985 |
| Education | Ravensbourne University |
| Occupation(s) | Weather presenter, TV Presenter |
| Spouse | Charlie Rose (m. 2016)[1] |
Nazaneen Ghaffar is a British television weather presenter. She was born on 9 June 1985.[citation needed] She currently appears on the TalkTV channel, having previously presented for BBC South East Today, ITV West and Sky News.
Ghaffar grew up in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where she attended St James’ Primary School and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School.[2] After completing her A-levels she studied for a BA (hons) degree in Broadcasting at the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Greenwich.[3] Her parents are Iranians who met in England.[2]
Upon graduating in 2006, her first television industry job was for Endemol in Bristol as a runner for the programme Deal or No Deal.[3] After moving on to ITV West, her first on-screen opportunity was when she was asked to audition a weather presenting position[3] and trained at the Met Office.[4] After 18 months of presenting for ITV she moved back to Kent to join the BBC's South East Today programme.[3]
On 4 November 2010 it was announced that Ghaffar was leaving the BBC to join Sky News as weather presenter on its Sunrise programme,[4] replacing Lucy Verasamy who had left to join ITV's Daybreak.[2] She also presented forecasts for Sky News-produced 5 News on Channel 5 until 19 February 2012.
On 25 April 2022, Ghaffar left Sky News to join TalkTV on the weather segment after TalkTV News.
Ghaffar married BBC reporter Charlie Rose in August 2016.[1][5]