Wincey Willis
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Wincey Willis (born Winsome Willis Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 8 August 1948) is a British broadcaster who found television success in the 1980s.
Willis's first job as a radio presenter was working with Les Ross on a successful Saturday morning programme at Radio Tees. She became famous as a weather presenter on TV-am, before adjudicating on the game show Treasure Hunt. She is now a writer, public speaker and conservationist and has presented a weekly show on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. Willis is currently a presenter with BBC Hereford and Worcester.
Although well known for her TV-am weather forecasts she is most proud of her work as a writer and as presenter of television programmes about animals, notably Animal Watch on TV-am and the Granada TV series Wincey’s Pets. She appeared on BBC " Celebrity Eggheads " on Monday 12/12/11.
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Willis currently writes a Nature column for the Wye Valley Life Magazine.
As of the 1st February 2012, Wincey returns to weather by volunteering forecasting duties on a daily basis to internet based news channel WitneyTV (http://www.witneytv.co.uk), a community interest company reporting news from West Oxfordshire.
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