WELBY
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• 1. Career
• 1.1. Television
• 1.2. Radio

Siân Welby is an English television presenter and radio host, best known for her work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Welby used to host her own national radio show on Heart every Monday to Thursday from 7–10 pm.

Welby now fronts Capital Breakfast with Jordan North and Chris Stark.

Career

Television

She presents Formula E's global TV show, Street Racers, on Channel 5. Welby hosted the Revolution cycling show series for Channel 4, alongside co-worker from 5 News, newscaster Matt Barbet. She presented her first documentary, 'Sarah Storey’s Longest Hour’ on Channel 4. Previously she has presented cycling shows for BT Sport, Eurosport and ITV4 and is the female face of Electronic Arts.

From 2010 to 2016, she was the lead weather presenter on Channel 5. In 2016, she was shortlisted by the Radio Times in a poll to be named Great Britain's greatest ever weather presenter.

In September 2018, Welby was announced as the face of Barbour's new Autumn/Winter 'Weather Comfort Collection'.

Welby became a presenter for the online quiz game, HQ Trivia in the UK, making her first appearance on Monday 9 July 2018.

In February 2019, Welby became the presenter for another online quiz game called Heart's Triple Play, broadcast exclusively on Facebook Watch. Heart's Triple Play is run by the British radio network, Heart, and was scheduled to run for 10 weeks.

On 9 October 2021, Welby appeared on CBBC show Saturday Mash-Up! alongside Capital Radio co-star Sonny Jay. Having received a record 79% of the viewer vote, Welby took part in Slime and Punishment, and was covered in 20 buckets of multi-coloured gunge .

On 22 January 2024, Welby made her debut as a co-presenter on ITV1 magazine show This Morning.

Radio

Since January 2017, Welby has hosted her own national radio show on Heart every Monday to Thursday from 7pm to 10 pm. In July 2018, she took over the Sunday morning breakfast show from Stephen Mulhern and Emma Willis. In 2017, she teamed up with Ed Sheeran to record a kazoo cover of his hit 'Shape of You' live on air. She has a personalised written thank you note from Sheeran framed in her house. On 20 March 2020, it was announced that Welby would join Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp and co-hosted by Sonny Jay as a replacement for Vick Hope who left on 21 February 2020. In 2019 she covered The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40 on Capital and Heart. On 26 March 2021, Welby beat the Guinness World Record for the most sounds recognised in a minute. Welby will remain with the Capital Breakfast Show following Kemp & Jay's departure and replaced by Jordan North and Chris Stark in April 2024.