Carol Kirkwood

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Carol Kirkwood

Birth name	Carol MacKellaig
Birth place	Morar, Invernessshire, Scotland
Circumstances
Occupation	Weather presenter
Ethnicity	Scottish
Notable credit(s)	BBC Breakfast

Carol Kirkwood is a Scottish weather presenter for the BBC.

Born Carol MacKellaig is one of eight children to parents who ran a hotel in Morar, Inverness-shire; she was a Girl Guide.^[1] After an education that included a Catholic boarding school, Kirkwood gained a BA in commerce from Napier University in Edinburgh.

After graduation, Kirkwood joined the BBC's Secretarial Reserve in London, and after a series of internal moves presented short slots on BBC Radio Scotland, and then BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. She subsequently worked as an Associate Director in recruitment, and as training consultant for a management consultancy in Cheshire.^[2]

Kirkwood rejoined the BBC at Elstree Studios training department in 1993 as a freelance presenter, during which time she presented a bi-monthly programme Talking Issues for HTV West.^[2] In 1996 Kirkwood joined the new UK operation of The Weather Channel, but after it closed down in January 1998 she underwent intensive training under the guidance of the BBC at the Met Office, before joining BBC News as a weather presenter. She now regularly appears on BBC One, BBC News, BBC World News, BBCi and the BBC News at Six. She is one of the main weather presenters on BBC Breakfast, simulcast by both channels until 08:30 weekdays.

In 2005, 2006 and 2007 Kirkwood has also presented live forecasts as part of the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, sharing these duties with Dan Corbett and Susan Powell. She won the TRIC award for best TV Weather Presenter in 2003, 2008, beating Michael Fish and ITV's Siân Lloyd.^[1]