Springwatch host Megan McCubbin is back on screens with the new series of the popular BBC nature show.
She features in the programme alongside fellow presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and others.
But who is Megan, how long has she been doing the ‘Watches’ and what else has she been in?
Is Megan McCubbin Chris Packham’s daughter?
Megan, 29, is presenter Chris Packham‘s step-daughter.
Her mother is Chris’ former partner Jo McCubbin.
And while Chris, 63, and Jo are no longer together, he remains a big part of Megan’s life.
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He said in a Radio Times interview: “Do I still feel like a parent to her? It’s hard – she’s an adult, but she gets upset when Charlotte [Corney, long-term partner] and I, or her mum and I, discuss her welfare.
“But I don’t think that’s ever going to go away. My parents were the same. You just have to accept that parents will always have that residual mollycoddling worry.”
Megan said that her relationship with Chris “didn’t really change” when he and Jo split.
She explained: “I still went over to his all the time – we’d watch films, go out and explore, and we travelled around the world a lot at that time.”
Megan added that, if anything, they “probably spent more time” together after the breakup.
How long has Megan been one of the Watches presenters?
Megan has been a presenter on the show since 2020.
She debuted on the programme in its Springwatch edition.
I love doing live TV now. There’s something so spontaneous and exciting about it.
Megan went on to do Autumnwatch 2020 too.
Speaking to Country Living after her TV debut, she said: “Going live for the first time, on BBC Two, to an audience of millions, was always going to be daunting but I really enjoyed it.
“I love doing live TV now. There’s something so spontaneous and exciting about it and to share my passion for wildlife with an audience who also shares that passion is amazing.”
What else has Megan McCubbin been in?
Megan, a zoologist, photographer and conservationist, is very much a rising star.
Back in 2017, she began her career in television by presenting Undercover Tourist: Inside the Illegal Bear Bile Market for BBC3.
Then, after making a name for herself on the Watches, in August 2022, she joined the presenting team on Animal Park.
She and Chris also made their own BBC show, Chris and Meg’s Wild Summer.
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In 2020, she published her first book, Back to Nature: How to Love Life and Save It, co-written by Chris Packham.
She recently released her Atlas of Endangered Species book.
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