Sara Hollamby
Categories: Travel, Entertainment, Corporate, Fashion
With a passion for clothes,Sara started her career in fashion as personal assistant to Mary Quant in the late 70s, but the desire to travel took her to Hong Kong where she started her television career as a presenter on entertainment news programmes as well as commercials, voice-overs and fashion shows. On returning to England in 1982 she became a household name when she co-hosted the last two series of BBC Children's ‘Crackerjack'. She went on to Co-host ‘Whose Baby' with Bernie Winters and ‘Wish You Were Here' for ITV. During the five series over 7 years Sara was lucky enough to continue her passion for travelling as filming took her all over the world. During this time, Sara was chosen to present ITV's Ultraquiz which was a big break - a huge prime-time Saturday night quiz show for ITV. Other opportunities followed, including Travel Channel's award winning show On the Horizon. Touching down all over the world ... ,' presenting live OBs of the London Parade for several years, and Co-hosting Countdown to Christmas for ITV - reporting on Christmas ideas... indoor and outdoor decorating tips, gifts, choosing trees. Sara was the Presenter of 'The Woman & Home Experience' 2002 - live 'This Morning' style shows, featuring interviews with celebrity chefs, fashion stylists, and a variety of experts on a whole range of different subjects
With a family of her own and in collaboration with the Early Learning Centre Sara prepared material for the Baby Channel when it launched Spring 2001. interviewing and presenting a wide variety of programmes focusing on mothers, babies and toddlers.
The past few years have seen Sara presenting Series of corporate videos for OKI, Japan/Europe, B A Inflight, Barclays Bank, Nationwide Building Society, Emirates Airlines , Vauxhall Cars, Royal Bank of Canada, L.A. Fitness, Marriot Hotels, and Clarke's Shoes to name a few.
2003
Sky Travelshop - Freelance Presenter
Live OB Coverage of London's New Years Day Parade 2001/2/3/4
2002
Home Shopping Europe - Regular Freelance Presenter
Simply Travel - Regular Freelance Presenter
Sara is a thoroughly experienced and talented television presenter and interviewer. She has worked on children's TV, quiz shows and travel programmes making her a well known face on TV. She is also very experienced in the world of fashion, having worked for many years in the fashion industry for Mary Quant OBE Fashion was certainly still a large part of Sara's life and she became an expert on Living Channel's ‘Living it Up' as well as Marks & Spencer's fashion compere on their ‘Time to Celebrate' campaign, Sara still regularly works for Marks & Spencer compering fashion shows around the country and in 2003 worked with David Emmanuel on his new collection to be launched in the USA. Sara has spent time with P&O Cruises lecturing on the high seas on her favourite subject, fashion. She gives personal styling tips, ideas and techniques and gives practical ideas on how to transform your wardrobe..
TV Credits include:-
The New Year's Day London Parade 2006 - Co-host live OB to 500 satellite stations worldwide
The New Year's Day London Parade and Gala Concerts 2002/3/4 - Live Commentator
Countdown to Christmas - Meridian and ITV - Co-presenter
On The Horizon - Travelshow for Travel Channel U.S.A, U.K., Europe and Asia - 2 series
Wish You Were Here - Thames T.V. - Presenter on 5 series.
Ultra Quiz - T.V.S. - Co-presenter
Whose Baby - Thames T.V. - Co-presenter of 4 series
Crackerjack - BBC - Co-presenter
BBC World Service TV - Studio anchor
Living It Up - Sky Living - Fashion Expert
Pick of the Week - Y.T.V - Presenter of several editions.
QVC - Guest Presenter
NTL - Regular presenter of public information programme
Ideal World - Presenter
Sky Travel Shop - Presenter
Simply Holidays - Presenter
Home Shopping Europe - Presenter
The Satellite Shop - Sky T.V. - Presenter
The Baby Channel - Presenter
Various games shows inc:- Punchlines, What's My Line?,Blankety Blank, Give Us A Clue.
Acting Credits include: Natural Lies - B.B.C; Second Thoughts - L.W.T; Just Good Friends - B.B.C; Kelly Monteith - B.B.C. [2 Series], Into the Darkness - Film, starring Donald Pleasance; ‘She' - Kings Head, Islington; Panto - Ashcroft, Croydon.
‘Live' Conference/Exhibitions/Roadshows -Sky Digital, Astra, Epson, Open Interactive, NTT, Marks & Spencer, BT, ICS, British Airways, BAe Systems Awards 2000, Lingerie Awards 2001, 'The Woman & Home Experience 2001', Bluewater Fashion Week 2002, Audi 2004; Women in Business, Lecturer on P & O Fashion Theme Cruise (personal styling);
Ideal Home - Quirky Collectibles
Corporate Videos include: B A Inflight, Barclays Bank, Nationwide Building Society, Emirates Airlines Travel Programme, Vauxhall Cars, Royal Bank of Canada, L.A. Fitness, Marriot Hotels, Europlacer, Smith & Nephew, Clarke's Shoes, Amoco, Olympus Pharmaceuticals, P&O,
BAe Systems, Thompson & Morgan, Waverley Counci;; Readers Digest etc.
Voice Overs include: On The Horizon travel series, RCN Nursing Updates [medical corporates]; inflight links on BA, Emirates, Sri Lankan, and Caledonian; LWT links; U.C.L.E.S.;L.A. Fitness, Marriot Hotels, Clarke's Shoes, Olympus Pharmaceuticals, Piaggio, P&O Princesses, Sri Lankan Airlines, Citations for Roll of Honour Awards 2003, NYD Parade Video; Bath Travel, Home Shopping Europe, Osteocare, Fred Olsen Cruises (commercials).