Sara Hollamby
Categories: Travel, Entertainment, Corporate, Fashion
Sara is a very experienced television presenter having worked in the industry for over twenty years. She has a lively, warm personality and a great sense of humour.
Her career started in fashion, working as personal Fashion Assistant to Mary Quant, OBE. She switched to television presenting whilst working in Hong Kong. Back in the UK she has worked in children’s’ TV on various programmes, including Crackerjack for the BBC, and Whose Baby for Thames. She moved on to holiday programmes, working on Wish You Were Here, Thames; and also On The Horizon for Travel Channel. Sara has also had plenty of live TV experience, she was the co-presenter of Ultra Quiz for TVS, which had a live final and 17 million viewers, and each year on New Years’ Day hosts live coverage of the London Parade for NBC, Fox, BBC and many other worldwide TV stations.
Sara has also taken advantage of her fashion roots and is a corporate trainer on Image for City banks and law firms, as well as lecturing on personal style for P&O Cruises. She also has a weekly column on Style in City AM daily newspaper.
Sara is a regular guest presenter on QVC, and is in great demand for training videos, and hosting live conferences.
This is just a taste of Sara’s television experience; she also has excellent people and interviewing skills, and is always on the look out for new challenges.
TV Credits include:-
The New Year’s Day London Parade 2001-10 – Co-host/anchor for parade tx live OB worldwide,
Co-host of Music for London Gala Concerts in Westminster Central Hall 2003-2009
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. – Prime time Quiz, Co-presenter with Stu Francis
Whose Baby - Thames T.V. - Co-presenter of 4 series
Crackerjack - BBC - Co-presenter 2 series and Theatre Shows
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 – Regular guest
NTL – Regular presenter of public information programme
Sky Travel Shop/Simply Holidays - Presenter
Home Shopping Europe/Ideal World/Simply – 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/Awards/Exhibitions – Host for:- Sky Digital, Astra, Epson, Open Interactive, NTT, Marks & Spencer in-store style roadshows, BT, ICS, British Airways, BAe Systems Awards 2000, Lingerie Awards 2001, 'The Woman & Home Experience 2003', Bluewater Fashion Week 2004, Audi 2004/5; Kleeneze Conferences (4); Lectures on Personal Image for P&O; Ideal Home – Quirky Collectibles; Asia 100 Awards; New Years Day Festival Gala Concerts
Corporate Videos include: B A Inflight, Barclays Bank, Nationwide Building Society, Emirates Airlines, Vauxhall Cars, Royal Bank of Canada, L.A. Fitness, Marriot Hotels, Europlacer, Smith & Nephew, Clarke’s Shoes, Amoco, Olympus Pharmaceuticals, P&O Cruises, Abbot Pharmaceuticals; BAe Systems, Thompson & Morgan, Waverley Council, Readers Digest, Kleeneze, Everest Solar Panels/ Windows/ Doors, Webvideos – various,
Recent Commercials include: Carpetright 2007/8/9, Spacebags 2008/9, plus various.
Voice Overs include: On The Horizon travel series, RCN Nursing Updates [medical corporates]; inflight links on BA, Emirates, Sri Lankan, and Caledonian Airlines; LWT links; U.C.L.E.S.;L.A. Fitness, Marriot Hotels, Clarke's Shoes, Olympus Pharmaceuticals, Piaggio, P&O Princesses, Citations for Roll of Honour Awards 2003, NYD Parade Video; Bath Travel, Osteocare, HSE, Fred Olsen Cruises,Carpetright