Julie Anderson, Presenter The host of Scotland the Wild is 29-year-old zoologist, Julie Anderson. Hailing originally from Wishaw, her love of the natural world started at the age of four when her uncle gave her an encyclopaedia of animals.
Date:
Wed 29th September
Channel:
BBC ONE Scotland
Time:
7.25pm
The Viking Frontier The dozens of islands of Orkney and Shetland strech north-east for more than 270 kilometres. Since prehistoric times, they have harboured visiting seafarers and provided a good living for the locals. For wildlife, things are just the same today.
Ask Julie Anderson Julie joined us to share even more of her enthusiasm and to answer your questions about the series and her career.
After gaining a zoology degree from Edinburgh University, she spent five years studying primates in a series of exotic locations from Kenya to Thailand. In fact it was in Kenya that Executive Producer Nigel Pope spotted her, on The Really Wild Show. This was followed by an appearance on Vets in The Wild.
Not long after this, she returned to Britain to complete her doctorate in primatology...or so she thought. In early 2001, she was signed up by BBC Scotland to present the series. She was delighted to take time out from her studies and join the production team for a year-long Scottish Safari.
