Michaela Strachan

“You opened my eyes to the birds and the bees,” sang the band Scouting for Girls in their ode to the BBC presenter, ”Michaela Strachan (You Broke My Heart)”. Her good looks, brilliant smile and infectious enthusiasm for all creatures great and small made her the unassailable object of teenage affections when she joined The Really Wild Show in 1993 . She had a gift for introducing children to the animal world without boring or frightening them, as well as a high tolerance for over-friendly ostriches and seals. To see a collection of bloopers from The Really Wild Show click here