Marian Foster(I)

Marian Foster is an English television and radio presenter from Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is best known for presenting BBC One's Pebble Mill at One from 1972 to 1986 and Garden Mania on BBC Radio Newcastle and BBC Radio Tees. Foster is most famous for presenting the BBC1 afternoon chat show Pebble Mill at One for fourteen years, from 1972 to 1986 alongside Bob Langley and Donny MacLeod. During her time on the programme, she interviewed many celebrities, introduced various different segments and even had a rose named after her called 'The Marian Foster Rose'. She was voted viewers' favourite while on the chat show. In 1981, she met Queen Elizabeth II at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham. Foster also presented and made reports for Daytime Live in the 80s, the show which replaced Pebble Mill. In the 1960s, she was one of ITV's first women reporters and a weather girl. She was also a host on the BBC2 car show Top Gear. She also presented programmes for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. Later on television she fronted gardening reports for Look North. She worked in Ethiopia filming the results of Live Aid.