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Catherine Gee

The road to a career in televison is often a winding one and Catherine's CV is a case in point. A natural presenter, she also has many other strings to her bow, from running a successful dating agency to a position in publishing. So just how did she arrive at UKTV Style's Fantasy Homes In The City?

Catherine Gee

Multi-faceted is probably the best way to sum up Catherine's career to date! Before developing a career in television, she enjoyed a variety of jobs including working in the City, as a cook and as an estate agent. In 1995, she joined Country Living magazine as the Editorial Assistant, later moving into organising exhibitions and events when she became Head of Shows, running the magazine's portfolio of Country Living Fairs.

If this wasn't enough, she also set up and runs The Farmer Wants a Wife campaign, matching lonely farmers with their ideal partner. So far, her role as Cupid has been highly effective. She can count eight marriages and two babies among her success stories!

The campaign was nominated for a BAFTA and this put Catherine in the spotlight. She was asked to present BBC2's Escape to the Country and from there her career in TV took off.

She stepped into Lloyd Grossman's shoes as co-presenter of Through The Keyhole, alongside Sir David Frost and has filmed a second series of The Farmer Wants a Wife.

Maybe it was the promise of a little world travel that prompted Catherine to join Fantasy Homes By The Sea and Fantasy Homes In The City and try matchmaking of a different sort - guiding our would-be buyers towards the property of their dreams.