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Carol Kirkwood is a British weather presenter who works for the BBC, primarily on BBC Breakfast and <a href="/biography/victoria-derbyshire">Victoria Derbyshire</a>. The Met Office trained her. She competed in the 13th series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, finishing 10th.

<h2>Background</h2>

Carol Kirkwood was born on May 29, 1962. She was one of eight children born to parents who ran a hotel in Morar, a small village in Scotland. Kirkwood's family name was MacKellaig, and as a young child, Kirkwood was a Girl Guide, the Scottish equivalent of Girl Scouts. She attended Lochaber High School in Fort William, Scotland. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in commerce at Napier University in Edinburgh.

<h2>Relationships</h2>

Carol Kirkwood was married to <a href="/biography/jimmy-kirkwood">Jimmy Kirkwood</a> for 25 years until finally divorcing him in 2008. Although she has not remarried, the television admitted she isn't against the idea at all. While competing on "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2015, Kirkwood said she believes in marriage, especially if you are married to your soulmate and the one with who you want to spend the rest of your life.

She continues to tease fans by dropping an occasional hint at who she may be dating, but nothing serious has developed. She has said that many of her fans compliment her on her clothing, but Kirkwood says she doesn't put much thought into what she will wear outside of making sure it isn't the same thing she wore the day before. In an interview where she asked whether she is concerned about her on-screen look, Kirkwood answered that she has more to worry about than her looks. Kirkwood usually gets up at a quarter to three in the morning, takes a shower, and heads to work for the day. She insists it is a struggle to remember what she wore the day before.

<h2>Career</h2>

After graduating from Napier University, Carol Kirkwood began her career by joining the BBC's Secretarial Reserve located in London in 1984. She started off working on radio, starting with BBC Radio Scotland and then switching to BBC Radio 2 followed by BBC Radio 4. Kirkwood took a hiatus from BBC for a while as she served as a Training Consultant and Associate Director for a Management Consultancy firm at Cheshire.

It wasn't until 1993 that Kirkwood would start appearing in front of the camera when she returned to BBC. She was associated with HTV West through their program "Talking Issues," which aired bi-monthly. In 1996, Kirkland began working for The Weather Channel, but her time there didn't last long, and she went on to receive training at the BBC's Met Office. She kicked off her career as a weather presenter on BBC News and was regularly featured on several shows, including BBC News, BBC One, BBC World News, BBC News at Six, and BBC Red Button.

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Kirkwood would become the main weather presenter for the show BBC Breakfast in 2008 and remain there for five years.

She also regularly contributes to BBC1's "The One Show" and has been featured as a guest on the children's show, "Hacker Time," which aired on CBBC. In July 2011, Kirkwood co-presented "The Great British Weather" show, which airs on BBC One. She also appeared on the BBC One panel show titled "Would I Lie To You?" and the "Breakfast" show where she regularly presented the weather. When the "Breakfast" show shifted to Salford, Kirkwood continued living in London and continued making appearances on the show through a video link.

In 2015, Kirkwood would appear on the show "Strictly Come Dancing," where she took part in the thirteenth series. Her dance partner on the show was professional dancer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha_Kovalev">Pasha Kovalev</a>. Kirkwood impressed the judges like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Goodman">Len Goodman</a> at the front with her foxtrot. When describing Carol's performance, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Goodman">Goodman</a> said that clouds just parted and a "ray of sunshine" came onto the floor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Goodman">Len Goodman</a> asked Carol to come out and make him smile with her routine.

When she took a break from the "Breakfast" show, it was because she was enjoying a well-deserved vacation since she took very little time off and had built up a lot of leave. She returned to screens leaving fans delighted to see her back, with many congratulating her for her return on Twitter. Her fan base expressed their delight at seeing her return to the "Breakfast" show, with one user tweeting, "Hi Carol, great to have you back. Welcome back and take care."

<h2>Awards and Accomplishments</h2>

Kirkwood has won many accolades in her career; among them is the TRIC award for best TV Weather Presenter in 2003, 2008, 2009, and 2012 through 2017. The 2003 Television and Radio Industry's Club Award (TRIC) was very dear to her since it was the first year they included weather as a category in the awards. On November 17, 2015, she received an Honorary Fellowship from HRH <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal">Princess Anne</a> for "contributions to broadcasting" at Inverness College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.

Kirkwood's many accomplishments while in the broadcasting industry include covering live events such as the Wimbledon Tennis Championships since 2005, where she co-hosted with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Powell_(weather_forecaster)">Susan Powell</a> and <a href="/biography/dan-corbett">Dan Corbett</a>.

<h2>Health Issues</h2>

One of Kirkwood's main struggles throughout her career has been her eye which has started losing vision. She has had minor surgery to her eye to help her regain her vision, but with a droopy eyelid, seeing out of sight is becoming increasingly difficult. She first reported a problem with her eyes when the audience sent her messages on Twitter telling her she should get her eyesight checked out after appearing on BBC Breakfast with a bloodshot and swollen eye.

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