EXCLUSIVE: Michaela Strachan has fronted 50 shows across 40 years, but is still holding out for Strictly

Andreea Neblea

Michaela Strachan's presenting career is dominated by wildlife programming, with 15 years on The Really Wild Show, 10 years on Countryfile and 14 years and counting on BBC1's Springwatch. Over 40 years, she has also enjoyed forays into cooking, music and even ghost-hunting on TV, not to mention taking part in reality show Splash and then Dancing on Ice last year, in which she made the final. But there is one particular reality role that continues to evade her, despite her best efforts to land