‘A brilliant role model’: CBeebies hires first presenter with Down’s syndrome

29 October 2021 by Marcus Gordon

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20-year-old George Webster will be joining the BBC’s preschool TV channel CBeebies, becoming their first appointed presenter with Down’s syndrome.

George Webster will join the channel as a guest presenter from the CBeebies House.

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/21/a-brilliant-role-model-cbeebies-hires-first-presenter-with-downs-syndrome

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