Laura Tobin

Tobin was born and raised in Northampton. She attended Duston Upper School, gaining A-Levels in Mathematics, Physics and Art, and then obtained a degree in Physics and Meteorology at the University of Reading.[1][2] Tobin also completed a World Meteorological Organization course on climate.[3]

On graduation in 2003, she joined the Met Office. On completing her training, she was assigned in October 2004 to the Cardiff Weather Centre, where she gained experience of broadcasting on BBC Radio Wales. In 2005, Tobin moved to RAF Brize Norton, providing aeronautical meteorology reports and briefings to Royal Air Force transport crews and to the media of BFBS, the British Forces Broadcasting Service.[2]

Tobin joined the team of BBC Weather Centre forecasters at the end of 2007, eventually regularly appearing on the BBC News channel, BBC World News, BBC Radio 5 Live, and the on-demand interactive services of BBC Red Button found on digital terrestrial and digital satellite TV. She also regularly presented the weather for the BBC News at One on the BBC.[2]

On 3 September 2012 she joined the newly relaunched breakfast programme Daybreak as the weather presenter.[4] On 18 July 2013, Tobin appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo.[5] In April 2014, Daybreak was replaced by Good Morning Britain.[6] Tobin continues to front the weather updates on the programme. Her first show was on 28 April 2014. In November 2015, Tobin was a contestant on a celebrity episode of The Chase.[7] In 2016, she took part in celebrity driving show Drive, hosted by Vernon Kay.[8]

In February 2017, Tobin broke the Guinness World Record for filling and folding 11 pancakes in 60 seconds.[9]

In 2018, Tobin joined 26 other celebrities and performed an original Christmas song called Rock With Rudolph. The song was recorded in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital and was released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment on 30 November 2018. The music video debuted exclusively with The Sun on 29 November 2018 and had its first TV showing on Good Morning Britain on 30 November 2018. During an interview with Aled Jones and Russell Watson about their new album, Aled jested "No one listens to the weather," Tobin responded by singing a line from the song followed by "Stick that, Aled!" The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart. [10][11]

2020, Tobin sang the opening lyrics on the charity Christmas song called Merry Christmas Everyone, which was released on 11 December 2020. She performed alongside 31 other celebrities on the song - including: Sam Bailey, Anna Nightingale, Richard Arnold and Frank Bruno to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society and Action for Children charities.[12][13]

On 28 January 2021, Tobin reported for ITV’s Tonight programme.[14]

In 2015, she was nominated for a TRIC Award in the "Weather Presenter" category, but lost out to Carol Kirkwood.[15] She was nominated for the same award in 2017.

She was the first member of the public to ride The Smiler roller coaster at Alton Towers.[16] She has a twin brother called Mark.[17]

Tobin married Dean Brown on 13 August 2010,[18] and gave birth to their first child, a daughter called Charlotte in July 2017.[19]

Television

Film

• Laura Tobin - Good Morning Britain at itv.com
• Laura Tobin at Biogs.com
• Laura Tobin at IMDb