Emma Jesson is an English television weather presenter, awards host, and corporate event chair, best known for presenting ITV Weather to the Midlands, the North of England, and southern Scotland. She was born on 19 October 1970, which makes her 55 years old in October 2026. Viewers recognize her by the cheerful “Bye Bye” that ends her forecasts, and by a career that began with veterinary studies.
This article covers how Emma Jesson moved from science into television, where she works today, what she does away from the studio, and what is publicly known about her net worth and private life. It also separates confirmed facts from details that circulate online without a source.
Emma Jesson Age and Background
Emma Jesson was born on 19 October 1970 in England, according to her IMDb biography. She turns 56 on 19 October 2026. IMDb names the country only, and no primary source gives a town.
Some third-party profile sites give a Lancashire birthplace and 1992 as the year her ITV career began. Neither detail appears on an ITV page, an agency profile, or her own accounts, so this article treats both as unconfirmed.
Her agency biographies place her in the Midlands television market, and Performing Artistes describes her as a weather presenter from the Midlands. Her X account lists her location as UK and LA, though she has not explained the Los Angeles link publicly.
From Veterinary Studies to the Television Studio
Two agency profiles tell slightly different versions of how Emma Jesson entered television. Performing Artistes says she trained to be a vet and moved into TV during her year off. The description on that same page says she was studying for a science degree at Cambridge when she began presenting.
Champions Speakers also says she initially trained as a vet, and her X bio calls her an ex-vet student. The veterinary link is therefore consistent across her own words and agency copy, while the Cambridge detail appears once.
A science background suits the job she ended up doing. Weather presenting depends on reading pressure charts and turning them into plain sentences for people deciding whether to bring a coat.
No source documents the exact course, her first station, or the date of her first broadcast. Readers will find precise years online, but those figures trace back to websites that cite nothing.
Performing Artistes describes her as formerly of GMTV, the ITV franchise that ran breakfast television before Good Morning Britain. Champions Speakers calls her a former national breakfast TV personality and says she has also featured on Good Morning Britain.
The ITV Weather Years
Regions and Programs
Emma Jesson presents for several ITV regions, mainly Central and Granada, according to Performing Artistes. Champions Speakers describes the coverage as the Midlands, the North of England, and southern Scotland. IMDb lists her as a weather forecaster for Granada North West and Central, and as a reporter on Granada Reports, the regional news program for northwest England.
Wikipedia’s list of ITV Weather on-air staff also names her among the Granada Reports presenters.
Regional forecasts differ from national ones. A presenter on Granada Reports or Central News speaks to viewers who know the local roads, hills, and rivers, so a vague forecast gets noticed.
The Bye Bye Sign-Off
The sign-off appears in both agency biographies of her. Champions Speakers and Performing Artistes describe the Bye Bye as chirpy and upbeat, and she uses it as a hashtag on X, which shows she treats it as part of her brand.
A sign-off sounds minor, but it is how a viewer tells one presenter from another when forecasts look alike. Hers has lasted long enough to appear in agency copy and her own social profile.
Green Ambassador and the Environment Strand
Performing Arts says Emma Jesson presented her own strand on Granada Reports linked to the environment and sustainability, and that she is a green ambassador for ITV. The work ties the daily forecast to wider climate themes, which suits a presenter with a science background.
It also gives her a second way to be booked. The same agency lists her under climate change and environment categories alongside awards hosting, so organizers searching for an environment speaker can find her.
The public record does not give dates, episode counts, or named campaigns for this strand. Readers who want specifics should check ITV Granada’s own archive.
Awards Host, Conference Chair, and Media Trainer
A large part of her work happens on stage. Champions Speakers lists the NHS, The Law Society, and the British Chambers of Commerce among her clients, and says she also hosts charity events and ladies’ nights.
Venues named by the agency include Ricoh, the ICC, the NEC, Grosvenor House, and the O2 Arena. The same page says she co-hosted a royal visit, and Performing Artistes says she hosted an NHS event at the House of Lords.
Audience size varies. Performing Artistes says she is as happy hosting a dinner for 80 guests as chairing a conference for 6,000, and Champions Speakers cites a range of 80 to 8,000.
Her skills extend into production work. Performing Artistes says she can self-edit videos, record voice-overs, and appear in internal corporate videos, while Champions Speakers adds that she is an established media trainer. Her LinkedIn profile also lists celebrant work.
Client feedback on the agency pages is positive, though it is promotional. The Law Society said she interacted well on stage with Paddy Ashdown and held its event together. RICS East Midlands said she was well prepared and stayed to chat and take photos after the awards.
Other client notes on Performing Artistes come from Enzen Global, a Women in Business Leadership event, and the Hive Business Awards, all describing events that ran smoothly under her hosting. The feedback repeats one theme: she keeps the program moving.
Acting Credit and Other Screen Work
IMDb credits Emma Jesson with one acting role: Serena Moss in Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007), which holds an IMDb user rating of 5.5. Her other listed credits are appearances as herself on ITV News, ITV Weekend News, and Granada Reports, mostly as a weather forecaster or reporter.
IMDb is edited by users, so these credits are a starting point and not an official record. Her career is built on presenting, and the acting credit is a footnote.
How Her Path Differs From Other ITV Weather Presenters
Other ITV forecasters followed different routes. Wikipedia says Amanda Houston began presenting national ITV Weather forecasts in April 2014, and that Kerrie Gosney became lead weather presenter for Yorkshire on 1 August 2022.
Emma Jesson’s public profile follows a different pattern. Her agency and IMDb profiles describe regional forecasting, an environment strand, and a large corporate hosting practice.
Not to Be Confused With a Second Emma Jesson
A search for this name returns more than one person. IMDb keeps a separate entry, labeled Emma Jesson (II), for a production manager and crew member whose credits include Charity Shop Sue (2019), Sports Week (2016), I Believe in Miracles (2015), and Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts (2015).
That entry lists work as an autocue operator, production assistant, and production coordinator on a 2017 TV film about Nottingham’s music scene. Nothing connects it to the weather presenter, so this article keeps the two apart.
Ancestry also lists many historical Emma Jessons, most born in the 1800s, in places such as Birmingham, Oldbury, and Leicester. Those records belong to other people, so anyone researching the presenter should rely on ITV, agency pages, and her verified social accounts.
Height, Wikipedia Page, and Other Searches
No dedicated Wikipedia article for Emma Jesson appears in search results, though she is named in the Wikipedia list of ITV Weather on-air staff. Her IMDb page, agency profiles, and X account are the most direct public sources.
Her height and weight are not published by any source reviewed for this article, and any figure would be a guess. Neither detail appears in her professional profiles, so both are left out.
Personal Life and Interests
Emma Jesson keeps most of her private life off public channels. No reliable source names a spouse or lists children, and pages that discuss a husband or family give no documents, so this article leaves those details out.
Her agency profile calls her very much a family girl. Away from work she enjoys dinner and a musical, sailing, windsurfing, scuba, languages, comedy, and cooking, and sleeping when there is time.
Her X bio also mentions the loss of her mother, whom she calls Mammy J. She chose to share that publicly, and this article repeats only what she wrote.
Emma Jesson Net Worth
There is no verified net worth figure for Emma Jesson. Neither ITV, her agencies, nor her own accounts publish her earnings, so any exact number online is an estimate with no named source.
Net worth estimates for presenters generally depend on salary, appearance fees, and other work, none of which are public in her case.
Public sources do describe her work streams: ITV Weather, corporate hosting, and video, voice-over, and media training services. Champions Speakers lists no fees and asks inquirers to state a budget in its booking form.
Until Emma Jesson or her employers disclose figures, the accurate answer is that her net worth is not publicly confirmed.
How Her Role Compares With a US Weathercaster
American readers may be used to local TV meteorologists with a formal credential. ITV Weather is produced by ITV plc and shown on ITV, per Wikipedia, and her Granada and Central forecasts are regional versions.
In US terms, Granada covers northwest England and Central covers the Midlands, so her forecasts resemble a local affiliate’s weather segment, and not a national morning show. Her public sources describe a science background, and none list a meteorology degree.
Why Emma Jesson Has Lasted on Screen
Longevity in regional television is hard to engineer, but the record points to three practical reasons. She has a recognizable sign-off, a hosting business that does not depend on a broadcaster’s schedule, and an environment role that gave her a specialty inside ITV.
Her event clients also come back. Champions Speakers says she receives repeat bookings from the same clients year after year, though that claim comes from the agency itself and cannot be checked independently.
Her work across national breakfast TV, regional forecasting, and corporate stages shows a presenter who has worked in several formats.
Taken together, a regular broadcast role and live event work give her two audiences that feed each other: viewers who recognize her from the forecast and business clients who hire a presenter with a TV profile.
What Is Confirmed and What Is Not About Emma Jesson
This table sorts the main details by how well public sources support them.
| Detail | Status | Source |
| Born 19 October 1970 | Listed | IMDb |
| Birthplace | England only, town unconfirmed | IMDb |
| ITV Weather presenter, Central and Granada | Confirmed by agencies | Performing Artistes, Champions Speakers |
| Veterinary training | Stated by her and agencies | X bio, Champions Speakers |
| Cambridge science degree | Single source | Performing Artistes |
| ITV start year of 1992 | Unconfirmed | Third-party sites only |
| Net worth | Not publicly confirmed | None |
| Spouse and children | Not publicly confirmed | None |
Where to Follow Emma Jesson
Her X account is @EmmaJessonTV, which she joined in July 2010 and uses for forecast previews tied to Granada Reports. Her Instagram handle is the1emmajesson, and her website is emmajesson.com. Event inquiries go through agencies such as Champions Speakers and Performing Artistes.