The voice that tells you to grab a coat before you leave the house belongs to an actual person — until you hear it on the radio, too. In Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, that voice is often Keeley Donovan’s, and her BBC career goes back to 2005, when she started in Hull, according to a BBC Look North feature. Her current work spans TV forecasts, a Saturday radio show and current affairs reporting — a combination that explains how the BBC’s regional presenters now spend their time.
Current role: BBC Look North weather presenter and BBC Radio Humberside host · BBC tenure: Since 2005 · Radio show: Saturday mornings · Patch: Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Quick snapshot
- Weather presenter on BBC Look North, a role referenced in Prolific North’s coverage (regional media industry outlet).
- Hosts a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Humberside, per the same Prolific North report.
- BBC career started in 2005 in Hull, according to the BBC Look North feature.
- Her exact salary or net worth — no public figures appear in the sources reviewed.
- Whether she holds any paid media roles outside the BBC — no verified reports found.
- Her original hometown — sources confirm Hull as her BBC starting point, not her birthplace.
- September 2014: Donovan added a Saturday morning BBC Radio Humberside show to her workload, per Prolific North.
- 2005: BBC career begins in Hull, per the BBC Look North feature.
- BBC programme pages still list Donovan as presenting on Look North alongside other commitments, per BBC programme information.
- The open question is whether her radio and current affairs duties will keep expanding alongside the television role. (BBC programme information)
Seven facts set the baseline: the job title, the employer, the patch, and the role that extends her reach beyond television.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Full name | Keeley Donovan |
| Primary employer | BBC |
| Current TV role | Weather presenter on BBC Look North |
| Additional role | Saturday morning show host on BBC Radio Humberside |
| Region covered | Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
| Years with BBC | Since 2005 |
| Past programme | Presenter of Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
The implication: every listed role serves the same Yorkshire and Lincolnshire audience, which is why Donovan keeps appearing in searches about regional BBC weather rather than national forecasts.
Where does Keeley Donovan currently work?
The short answer is the BBC — in two roles that feed the same regional audience. Her own profile at the broadcaster describes a job that combines forecasting, news reading and current affairs reporting.
Keeley Donovan’s role at BBC Look North
- Donovan is described in her BBC profile (the region’s public broadcaster) as one of the region’s main weather presenters across BBC Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
- The same profile says she also presents news bulletins and reports for Inside Out.
That combination is the quiet detail behind most “where does Keeley Donovan work” searches: she does not just read the weather. The BBC positions her as a presenter who can move between forecast, newsroom and current affairs inside the same region.
For a regional presenter, the career now runs through multiplatform presence: Donovan’s value to the BBC comes from TV forecasts, radio hosting and current affairs reporting at the same time.
Keeley Donovan’s BBC Radio Humberside show
- In September 2014, Donovan joined BBC Radio Humberside to present a new Saturday morning show, according to Prolific North (Yorkshire’s regional media industry publication).
- Prolific North’s report noted that her Look North duties would be unaffected by the radio role.
The radio show gives Donovan a more personal connection with listeners in the Humberside area — the same people who watch the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire edition of Look North in the evening.
The pattern: Donovan added radio to her television work without dropping the original job. Every BBC page about her describes an active presenter, not a former one.
Who are the weather presenters on BBC Look North?
BBC Look North is not a single national bulletin; it splits into regional editions, and Donovan works on the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire one. That edition’s coverage area overlaps with the broadcast areas of BBC Lincolnshire and BBC Radio Humberside, per Wikipedia (community-managed encyclopedia).
The Look North team and its patch
- BBC programme pages list Donovan as continuing to present on Look North alongside her other commitments, per BBC programme information (the broadcaster’s own listings).
- The East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire edition of Look North draws on the editorial areas served by BBC Lincolnshire and BBC Radio Humberside, according to Wikipedia.
That overlap is the practical reason Donovan’s dual role works at all. A viewer who watches her forecast on Look North in Hull is also inside BBC Radio Humberside’s listening area on Saturday morning. One familiar face, two services, one geography.
Regional weather teams are tied to specific patches, not to one national roster. Donovan’s role makes sense only because the TV and radio areas she serves are the same place.
What this means: the Look North weather team is best understood as a set of patch-specific presenters. Donovan’s standing rests on her presence in both the TV bulletin and the local radio schedule.
What has happened to Carol Kirkwood?
Carol Kirkwood’s name keeps surfacing in searches about Keeley Donovan, but the research notes behind this article contain no recent, verified announcement about Kirkwood leaving the BBC or changing roles. The question appears to be a product of search engines grouping BBC weather presenters together.
Carol Kirkwood’s status: no verified change
- None of the reviewed sources reports Kirkwood leaving the BBC or stepping back from weather presenting.
- Kirkwood’s national profile — best known from BBC Breakfast — is separate from Donovan’s regional role on Look North.
That distinction matters because the two presenters work on different parts of the BBC. Kirkwood is a familiar national-forecast face; Donovan covers Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. A change on one beat would not automatically affect the other.
Related-search boxes mix national and regional BBC presenters, so a query about Donovan can surface a question about Kirkwood. Readers should treat those suggestions as algorithmic noise, not evidence of a BBC staffing shake-up.
Why this matters: when two presenters work for the same broadcaster, online ambiguity follows them around. For Donovan, the verified fact is simpler — her own BBC pages still list her as an active Look North presenter.
Timeline signal
Donovan’s career arc is steady expansion rather than sudden jumps. Four dates capture it.
- — Starts her BBC career in Hull, according to a BBC Look North feature.
- — Launches a new Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Humberside, per Prolific North.
- — A BBC Look North feature highlights Donovan explaining unusual sky phenomena, including “upside-down rainbows,” to viewers.
- — Donovan remains active as a Look North weather presenter and BBC Radio Humberside host, per BBC programme information.
The pattern: every step in the timeline is an addition, not a replacement. Donovan kept the television role, added radio, and stacked current affairs work on top — which is exactly what a “main presenter” does inside a regional BBC network.
Confirmed facts and what’s unclear
Research confidence on Donovan’s career details is moderate: BBC pages and a regional trade outlet agree on the core, while details outside work stay private.
Confirmed facts
- Donovan works as a weather presenter for BBC Look North.
- She hosts a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Humberside.
- She has worked for the BBC since 2005.
- She has presented news bulletins and reported for Inside Out.
What’s unclear
- Her exact salary or net worth.
- Whether she holds any other paid media roles.
- Biographical details such as her original hometown.
The split is telling: everything tied to Donovan’s BBC work is well documented, while anything outside the job stays private. That is normal for regional presenters, who share less personal detail than national names.
What the coverage says
Two statements from the reviewed sources capture Donovan’s standing without spin.
Keeley has worked for the BBC since 2005, originally working in Hull.
— BBC Look North
The Look North presenter has been handed a new Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Humberside.
— Prolific North
The throughline: Donovan’s reputation rests on being present — on TV, on radio, and in the BBC’s own programme pages — rather than on being a singular “face of the forecast.”
Why this matters: Donovan’s career shows how the BBC now staffs regional output: instead of hiring a single-purpose forecaster, the broadcaster gets a presenter who can deliver a TV forecast, host a radio show and report for current affairs on the same patch. For aspiring regional presenters, the choice is clear: build skills across TV, radio and reporting, or watch the multiplatform jobs go to someone who did.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Keeley Donovan’s background?
She has worked for the BBC since 2005, starting in Hull, and is described in her BBC profile as one of the region’s main weather presenters across BBC Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Her work has expanded from weather presenting to radio and current affairs reporting.
How long has Keeley Donovan worked at BBC Look North?
Donovan has been with the BBC since 2005. BBC programme pages continue to list her as a Look North presenter alongside her other commitments.
Does Keeley Donovan present any other BBC shows?
Yes. She has hosted a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Humberside since September 2014, and she has also presented Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and Countryfile Diaries.
Where is Keeley Donovan from?
The reviewed sources confirm that she began her BBC career in Hull, but they do not confirm her original hometown.
Does Keeley Donovan have social media accounts?
Her public profiles use the handle @KeeleyDonovan on Twitter/X, and she also has a Threads profile with roughly 15,500 followers.
Is Keeley Donovan on Twitter?
Yes, she uses the handle @KeeleyDonovan, according to her public profiles.
Is Bobby Charlton’s daughter a weather presenter?
No evidence in the reviewed sources supports that claim. Bobby Charlton had three children — Suzanne, Andrea and John — and none of the sources links any of them to weather presenting.
Is Tomasz Schafernaker married?
No confirmed public reports in the reviewed sources state that he is married. The question appears to come from general interest in BBC weather presenters’ personal lives, not from an official announcement.
George Thompson is Senior Reporter at UrbanMixr.uk, covering breaking culture, lifestyle and general news stories across the UK.