Chris Packham would've been horrified if stepdaughter aimed for TV career despite BBC role

At the start of lockdown, Chris Packham and his stepdaughter Megan McCubbin began hosting The Self-Isolating Bird Club together. Thanks to the success of the unscripted daily show, the 25-year-old is now presenting BBC Two’s Autumnwatch with the animal-loving presenter, however, in a new interview, Chris has admitted he would have been “horrified” if Megan had mentioned a career in television when she was a child.

Chris, who is almost 60, normally hosts the show with Michaela Strachan, but coronavirus restrictions kept them apart.

So the network took a chance on this new pairing, who had been working alongside each other for several months online.

Megan, who Chris affectionately calls Megs, is the daughter of his former partner Jo, who he dated for a decade.

Before the pandemic, they would visit art galleries and music concerts, and he opened her eyes to the natural world.

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