She presented the long-running children's programme Blue Peter from 1995 to 2000 and the flagship Saturday morning series Live & Kicking from 2000 to 2001.
[1] Hill worked for free at the local radio station BBC Essex, to gain the experience required to become a presenter.
Whilst working for BBC channel controllers and the Head of Children's Television as a secretary, she bombarded the editor of Blue Peter with showreels, which resulted in her winning an audition place.
Her assignments included living with a family in Mongolia for a week, training with the England football squad for a FIFA World Cup special, joining the Cirque du Soleil, and making objects from yoghurt pots and sticky-backed plastic.
As a result of her work on Blue Peter, Hill also presented Live & Kicking, Top of the Pops, Football Fever (she supports Newcastle United) and 2000 to 1 with Michael Parkinson, which was, for the final only, part of 2000 Today.
After Neil Fox quit as the long-running host of the networked Hit40UK (also in 2004), Hill - previously one of his stand-ins - was recruited, initially to co-host with Stephanie Hirst each Sunday, from the studios of Capital Radio in London.