Wincey Willis (born Florence Winsome Leighton; 8 August 1948)[1][2] is a British television and radio broadcaster who was most active in the 1980s.
She replaced Commander David Philpott as the station's main weekday weather presenter on Good Morning Britain in May 1983.
[1] Willis's first book, It's Raining Cats and Dogs, written about her animals, was published in 1986, with an introduction by naturalist Gerald Durrell.
[1][11] She appeared in the title role in the Dick Whittington pantomime at City Hall in St Albans, alongside the Chuckle Brothers, in 1988.
[20] Willis took several years out to be a conservation volunteer around the world, at one point living in a tent on a Greek beach for six months whilst she guarded the local turtle population.
[23][24] That year, it was announced that she would be presenting The Big Day Out, a Saturday morning radio programme on BBC Hereford & Worcester.
[26] Willis previously lived in the former Winston railway station in County Durham, which was on the closed Barnard Castle line.
[5] While at TV-am, Willis also lived in a flat in Camden, north west London, returning to Barnard Castle every other weekend.