Nina Sebastiane is an accomplished female presenter who brings her business skills in travel, property and horticulture to the TV screen.
She runs businesses marketing a Tuscan villa complex, and a ski chalet in the Swiss alps. She also buys, renovates and sells properties in the UK and abroad. In 2005, rebuilding from scratch the chalet, including tackling planning and purchasing laws and regulations as well as dealing with local businessmen in French!
As well as her knowledge of property, Nina is a qualified landscape gardener with an insatiable passion for horticulture, garden design and getting her green fingers dirty!
An avid yogini and qualified Bikram 'Hot Yoga' teacher, she has developed an extensive knowledge of mind and body relaxtion techniques and utilises her experience of this and NLP in everyday life.
As one of the main presenters on the Book Channel, and Thomson TV Nina hosted daily studio interviews with international best selling authors like Ian Rankin, Susan Hill, and Gary Rhodes about their latest publications and reporting on the best holiday hotspots from family favourites in Majorca to scuba diving in the Red Sea.
Nina was previously one of the main faces of the Baby Channel covering topics ranging from meningitis to the latest must-have baby products...
An experienced reporter, Nina has made many movie junkets, including interviewing the cast of Emma Thomson's film Nanny McPhee for Sky Movies. Nina was the roving reporter on ITV's Loose Women, doing daily live interviews on topical issues of the day and was the host of The Antiques Ghostshow for Living TV where, with the help of a psychic, a genealogist and a historian, she tracked down family heirlooms and uncovered the secrets of their past.
Nina has a strong interest in antiques and collectibles and she can regularly be seen at boot sales finding and selling the latest bargains, as well as being an avid e-bay buyer and seller.
With a passion for sports Nina presented the Speedway Grand Prix series for Channel 4, broadcast on Saturday mornings and covering the European Grand Prix circuit, including pit lane interviews, links and all the latest news from 6 GP rounds. She also co-presented round 4 of the British Superbike Championships with Jonathan Green, broadcast on British Eurosport.
Nina also hosted a 13 X 30 min series, Ski America for the Travel Channel and she presented Travel Xpress and 5 Star Adventure for BBC Choice and and UK Style. This was a range of travel programmes which took her from Brighton to British Columbia experiencing local food and drink, accommodation and activities including heli skiing, white water rafting and 500cc motorbiking (for which she has a licence).
She also fronted Wired for Carlton TV, an up-to-the-minute guide to the best nightlife in and around London, including the latest bars, clubs and restaurants. Nina’s background is in the music industry (her brother is the international DJ Phil Sebastiane of Pure Science and she has been involved in the dance and club world, working originally in A&R. This has added depth to her interviews with top DJs including Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong and Fat Boy Slim.
