Lindsey Russell has landed a dream graduate job – the 36th presenter of Blue Peter and the first to be chosen after a nationwide talent search.

Lindsey, 22, who graduated from Bristol University this week, juggled filming commitments for the show between her final exams.

She has eaten a deep-fried cockroach, presented on a rollercoaster and even broken a world record – all in two weeks.

Lindsey, from Oxford, said: “This whole experience has been incredible and overwhelming. It’s just ridiculously amazing.

“I’ve been so determined throughout and I’m literally living my dream. It’s been hard to take it all in.”

It’s a long way from her presenting on university television station UBTV, but this showreel from her time at the station must have put the diminutive redhead in a good position to win the contest which saw more than 20,000 applicants for the coveted role: