Sofie_Allsopp

Sofie Allsopp

Sofie Allsopp

British television presenter


Sophia Atherley "Sofie" Allsopp is a British television presenter.

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Early life

Her parents are Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (née McGowan). She is the younger sister of television presenter Kirstie Allsop.[1] Designer and businesswoman Cath Kidston is her cousin.[2]

Career

Allsop has worked as a real-estate agent, a sales and letting negotiator and a relocation agent in Notting Hill, London. She had her own company, specialising in finding houses, managing moves and providing aftercare services to new home-owners.[3][4]

In 2006, she temporarily replaced her sister Kirstie as co-presenter of Location, Location, Location, while Kirstie was on maternity leave.[5] During this period, she presented an episode in which Hackney was voted as the worst place to live in the UK, which caused some controversy.[6][7][8]

In 2008, she began hosting the Canadian television show The Unsellables on HGTV (Canada). Her role on the show was to help people sell their "unsellable" homes.[9] The programme has since been broadcast on the U.S. HGTV and on the BBC in the UK, in which Allsop is paired with property expert John Rennie.[citation needed]

Personal life

She has a degree in Medieval History from the University of Edinburgh.[9][3]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Kirstie replaced on property show...by her sister". Standard. 12 April 2012.
  2. Wood, Zoe (9 August 2009). "Queen of florals Cath Kidston bucks the recession to profit from love of nostalgia". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  3. "Sofie Allsopp". ClassiQue. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. "Hackney hits back at 'TV snobs'". 22 October 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2023 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. Jemima Lewis: Ignore the squalor and savor the romance, Independent.co.uk; accessed 28 July 2018.
  6. "Hackney 'worst place to live in UK'". Evening Standard. 12 April 2012.
  7. "News". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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