Joanna Adeyinka-Burford

Joanna is best known as bubbly children’s TV presenter for the BBC’s popular children’s channel, CBEEBIES.

Joanna trained as an actress and dancer at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and spent a number of years acting and teaching dance before finding her feet as a TV presenter and Voice over artist.

Her credits include; BBC’s Doctor’s, Holby City, Little Britain and ‘As You Like it’ at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. As a presenter,  she has worked across a number of productions; from various shows on the Cbeebies channel (Romeo & Juliet, Dick Whittington, Robin Hood, The Let’s Go Club, Jojo and GranGran and BBC live lessons) to hosting a worldwide video production for the Watoto children’s choir, HSBC, Citibank, The NHS, The Sheffield Children’s book awards and was delighted to present the RAISE training program for the Salvation Army’s Youth ministry.

Joanna is a natural born encourager and has recently written a children’s devotional entitled ‘What’s Up’, which was released in February 2024.