As well as presenting the early breakfast show on BBC Radio Solent, Alina is involved in a number of projects at the moment. She's recently completed two corporate videos for Vodafone and is working on another video for BT.
In the autumn she was compere for World Mental Health Day at the live stage in Portsmouth Guildhall Square
Alina interviewing Esther Rantzen for World Mental Health Day
and was delighted to be involved with her fellow BBC colleagues for 'An Evening with Sally Taylor' a special one off performance for Children in Need where she dusted off her dancing shoes to do a routine to Abba.
Recent guests on her radio show include: Sophie Dahl, Boy George, The Hairy Bikers, James, Julian Fellowes, Roger McGough & Olympic swimmer Mark Foster.
Listen to Alina every weekday morning from 5 – 6.30am on BBC Radio Solent and on Saturday’s from 6-8am.
Alina is also the regular stand in for the afternoon show. Recent guests have included Des O’Connor, Pam Ayres, Alan Titchmarsh, Sinitta, Derek Acorah, Sue Townsend, Nathaniel Parker, Russell Grant & Ken Hom.
Alina is currently involved with Bristol GS Flight School. She is in the process of recording & presenting the entire flight syllabus for the JAA Airline Transport Pilot's Licence.
Recent voice over work includes podcasts for 3I Investments and a talking book ‘ The Silver City Story’ (copies are available from keith.dagwell@ntlworld.com)
Since May, Alina has returned to BBC Radio Solent presenting the request show on a Sunday evening. She is also a regular stand in for Sally Taylor on her mid morning Saturday show. Alina is delighted to be back on the airwaves and has enjoyed meeting many Solent listeners at the BBC Radio Solent Road Show over the summer.
The summer saw Alina at the JP Morgan Round the Island race, interviewing Dame Shirley Robertson and hosting the corporate evening.
She was also the guest speaker at a KIDS Charity lunch in Fareham in association with Warner, Goodman & Streat.
As well as her presenting commitments she is busy over the coming months with a variety of voice over productions, including an audio book and two corporate ventures.
Alina has just returned from the Collins Stewart London Boat Show where she spent 10 days hosting the Sky Sports Theatre and interviewing some of our most famous offshore sailors including Dame Ellen McArthur, Mike Golding, Alex Thompson, Shirley Robertson & Ben Ainslie to name a few.
The next project is a local TV series which she will be filming some time in the spring. More on that soon!
She is delighted to be connected with Naomi House Children’s Hospice in Sutton Scotney and has recently helped them with their fund raising DVD.
Up until July I was the weather presenter for BBC South Today, broadcasting live twice a day with regular radio bulletins for BBC Radio Solent and BBC SCR.
I am now freelance and have been working on the BBC documentary - The Sea in which I was the narrator. I have also just completed the narration for the Naomi House Hospice Fund Raising DVD and am currently involved in a voice-over project for a large European Venture Capitalist firm.
October sees me return to the BBC where I shall be hosting the Saturday morning breakfast show on BBC Radio Solent.
