George Webster

George Webster (born 29 July 2000) is an English television presenter, actor, dancer and writer. He was discovered while volunteering at his local Parkrun by a Sky UK television crew, who made him the subject of an episode of Jessica's Parkrun Heroes in 2019. This film prompted Mencap to refer him to a filmmaker who was making S.A.M., a short film that was broadcast online in October 2020. After being scouted by the BBC, Webster recorded a video for BBC Bitesize, which went viral. He then began presenting for CBeebies, for which he won Best Presenter at the British Academy Children's Awards 2022. He has also appeared in The Railway Children Return, Casualty, World on Fire, and the 2022 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. From 2023, he began publishing books, and has released This Is Me and Why Not?.

Early life Webster was born on 29 July 2000 in Rawdon, West Yorkshire with Down syndrome. He attended St. Peter's Primary School, Benton Park School, and Shipley College. Aged eight, he joined Stage Door, a performing arts and music school in Guiseley, which he was a member of until he was 19. He also later joined Mind the Gap, a performing arts college in Bradford,

Career In 2016, he started spending his Saturday mornings volunteering at a Parkrun in Woodhouse Moor in Leeds, the Hyde Park Harriers. He later took over the course himself and became a Parkrun ambassador. That year, Webster took a post at Café 21 Co in Leeds, a café launched in 2019 and staffed by people with Down syndrome. He has credited the café with giving him "a sense of independence", and stated in 2024 that he still put in shifts there when he could.

After being scouted by the BBC following his work with Mencap, and he began presenting for the channel as a guest presenter. His first CBeebies show, broadcast 20 September 2021, saw Webster perform Saturday Night Fever-style dance moves, make a smoothie, and recite a poem. A clip of this went viral on Twitter, and within two days of broadcast it had been viewed over 1,200,000 times. while his appointment was praised by Sally Phillips, Mencap, and Cerrie Burnell. He was later hired as a full-time presenter, and won Best Presenter at the British Academy Children's Awards 2022. in which he and Asher played a couple with Down syndrome who were fighting to save an android baby they wanted to adopt. and World on Fire, where he played Ted. On World Book Day 2023, the first, Why Not?, was published in 2024, In January 2025, Webster, Ben Cajee, and Maddie Moate were announced as presenters for series 14 of Something Special.

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