Education
Thompson was educated at Queenswood School with now fellow television presenter and friend Natalie Pinkham She studied Broadcast Journalism at the, graduating with a 2:1 in 1999.
Thompson was educated at Queenswood School with now fellow television presenter and friend Natalie Pinkham She studied Broadcast Journalism at the, graduating with a 2:1 in 1999.
After graduating, Thompson worked as a production assistant on a research and production scheme for GMTV before moving to Sky Sports in January 2001. She was a presenter on Sky Sports News, often presenting Afternoon Report with her run ending on 29 December 2011. She also presented Sky1"s Greatest Sporting Legends series with David Frost in 2005.
She was also a regular panellist on the Sky1 show, A League of Their Own for its first four series from 2010 to 2011.
In the May 2007 issue of the British men"s magazine FHM, Thompson was voted the 93rd Sexiest Female in the World. Thompson left Sky Sports News on 29 December 2011 to become a presenter on Sky Sports F1.
During the 2012 season, Thompson presented Friday night magazine show The F1 Show alongside pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz and during race weekends, presented the Sky Pad segment of Sky"s F1 coverage, usually alongside Anthony Davidson. Thompson left Sky Sports F1 in 2013.
Thompson moved to Fox Sports in 2013 as a panellist on Regis Philbin"s sports talk show Crowd Goes Wild, which aired its final show on Thursday, 8 May 2014.
lieutenant was announced on 1 July 2014 that Thompson would be one of the new presenters of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live"s Saturday Morning comedy show Fighting Talk, sharing duties with comedian Josh Widdicombe.