AT HOME IN THE NEW FOREST, ‘SPRINGWATCH’ STAR CHRIS PACKHAM AND HIS STEPDAUGHTER MEGAN McCUBBIN TALK ABOUT SHARED PASSIONS, UNCONVENTIONAL FAMILY LIFE AND HER RISE TO TV STARDOM
‘Chris is a role model of mine professionally and it’s great that he happens to be my stepdad as well’
As one of our leading naturalists and conservationists, with a prolific career on TV, Chris Packham hasn’t faced much competition. Until the most recent series of Springwatch, that is, when his stepdaughter and co-presenter Megan McCubbin stepped confidently into the spotlight.
Whether enthusing about elephant hawk-moths or queen hornets, bats or birdsong, the 25-year-old zoologist and conservationist almost eclipsed her stepfather as she emerged from the popular BBC2 nature programme, like a butterfly from a chrysalis, as a new star.
Where many other high-profile careers have been put on hold during this difficult period, Megan’s is on an upward trajectory.
“The response has been utterly overwhelming, surreal and wonderful. People have been very kind,” she tells of her overnight success during our exclusive photoshoot and interview at Chris’s home, tucked away
