Christina Trevanion shares heartfelt advice from late grandma, 108, as BBC Bargain Hunt star pays tribute after death
Christina Trevanion shared a piece of advice she was given by her late grandmother as the BBC presenter reflected on the music that shaped her.
The antiques specialist, who stars in antiques show Bargain Hunt, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Inheritance Tracks to share songs that are special to her.
She explained during the appearance earlier this month how she still uses advice from her grandmother when she’s feeling down or struggling.
“The track that I’ve inherited is a song called For the Beauty of the Earth by John Rutter, sung by the Cambridge Singers,” she began.
Delving into what the song meant to her, she continued: “This track was handed down to me by my granny.
“My granny was quite the most remarkable lady, and she was born in 1910 and we had her luckily for the most incredible 108 and-a-half years in our lives.
“And she was a great fan of John Rutter and towards the end of her life, she became quite hard of hearing, and we used to go and visit her, and you would be met by a wall of incredibly loud John Rutter.
“And it stuck with me ever since I first heard it, probably at the age of 10 or 11, I suppose.
“And I love it, and I play it when I’m feeling a bit down and a bit blue.”
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The mother-of-two added: “My granny was quite the most remarkable lady.
“She was born in 1910 she lost her father in World War One when she was aged six, she lost her brother in the Navy in World War Two.
“She then lost another brother slightly later in life, and an infant sister as well.
“So she had gone through an incredible amount of tragedy in her life and in a huge amount of change, but she took solace in gardening and in nature and the earth.”
Sharing her grandmother’s influence, Trevanion added: “And I think it was this song for me, speaks everything that granny really believed in.
“That if you’re struggling or if you’re feeling blue or down, look for the beautiful things.
“Look for the beauty of the earth. Look for the beauty of the sky, the simple things, the things that are completely free, that just remind us that actually each day is a new day, and it’s a day full of hope and joy as long as you look for those things.”
The presenter’s sharing of her grandmother’s wise words comes soon after she shared a concerning ordeal.
Trevanion recently took part in a candid conversation to raise awareness of the worrying and growing issue, which sees AI being used to place people’s faces in often pornographic and explicit material.
She detailed in a candid interview with BBC’s Morning Live: “Often, the reaction from the public has been kind and sweet and supportive.
“But I would say probably over the last couple of years, there has been a noticeable shift, and at times it can be quite intrusive and upsetting.
“Last September, I discovered that my image had been used to create phony, explicit videos known as deepfake porn. I was sent a very long list of sensitive URLs, where my head had been AI’d onto pornographic videos and images.”
Touching on the horrible realisation, she explained: “It was a sense of… this is unreal, this can’t be happening.
“Then, as it sort of sunk in, it was… It was deeply distressing.”