{{citationstyle|date=December 2025}} {{Short description|Scottish television weather presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} '''Cat Cubie''' (born 1981) is a Scottish broadcaster, radio presenter, podcaster, author, and keynote speaker, known for her work on Heart Scotland and her award-winning parenting podcast and book, ''The Sleep Mums''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sleep Mums – Official Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/thesleepmums/ |website=Instagram |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref>
== Life == Cubie was born in 1981. Her high achieving parents were the virologist Heather Cubie and the lawyer Andrew (later Sir) Cubie and her elder siblings were Douglas and Alison. Cat studied psychology at Aberdeen University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-01 |title=Delight for Scot whose life is a lottery |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12384839.delight-scot-whose-life-lottery/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>
=== Television === Cubie began her career in television, presenting programmes for the BBC including Euromillions draws on BBC1,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldlottery.net/news/euromillions-gets-new-presenter.asp|title=World Lottery News|publisher=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120093952/http://www.worldlottery.net/news/euromillions-gets-new-presenter.asp|archive-date=20 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> BBC Weather and CBBC. She was also a presenter for MTV News and hosted film specials for Channel 4, The Surgery on BBC Switch and a number of live music shows, including The Next Big Thing and Live and Unsigned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tags/cat-cubie/|title=Daily Record|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tags/cat-cubie/|title=Sunday Mail|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
=== Radio === She has presented radio programmes for BBC Scotland and Real Radio before joining Heart Scotland, where she hosted the weekday afternoon show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heart Scotland – Presenters |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/scotland/radio/shows-presenters/ |website=Heart Scotland |publisher=Global |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref>
=== Podcasting and publishing === During the COVID-19 lockdown, Cubie created ''The Sleep Mums'' podcast. The show won awards and offered non-judgemental, humorous, and practical advice to parents.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sleep Mums Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sleep-mums/id1523857821 |website=Apple Podcasts |publisher=Apple |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Essential Tips for Baby and Child Sleep – The Sleep Mums |url=https://uk.yotoplay.com/blogs/yoto-journal/essential-tips-for-baby-and-child-sleep |website=Yoto Journal |publisher=Yoto |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> She co-wrote a parenting book with the writer Sarah Carpenter in 2023, titled, ''Sleep Better, Baby: The Essential Stress-Free Guide to Sleep for You and Your Baby''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cubie |first=Cat |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Sleep_Better_Baby/ESn3zgEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Sleep Better, Baby: The Essential Stress-Free Guide to Sleep for You and Your Baby |last2=Carpenter |first2=Sarah |date=2023-03-06 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |isbn=978-0-00-855515-3 |language=en}}</ref>
=== Keynote speaking & confidence work === Building on her career in broadcasting and authorship, Cubie delivers keynote talks and workshops on confidence, imposter syndrome, and resilience.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
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== External links == * http://www.catcubie.co.uk/
Category:Living people Category:Scottish radio presenters Category:Scottish podcasters Category:Scottish television presenters Category:Scottish women radio presenters Category:Television personalities from Edinburgh Category:BBC weather forecasters Category:1981 births