“An “unknown” gadget reviewer has been signed up as a BBC presenter after her video weblogs were spotted on YouTube,”the BBC reports. “Susi Weaser impressed producer Mike Worsley, who said her “upbeat, quirky” style was perfect for Sunday lifestyle show Something for the Weekend. She was believed to be the first person plucked from the video-sharing site to be a host on mainstream UK TV, he said. “All her videos were already online so we had an idea of how she would be before we had even met her,” he added”.

BBC signs YouTube gadget reviewer