BBC presenter Martine Croxall has been delighting viewers on screen for more than three decades.
But the 55-year-old broadcaster has spent the last 12 months travelling the
world after being left in limbo along with a number of other high-profile presenters when the BBC's News and World News channels merged last April.
Croxall is used to reading out the headlines,
but this week she has found herself at the centre of them - as she was joined by four other senior colleagues in launching a legal battle against the BBC for
age and sex discrimination.
Karin Giannone, 50, Geeta Guru-Murthy, 56, Kasia Madera, 48, and Annita McVeigh, 46, are also involved in the bombshell
case, according to US news agency Deadline. It follows
a high-profile equal pay dispute between the BBC and presenter
Samira Ahmed in 2020.
While preparing to take legal action against her company, Croxall has certainly
made the most of her year off-air - enjoying trips to Mexico, Bulgaria and Thailand to name but a few.
During her time off, she went swimming with whale sharks and sea lions in the Gulf of California, zipwired over a
canyon in Mexico and fed elephants at a sanctuary in Phuket.
That's on top of taking a hot balloon over the pyramids in Mexico and venturing on two ski
trips, including one where she was seen relaxing in a massive hot tub after spending a day on the slopes.
BBC News presenter Martine Croxall (pictured) is due to take legal action against the BBC next month.
She has not been on air since last March
Croxall was Iqos Iluma One วิธีใช้ of five female BBC News presenters who were left in limbo last year when the BBC's News
and World News channels merged. They are all taking legal
action. Pictured: Croxall with Kaisa Madera, Geeta Guru Murthy, Annita McVeigh and Karin Giannone
During her year off-air, Croxall has been on a number of holidays including Thailand where she fed elephants
During her year out, Croxall appears to have spent much of her time travelling around the world.
Pictured: On a hot air balloon in Mexico
Martine Croxall goes zipwiring over the Copper Canyon in Mexico during her year off