Episode 8
“We Must Feel Proud”
L-R Narrator Johanna Griggs, producer Tanya Lee and Harri
Johanna Griggs AM - Television Presenter
Johanna Griggs AM continues to host Better Homes and Gardens for the Seven Network, a role she has enjoyed for the last 20 years. Better Homes is Australia’s number 1 lifestyle show in Australia and is currently in its 30th year on air. Johanna has hosted numerous prime time tv Shows, and has always combined that work with her passion for hosting live Sport.
In 2022 she hosted her 9th Olympic and 3rd Paralympic Games for the Seven Network.
In 2002, at the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Johanna became the first female in Australia to solo host a coverage on an Olympic Games when she fronted the Seven Networks coverage of this event.
Prior to her move to television she represented Australia in swimming, winning Bronze at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990, and a silver at the 1991 World Championships. In 2007 Johanna was appointed to the Board of Events New South Wales.
She is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Letters – Honoris Causis - from Macquarie University in NSW for services to swimming, media and charity fundraising.
In 2014 she was appointed as a Director to the Board of Beyond Blue, a role she continues.
In 2020 she was awarded an AM in the Australia Day honour list for significant service to community health, to television, and to sport.
In 2024 she became Patron of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation after working for them for 3 decades.