Kirsty Young
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Kirsty Young | |
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Born | Kirsty Jackson Young November 23, 1968 East Kilbride, Scotland |
Years active | 1989-present |
Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist, presenter, actress and radio presenter. She has recently left her position as head newsreader on Five News, the news programme on British television channel Five, where she had worked for most of the time since its launch in 1997. As of January 2008 she is the main presenter of Crimewatch.
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[edit] Career
Young's journalistic career began in 1989 when she worked as a continuity announcer for BBC Radio Scotland. In 1992 she moved to Scottish Television where she presented the main evening news programme, Scotland Today and also hosted her own chat show, Kirsty. She left Scottish TV and Scotland itself in 1996.
In 1996 she guest presented The Time, The Place and also featured on the Holiday programme. She hosted her own consumer show The Street on BBC Two. In 1997, she joined the news team of the new terrestrial channel, Channel 5. She left Channel 5 to join ITV in 1999 and hosted a quiz show called The People Versus in 2000. Also in 2001, she became the co-presenter of the ITV Evening News with Dermot Murnaghan. In 2001, after giving birth to her first child, she decided to return to Channel 5. In 2002, she returned, with a new look and hosted both the 5.30pm and 7pm editions until her maternity leave began in January 2006, when she was replaced by John Suchet and Helen Fospero.
On September 11, 2001, she was on air to an American reporter with live action footage of the burning first World Trade Center tower, when the second plane struck the second.
In November 2003, she guest-presented an edition of Have I Got News For You to critical acclaim, despite not being a comedian. She has, in total, guest-presented seven times. She appeared on Room 101 in 2004 during which she nominated cowboy boots, Britney Spears and 'baby on board' stickers among her pet hates.
In June 2006, it was announced that Young was to be the new presenter of the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, replacing Sue Lawley. She began presenting DID on 1 October 2006 and returned to Five News on 28 September 2006.
In May 2007, Young announced that she would be leaving Five News in the autumn, after ten years as its head anchor. On 29 August, 2007, she presented her last show for Five News.
On 29 September 2007, it was announced that Kirsty Young will replace Fiona Bruce as a presenter on the BBC's, Crimewatch programme.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Young married businessman Nick Jones (owner of Soho House and Babington House[2]) in September 1999. She has two daughters, Freya (born February 2001) and Iona Jones (born April 2006).
She was only the fourth woman to guest-present Have I Got News For You (she and Ann Widdecombe are the only two women to have hosted the show more than once).
She admitted to suffering from bulimia as a teenager on the first episode of her first TV show.
She and her husband own a house in Los Angeles, California. She is a supporter of Glasgow Rangers FC.
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[edit] External links
- Kirsty Young at KBJ Management
- Kirsty Young at sky.com
- Kirsty Young (final Five News bulletin) on YouTube
- John Walsh, Kirsty Young: The presenter is about to take on another national institution, The Independent, 20 January 2008
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NAME | Young, Kirsty |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | Journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 23 November 1968 |
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