Katie Derham

Katie Derham

Popular host and TV presenter, Katie began her broadcasting career at the BBC, starting as a researcher on Radio 4’s Moneybox.

In 1995 she won the Bradford & Bingley “Best Personal Finance Broadcaster Award” for her work as a presenter on Radio 5 Live’s Moneycheck. She then moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was also a reporter on the Film programme.

In 1998 she joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News and, at the age of 27, became the youngest newscaster on British national television since ITN’s creation in 1955.

In 2004, Katie became the main female presenter of the ITV News at one thirty, and a relief presenter of both the ITV News at six thirty and the ITV News at Ten. She also co-presented the ITV London news programme London Tonight. She hosted her last programmes on ITV1 in June 2010.

In 2010 she joined the BBC and fronted the coverage of the Proms for BBC Two, BBC Four and Radio 3.  She is also a presenter of Radio 3’s Afternoon on 3 and Breakfast programmes, having previously presented the Hall of Fame Concert on Classic FM.  She presents the Traveller’s Tree series on Radio 4 and makes the occasional guest presenter appearance on Saturday Live.

Katie hosted the Classical BRIT Awards ceremony four times from 2001 to 2004.

In August 2008 she appeared in the BBC Two talent programme Maestro where she learnt to conduct orchestral, choral and operatic music, and, in 2010, in the Factual Entertainment programme First Love she returned to the violin playing of her youth.