Everything about Kirsty Young totally explained
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'd worked for most of the time since its launch in
1997. As of
January 2008 she's the main presenter of
Crimewatch.
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'd 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.
Personal life
Young married businessman Nick Jones (owner of
Soho House and
Babington House) 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.
Further Information
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