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Times Radio Presenter
Katie Derham
News & Music Presenter
The ex-ITV News anchor and dance enthusiast hosts classical concerts on TV & radio, and presents a podcast: Just the Tonic.
Biography
Katie Derham hosts arts programming for the BBC, particularly coverage of the Proms for Radios 2, 3 and 4. She was formerly senior anchor on ITV News, and co-presenter of London Tonight. She is also a seasoned media and arts correspondent, has her own show on Radio 3 and has regularly hosted the Classical Brit Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.
Katie started as a researcher on Radio 4's Moneybox. She won an award for personal finance broadcasting on Five Live's Moneycheck, and went on to edit The Financial World Tonight before moving into television as a consumer affairs correspondent.
At ITV Katie continued her media and arts brief before promotion to become the youngest newscaster on British network television presenting all the channels main news programmes. She then returned to the BBC with programmes on Radio 3, Afternoon on 3 and Breakfast, and on Radio 4 with Traveller's Tree.
As well as proving a hit on the Strictly dancefloor, Katie has also learned to conduct orchestral, choral and operatic music for the BBC2 show Maestro and re-learned to play the violin for First Love. Partnered with The People's Orchestra, she hosts the Just the Tonic podcast, exploring the power of music and arts within communities.
"An absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish."
An absolute pleasure to work with and did an excellent job of the moderation of the event. She kept it all interesting and engaging and perfectly to time. We really appreciated the effort she made (especially as the day went on) to put things in her own words and elaborate on the content provided.
She really helped contribute to the overall success of the event ensuring all ran smoothly and to time. The event was very well received by our guests and I know they very much enjoyed having Katie's company for the evening.
As always, Katie was very professional and an excellent presenter; she helped steer our nervous sponsors and delighted awards recipients through the evening.
Katie attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show where she launched a new rose, Rosa Dunham Massey, on behalf of the National Trust and Peter Beales Roses. Hugely professional and incredibly patient as she posed for countless photographs. A smile rarely left her face. She could not have done more to make the launch a success.
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