Kirsty Young

Kirsty Young returned to Channel 5 after spending time in the ITV newsroom where she presented the ITV’s News at Ten, ITV Evening News and the Lunchtime News from 1999. She also hosted a range of primetime programmes for the network including ‘Rat Trap’, ‘The People Versus’ and ‘What will They Think of Next?’ Prior to this, Kirsty had fronted ‘5 News‘ for the Channel since its launch in 1997.
During her time as presenter of 5 News, Kirsty received the prestigious Sir James Carreras Award for Outstanding New Talent in 1997 at the 46th Variety Club Show business Awards. This award was quickly followed with another honour when she was named Newscaster of the Year at the TRIC (Television & Radio Industries Club) Awards in 1998. The news programme itself won a Royal Television Society prize as it was awarded the Team Award at the 1997 RTS Craft & Design Awards.

Acclaimed as one of television’s leading talents, Kirsty fronted ‘5 News’ every weekday evening, conducting live studio interviews and reporting on the day’s main issues. She also presented various news and current affairs specials for Channel 5. In September 1998, she co-hosted Talk Radio’s weekday breakfast programme.

Kirsty Young’s journalistic career began in 1989 as a newsreader for BBC Radio Scotland where she also presented its Drive Time show. In 1992, she moved to Scottish Television where she was the presenter of Scotland Today at Lunchtime and Scotland Today – the channel’s midday and evening news programmes. From 1994-95, she was the host of ‘Kirsty’, a bi-weekly live discussion programme on the week’s hot topics, on STV. For STV, she also presented ‘Late Edition’, a live, late-night entertainment and music show.

In 1996, Kirsty was a guest presenter of ITV’s ‘The Time, The Place’. Her BBC credits include presenting and reporting for a variety of holiday programes, ‘Film `96’ on BBC1, and BBC2’s consumer affairs show, ‘The Street’. Kirsty was born and brought up in Stirling, Scotland and she is now married with a family. Kirsty is a confident, talented and professional host, and every event she attends as a speaker becomes extra special for her contribution.

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