Katie Derham

{{Infobox person

| name = Katie Derham

| image = TV newscaster Katie Derham.jpg

| caption = Derham at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

| birthname = Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Canterbury, Kent, England

| alma_mater = Magdalene College, Cambridge

| occupation = Journalist, television presenter

| spouse = {{marriage|John Vincent|1999}}

| children = 2

| credits = BBC Radio 3
ITN/ITV News

}}

Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/sep/11/one-last-thing-katie-derham|title=One last thing... Katie Derham|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 September 2010|location=London|author=Rich Pelley|access-date=17 September 2010}} (born 18 June 1970) is a British newscaster and a presenter on television and radio.

Early life and education

Derham was born on 18 June 1970 in Canterbury, Kent to Margaret, a teacher, and John Derham, a chemist for Pfizer and godson of the Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira (who was also his grandmother's lover).{{Cite web |date=10 September 2023 |title=Sunday Feature: Brazilian Modernist Godfather |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q73d |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=BBC Radio 3}} The family moved to Cheshire within a year of her birth, and she grew up in Wilmslow.Who's Who 2009Duncan A. "Proms Queen", Radio Times (7–13 August 2010), p. 30 (BBC Magazines) She was educated at a primary school in Sandbach and privately educated at Cheadle Hulme School where she took A-Levels in French, History and Economics. She then read economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA (Hons).{{cite news|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/daily/archive.cgi?925081200|title=Newsreader Katie Derham remembers her time at Cambridge|publisher=University of Cambridge|date=26 April 1999|access-date=16 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010727083738/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/daily/archive.cgi?925081200|archive-date=27 July 2001}}

Broadcasting career

=BBC (1995–98)=

Derham began her broadcasting career at the BBC, starting as a researcher on Radio 4's Money Box. 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 moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was also a reporter on the long-running Film... programme.{{fact|date=October 2023}}

=ITN (1998–2010)=

In 1998, Derham joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News. At the age of 27, she was the youngest newscaster on British national television since ITN's creation in 1955.{{cite web|url=https://www.wearesevenhills.com/katie-derham/|title=Katie Derham {{!}} Broadcaster|date=December 2019}} In 2004, she became the main female presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News, and a relief presenter for both the ITV Evening News and the ITV News at Ten. She also co-presented the ITV London news programme London Tonight. Derham hosted her final ITV News programme on 25 June 2010.{{fact|date=October 2023}}

=BBC (2010 onwards)=

In April 2010 it was announced that Derham was to return to the BBC. Derham has an arts brief, including fronting the coverage of the Proms for BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 3.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/21/katie-derham-itn-bbc|title=Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 April 2010|author=James Robinson|access-date=21 April 2010|location=London}}

Derham is a presenter of Radio 3's Afternoon on 3 and Breakfast programmes, having previously presented the Hall of Fame Concert on Classic FM. In 2008 she presented the Traveller's Tree series on Radio 4.{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=Traveller's Tree - About the Programme |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/travellerstree/travellerstree_about.shtml |access-date=2022-11-08 |publisher=BBC Radio 4}} Derham also makes an occasional guest presenter appearance on Saturday Live.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Z2C4BynRXkh4s9ZBHQy3M/katie-derham|title=Katie Derham|via=BBC Radio 3|work=In Tune}}

In August 2015 the BBC announced that Derham would appear in the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.{{Cite web |date=2015-08-14 |title=BBC's Katie Derham joins Strictly lineup |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a663592/bbc-proms-presenter-katie-derham-is-heading-for-the-ballroom-on-strictly-come-dancing/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} Her partner was Anton Du Beke. In week 4, the couple finished top of the leader board. In weeks 9 and 11 they performed their best dances, both earning 35 out of a possible 40. In the semi-final they finished last in both dances and were in the dance-off with Anita Rani and Gleb Savchenko; the judges voted them through to compete in the final (the first time Anton had done so) where they finished in fourth place. In 2017, she returned for the Christmas Special and was partnered with Brendan Cole: the couple won the event.{{Cite web |date=25 December 2017 |title=Katie Derham & Brendan Cole win Strictly Christmas Special 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05s0lgw |access-date=2022-11-08 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}

In August 2016 Derham presented The Girl from Ipanema, a documentary for BBC Four.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07mlkzl|title=The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach|website=BBC Four|date=1 August 2016|access-date=11 August 2016}} In September 2017, she presented coverage of the Last Night of the Proms on BBC Two and BBC One.

Since 2017, Derham has been a presenter on In Tune on BBC Radio 3.{{cite news |title=Katie Derham moves to {{nat|In Tune}} on BBC Radio 3 |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/09/katie-derham-moves-to-in-tune-on-bbc-radio-3/ |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=RadioToday |date=29 September 2017}}{{cite web |title=In Tune Presenters: Katie Derham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Z2C4BynRXkh4s9ZBHQy3M/katie-derham |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 November 2020}}

=Other work=

Derham hosted the Classic Brit Awards ceremony four times from 2001 to 2004. In August 2008 she appeared in the BBC Two talent programme Maestro,

{{cite press release|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/23/maestro.shtml|title=Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=23 May 2008|access-date=24 May 2008}} where she learnt to conduct orchestral, choral and operatic music; and, in 2010, in the factual entertainment programme First Love,{{cite news|url=http://www.electricsky.com/catalogue_detail.aspx?program=2890|title=Five famous faces embark on an emotional journey into their past as they rekindle their first musical love|work=First Love|via=Sky Arts 1 HD|publisher=Electric Sky|date=1 July 2010|access-date=15 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710175721/http://www.electricsky.com/catalogue_detail.aspx?program=2890|archive-date=10 July 2011}} where she returned to the violin playing of her youth.

In 2015,{{Cite web |title=Peanut & Crumb Limited |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09381802 |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=Companies House}} Derham partnered with BAFTA-nominated producer Jane Gerber to found Peanut & Crumb,{{Cite web |title=Team |url=https://peanutandcrumb.com/team/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Peanut & Crumb |language=en-GB}} a Brighton-based multiplatform studio that produces branded content, podcasts and broadcast programmes.

Personal life

Derham plays the violin.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/katie-derham-i-feel-i-have-got-a-part-of-myself-back-2055162.html|title=Katie Derham: 'I feel I have got a part of myself back'|location=London|newspaper=The Independent|date=18 August 2010|access-date=3 August 2016}} She married restaurateur John Vincent in 1999; he had proposed on the night they met.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/how-leon-founder-john-vincent-learnt-to-live-more-sustainably-cqrffnrm0|title=How Leon founder John Vincent learnt to live more sustainably|magazine=The Sunday Times Magazine|date=10 November 2019|author=Matt Rudd}} {{subscription required}} They have two daughters and live in Horsted Keynes, near Haywards Heath, Sussex.{{Cite web |last=Flind |first=Louise |date=2022-02-08 |title=Why Sussex-based TV broadcaster Katie Derham plays her dog 'whale music' to calm his nerves |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/katie-derham-plays-dog-calming-music-8676230 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Great British Life |language=en-UK}}

References

External links

{{Twitter|thekatiederham|Katie Derham}}
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tp0c In Tune] (BBC Radio 3)
[https://www.noelgay.com/client/katie-derham/ Katie Derham] at Noel Gay
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Z2C4BynRXkh4s9ZBHQy3M/katie-derham Katie Derham] at Radio 3
{{IMDb name|id=1256953|name=Katie Derham}}

{{Succession box|

before= None |

title= Host of ITV News at 1:30 |

years= 2004–2010 |

after= Alastair Stewart |

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{{Succession box|

before= Katie Derham |

title= Female host of London Tonight (ITV) |

years= 2004–2010 |

after= Nina Hossain |

}}