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Bring insight, authority, and wit to your event with Kirsty Wark, one of Britain’s most respected broadcasters, offering sharp perspective, cultural depth, and polished hosting drawn from three decades of Newsnight expertise and multiple BAFTA recognitions.
Kirsty Wark is a leading British television journalist, presenter, and writer, best known for three decades at the helm of BBC Newsnight and for her authoritative interviewing style across news, politics, and the arts. Kirsty began her career at BBC Scotland, moving to BBC Two’s The Late Show before joining Newsnight in 1993, a role she held until stepping down after the 2024 General Election. Over this period, she became one of the most recognisable figures in British current affairs broadcasting, known for holding senior politicians and public figures to account with calm precision and rigour.
Alongside political journalism, Kirsty has sustained an influential presence in arts and cultural broadcasting. She hosted The Review Show for more than a decade and continues to present a wide range of BBC arts documentaries and cultural history series, including The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland. On radio, she is the long-standing host of Radio 4’s The Reunion and a regular presenter of Start the Week.
Her interviews span literature, film, music, and visual arts, reflecting a rare breadth across public life. Kirsty is also an established novelist, with The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle and The House By The Loch achieving critical and commercial success. Her contribution to broadcasting has been recognised with multiple BAFTA awards and a lifetime achievement award at the 2024 RTS Journalism Awards. For events, Kirsty brings exceptional authority, clarity, and warmth as a host, chair, and after-dinner speaker. Audiences gain insight into public affairs, media, and culture, while organisations benefit from her credibility, interviewing skill, and ability to guide complex conversations with confidence and balance.
Book Kirsty to bring gravitas, intelligence, and polished professionalism to your next event.
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To book Kirsty Wark, email kirsty.wark@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Kirsty's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Kirsty Wark draws on three decades of broadcast interviewing to structure her sessions around direct, evidence-based questioning of public figures, applied to live event conversations with the same rigour she brought to Newsnight.
Kirsty Wark's sessions span political journalism, arts and cultural broadcasting, and media craft. She presented BBC Newsnight for over three decades and received a lifetime achievement award at the 2024 RTS Journalism Awards.
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