UK Award Ceremony Hosts Beyond The Comedian

Mark Jones

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Black-tie awards and gala dinners that need to run to the minute.

Maryam Moshiri

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Corporate and industry awards that need broadcast-grade authority.

Mark Durden-Smith

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Big-room ceremonies that need pace and warmth in equal measure.

David Meade

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Award nights that need something happening between the categories.

Carol Kirkwood

Carol Kirkwood has presented the weather on BBC Breakfast for over two decades and has nine Television and Radio Industry Club awards for it. She hosts with the same warmth that makes her recognisable on television, and she is a Sunday Times bestselling author. A safe pair of hands for charity galas and ceremonies with a broad, mixed audience.

Stephen Mulhern

Stephen Mulhern is a BAFTA-winning presenter and magician with thirteen series of Britain’s Got More Talent behind him, plus Catchphrase, Deal Or No Deal and four Royal Variety Performances. His corporate hosting clients include Mercedes, Co-Op, Kia, Aviva and Iceland. Book him when you want the audience taking part rather than watching.

Danni Hewson

Danni Hewson is Head of Financial Analysis at AJ Bell and spent two decades in broadcasting, including presenting Wake Up To Money on BBC Radio 5 Live. She knows the finance audience well enough to make the category descriptions land rather than reading them out. Strong for financial services, property and business awards.

Hannah Prevett

Hannah Prevett is Associate Business Editor of The Sunday Times and co-hosts The Business podcast with Dominic O’Connell. She interviews founders and chief executives for a living, which shows in how she handles winners once they are on stage. Good for entrepreneurship, scale-up and leadership awards.

Alysia Judge

Alysia Judge hosts the BAFTA Games Awards and has reported on gaming for Netflix, the BBC, The Guardian, Disney, Sky and Nintendo. She is fluent in the studios, names and history of the industry, which a gaming room picks up on within about a minute. Book her for gaming, tech and digital ceremonies.

Afua Hagan

Afua Hagan is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster with credits across ITV, Sky News and CNN, and a royal commentator for CTV News. She is as comfortable chairing a panel as running a room, and her 2024 TEDx talk on race and representation in British media is a good sample of how she speaks. Strong for ceremonies with a diversity, inclusion or social mobility focus.

Shehab Khan

Shehab Khan is a political correspondent and presenter for ITV News who has interviewed four British Prime Ministers. He MCs events alongside the newsroom job, and he brings the credibility that public sector, policy and membership organisation awards tend to want at the front of the room.

Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE

Baroness Ayesha Hazarika hosts Weekend Drivetime on Times Radio and sits in the House of Lords, after years as a political adviser. She is funny without needing a set, and she reads a room quickly. Good for ceremonies where the audience skews political, public sector or media.

Phil Tufnell

Phil Tufnell played 42 Tests for England, captained on A Question of Sport and won I’m a Celebrity. He hosts with the relaxed charm that comes from years of live television, which suits sporting dinners and trade nights where a formal tone would sit oddly.

Ben Keene

Ben Keene founded Rebel Book Club and an eco-village in Fiji, and has hosted events for clients including Samsung and Airbnb, as well as for PepTalk. His style is calm and conversational, which suits ceremonies where storytelling and connection matter as much as the trophies. Good for purpose-led, sustainability and community awards.