Katie Derham

Katie Derham
Derham at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
Born	Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham (1970-06-18) 18 June 1970 (age 53) Canterbury, Kent, England
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Journalist, television presenter
Notable credit(s)	BBC Radio 3 ITN/ITV News
Spouse	John Vincent ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2

Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham ^[1] (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). ^[2] The family moved to Cheshire within a year of her birth, and she grew up in Wilmslow. ^{[3] [4]} 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). ^[5]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

ITN (1998–2010)

In 1998 she joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News and, at the age of 27, became the youngest newscaster on British national television since ITN's creation in 1955. ^[6] In 2004, Derham 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[7]

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. ^[8] Derham also makes an occasional guest presenter appearance on Saturday Live . ^[9]

In August 2015 the BBC announced that Derham would appear in the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing . ^[10] 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. ^[11]

In August 2016 Derham presented The Girl from Ipanema, a documentary for BBC Four. ^[12] 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. ^{[13] [14]}

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 , ^[15] where she learnt to conduct orchestral, choral and operatic music; and, in 2010, in the factual entertainment programme First Love, ^[16] where she returned to the violin playing of her youth.

In 2015, ^[17] Derham partnered with BAFTA-nominated producer Jane Gerber to found Peanut & Crumb, ^[18] a Brighton-based multiplatform studio that produces branded content, podcasts and broadcast programmes.

Personal life

Derham plays the violin. ^[19] She married restaurateur John Vincent in 1999; he had proposed on the night they met. ^[20] They have two daughters and live in Horsted Keynes, near Haywards Heath, Sussex. ^[21]

References

1. Rich Pelley (11 September 2010). "One last thing... Katie Derham". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
2. "Sunday Feature: Brazilian Modernist Godfather". BBC Radio 3 . 10 September 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
3. Who's Who 2009
4. Duncan A. "Proms Queen", Radio Times (7–13 August 2010), p. 30 (BBC Magazines)
5. "Newsreader Katie Derham remembers her time at Cambridge". University of Cambridge. 26 April 1999. Archived from the original on 27 July 2001. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
6. "Katie Derham | Broadcaster". December 2019.
7. James Robinson (21 April 2010). "Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
8. "Traveller's Tree - About the Programme". BBC Radio 4. 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
9. "Katie Derham". In Tune– via BBC Radio 3.
10. "BBC's Katie Derham joins Strictly lineup". Digital Spy. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
11. "Katie Derham & Brendan Cole win Strictly Christmas Special 2017". BBC. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
12. "The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach". BBC Four . 1 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
13. "Katie Derham moves to In Tune on BBC Radio 3". RadioToday. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
14. "In Tune Presenters: Katie Derham". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
15. "Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
16. "Five famous faces embark on an emotional journey into their past as they rekindle their first musical love". First Love. Electric Sky. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011– via Sky Arts 1 HD.
17. "Peanut & Crumb Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
18. "Team". Peanut & Crumb. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
19. "Katie Derham: 'I feel I have got a part of myself back'". The Independent . London. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
20. Matt Rudd (10 November 2019). "How Leon founder John Vincent learnt to live more sustainably". The Sunday Times Magazine .(subscription required)
21. Flind, Louise (8 February 2022). "Why Sussex-based TV broadcaster Katie Derham plays her dog 'whale music' to calm his nerves". Great British Life. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

External links

• Katie Derham on Twitter
• In Tune (BBC Radio 3)
• Katie Derham at Noel Gay
• Katie Derham at Radio 3
• Katie Derham at IMDb

Preceded by None	Host of ITV News at 1:30 2004–2010	Succeeded by Alastair Stewart
Preceded by Katie Derham	Female host of London Tonight (ITV) 2004–2010	Succeeded by Nina Hossain