Kylie Pentelow

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Kylie Pentelow
Born
Kylie Ann Pentelow

(1979-06-29) 29 June 1979 (age 44)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Occupation(s) Journalist, television presenter
Spouse Brady Haran
Children1
Website Official website

Kylie Ann Pentelow (born 29 June 1979) is an English journalist and television news presenter, presenting for BBC News. She was a presenter of ITV News West Country and the ITV Weekend News until September 2023, before joining the BBC.

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Education and career

Pentelow was educated at the Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. After graduating from the University of Sheffield with an MA in journalism, [1] her first post was as a reporter for the Bath Chronicle . [2] She then joined BBC Points West as a video journalist, [3] and after joining the BBC graduate training scheme undertook postings in BBC local radio in Oxford and Birmingham, before moving back to television with the BBC News Channel. [1] She then became a reporter/presenter for BBC East Midlands Today. [3]

Pentelow then moved to ITV becoming the North America news correspondent for the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak , where she was primarily based in New York City. [1]

In July 2013, she became a co-presenter of the ITV West Country regional news programme ITV News West Country . [4]

On 3 May 2014 she made her debut presenting the ITV Weekend News for ITN.

In August 2017, she presented How Safe is a Sun Tan?: Tonight on ITV.

On 4 February 2019 she began fronting Wales at Six for ITV Cymru Wales, on a year long secondment. [5]

From 3 March 2020 she co-presented a 4 part series Dr Ranj On Call on ITV. [6]

In April 2021 and May 2021 she made her debut presenting the ITV Lunchtime News and the ITV Evening News respectively.

Pentelow left ITV in September 2023. [7] Although she did not announce where she was going, she appeared as a presenter on BBC News on 26 October 2023 for the first time since her departure in 2013. [8]

Personal life

She lives in Bristol with her husband, YouTuber and podcaster Brady Haran. They have one son and a Chihuahua named Audrey. [9] She owns a classic 1970 Carlight caravan, on which she created a self-produced YouTube-chronicled restoration series. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kylie Pentelow". Noelgay.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kylie Pentelow to join ITV News West Country". Bath Chronicle. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kylie Pentelow (17 June 2008). "East Midlands Today – Presenters – Kylie Pentelow". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "New presenter joins ITV News West Country | West Country (E) – ITV News". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Who is Kylie Pentelow, who's replaced Andrea Byrne on ITV Wales? Wales Online, 4 February 2019
  6. ↑ Dr Ranj On Call: Who are Kylie Pentelow and Dr Ranj as they present new ITV series? Megan Nisbet, Wales Online, 3 March 2020
  7. ↑ "Presenter Kylie Pentelow says goodbye to ITV West Country after 10 years". 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "BBC - BBC News [World] (1155BST - Close - Kylie Pentelow rejoins BBC News". 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Is your dog acting strangely during the coronavirus lockdown?". itv.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "kyliecaravan". YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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