Education and early career
Nightingale was born in Scarborough, the third of four daughters. She moved to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, when she was four and ten years later she moved to Devon. [1] She was privately educated at Danesfield School in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, [2] St Margaret's School, an independent school for girls in Exeter, [3] and King Edward VI School in Totnes, Devon. She obtained a BA in English from Bedford College, University of London. [4] [5]
She began her career in journalism as a presenter and writer on World Business Satellite for TV Tokyo. [6] She then went on to work for BBC World's World Business Report as a presenter and writer, covering economic and corporate news. [7] Nightingale also worked for Reuters Financial Television in 1994 as a presenter on an early morning financial programme. [6] [8] [9]
TV career
2000s
Nightingale anchored ITV's holiday programme Wish You Were Here...? from 1999 to 2001, [10] [13] and also presented The Really Good Food Show. [10]
In 2001, Nightingale was promoted to the ITV Evening News . She was also part of the ITN team covering the 2001 general election. [13]
Nightingale has also fronted various ITV programmes including: Holidays Undercover in 2006, [11] The Girl Who Would Be Queen, [11] and Diana – A Service of Thanksgiving in 2007. [14]
2010s
Nightingale was an occasional presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News and ITV News weekend bulletins, and previously acted as a relief presenter on ITV News at Ten before the programme's restructure in October 2015. [15]
In April 2011, she took over from Mark Nicholas [16] as the host of the ITV daytime cookery programme Britain's Best Dish . [17]
On 23 September 2012, she presented William & Kate: The South Seas Tour on ITV. [18]
On 13 December 2016, it was announced Nightingale would become the sole presenter of the ITV Evening News from January 2017 onwards. [19]
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