McGovern started at the BBC doing work experience on the Tomorrow's World programme, before securing part-time employment as a researcher in current affairs. She became the main producer for daily financial news on the Today programme on Radio 4, before becoming the lead producer of business news on the BBC's One, Six and Ten O'Clock news bulletins, working with the then business editor, Robert Peston.[citation needed]
McGovern has presented BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up to Money andOn the Money and was BBC Breakfast's main business presenter beginning in 2011,[21] as well as a regular presenter of the entire show. She presented Pocket Money Pitch for CBBC.[22]
McGovern serving as a moderator at an UNCTAD conference in 2013
Since March 2016, she has co-presented the consumer series Shop Well for Less with Alex Jones for BBC One. In 2018, McGovern presented a six-part BBC series called Made in Great Britain.[23][24]
In October 2018, McGovern stated that she found Donald Trump "creepy" after he referred to her as "beautiful" during an interview in 2012. She is said to have brushed off Trump's comments by telling him she had heard "better lines" in Middlesbrough's Club Bongo.[25]
McGovern went on maternity leave from BBC Breakfast on 4 September 2019.[26] On 21 October, it was announced that she would be leaving the BBC to join Channel 4.[27] She had been expected to host The Steph Show from spring 2020 at Channel 4's then-new base in Leeds,[28] however the COVID-19 pandemic meant that she began presenting The Steph Show from her front room on 30 March 2020.[29] The show eventually launched on 14 September 2020 as Steph's Packed Lunch.[citation needed]
In 2021, she was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,[30] recognised as a "tireless champion for engineering and vocational skills".[31]
McGovern was a contestant in the second series of The Masked Dancer under the stage name 'Tomato Sauce'. Her first appearance was on 10 September 2022 (Episode 2) and she was voted off on 1 October 2022 (Episode 5).[33] She also hosts industrial events.[34]
McGovern hosts The Rest Is Money podcast with her friend Robert Peston.[35]
In September 2024, McGovern announced she had joined the cast of the upcoming BBC LGBTQ+ comedy Smoggie Queens, in her first acting role.[36]
McGovern is a former champion Irish dancer and still often attends international competitions, where she helps to coach dancers.[39][40]
McGovern has dated both men and women, explaining in 2021, "I've never officially come out... I didn't do this big thing of 'I am gay' like my mate Reg did... I just kind of go with the flow of things, and I did not really overthink it."[41] She confirmed, on 14 July 2019, that she was pregnant[42] and that she and her girlfriend were expecting their first child.[43] On 4 November 2019, McGovern gave birth to a girl.[44][45] She lives in North Tyneside.[46]
↑ "Welcome". Young Engineers - The National Network of Science, Engineering and Technology Clubs. Archived from the original on 12 December 1998. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
↑ "Destinations - Stephanie McGovern, Presenter for BBC Breakfast News". Post 16. Macmillan Academy. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2021. Steph was a Post 16 student from 1998-2000. She studied A Level Maths, Physics, Design Technology and Business Studies. In Post 16, she showed a keen interest in journalism and often presented the academy news, she is now a lead presenter and journalist on the BBC Breakfast News.
↑ "Steph McGovern". Alumni. Macmillan Academy Post 16. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
↑ "UTC Reading student wins Young Engineer for Britain award". UTC Reading. Retrieved 5 December 2021. ...Adam joined the YEB Mentoring Programme...mentored by...National Physical Laboratory in London...Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers...British Library...Young Engineers. ...at the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in Birmingham...At the end of the competition, Adam was presented with the Young Engineers Award for Craftsmanship.
↑ Clarke, J. C.; Clothier, P. R. (September 2009). "Young Engineer for Britain". Studies in Design Education Craft & Technology. 14 (2). Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021. The Young Engineer for Britain contest attracted the attention of schools throughout Britain and in this article we present accounts by teachers and students of two of the successful schools, The Robert Clack School at Dagenham and the Westwood School in the London Borough of Bexley.
↑ "Top award for teen scientist". Gazette and Herald. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 4 December 2021. HELPING...scientist Philip Jales a top industry award from the Engineering Employers' Federation...spent the past year gaining work experience at Dstl Porton Down in Wiltshire as part of the Year in Industry scheme. The scheme gives young people a taste of the engineering and manufacturing industry in a gap year between A levels and university.... regional Year in Industry Awards held at the EEF (Western) headquarters in Bristol. He scooped the EEF Contribution to the Business Award...
↑ "Industry awards recognise students' contribution". Cambridge Network. Cambridge Network Limited. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021. The EEF/Year in Industry Awards will be hosted again at Microsoft Cambridge Research on 21st June 2006.
↑ "Great expectations". Lancashire Telegraph. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 5 December 2021. TWO local schools exceeded all expectations when three of their bright young inventors were chosen to compete for the coveted title of Young Engineer for Britain 2000.
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