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Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark (born 3 February 1955) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting the BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review (later The Review Show) from 2002 to 2014.
Wark was born in Dumfries to Jimmy Wark, a solicitor, and Roberta Wark, a schoolteacher. Wark was educated at Kilmarnock Grammar Primary and subsequently Ayr's independent Wellington School. After studying history at the University of Edinburgh, Wark joined the BBC in 1976 as a graduate researcher for BBC Radio Scotland, before promotion a year later as producer of Good Morning Scotland and current affairs programmes.
Wark switched to television in 1982, producing BBC Scotland's lunchtime political programme Agenda and current affairs series Current Account. After a stint as a news editor for Reporting Scotland, she moved into presenting, fronting Seven Days and Left, Right and Centre for BBC Scotland, before moving to network television as part of the Breakfast Time presenting team. In 1988, she was one of the first reporters to cover the Lockerbie disaster. In 1990, Wark demonstrated her distinctive line of questioning in an interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Wark was a presenter on BBC2 arts programme The Late Show (from 1990–3) and the heritage programme One Foot in the Past.
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Subscribe now for more! http://bit.ly/1KyA9sV Kirsty Wark chats to Christine about her new documentary 'The Menopause and Me' and her efforts to get more women to talk about the menopause. Broadcast on 20/04/17 Like, follow and subscribe to Lorraine! Website: http://bit.ly/1E6BlKW YouTube: http://bit.ly/18cHdtx Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1E6Bhep Twitter: http://bit.ly/1wvn4dp Lorraine brings you up-to-date topical stories, the biggest celebrity interviews and tasty recipes as well as finger-on-the-pulse fashion tips and health advice from Dr Hilary Jones. Presenter Lorraine Kelly welcomes guests in her warm and friendly studio setting, where the likes of Mark Heyes, Dan Wootton and John Whaite share knowledge in their expert fields. Join Lorraine every weekday on ITV at 8.30am. http://...
Watch Kirsty Wark presenting Newsnight in a very short mini dress showing off her amazing legs!
The Halloween edition of Newsnight ends with Kirsty Wark's and dancers from Tiffany Theatre College giving a rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Kirsty Wark tries out being grey for one day and speaks to Mary Beard about the significance of women (and men) choosing to keep their hair grey. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for highlights and bonus videos http://bbc.in/1iouM30 Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsnight for the latest updates on #newsnight Add us on Snapchat - our username is 'BBCNewsnight' And follow on Facebook for our best material, an early heads up on what's coming up, and to join in our debates https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark went to meet author Irvine Welsh ahead of the long awaited sequel to Trainspotting, to find out what made Trainspotting an overnight sensation and what to expect from T2. WARNING: This report contains violence, flashing lights and very strong language... Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04hzncs Team captain Lee Mack and guests Bruno Tonioli and Adam Buxton grill Newsnight's Kirsty Wark over her claim that Jeremy Paxman wouldn't talk to her after she used his Snoopy mug.
Is it fair at students leave university now with thousands of pounds of debt? Kirsty Wark quizzes Universities Minister Jo Johnson. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
here's Kirsty of Wark on Newsnight showing a lot more than her intelligence. I'm unsure whether female presenters on BBC2's late evening news based show have it written into their contract that they be allowed to show as much leg as they can get away with or maybe their employers state female presenters can only present under the condition that showing flesh is both necessary and pertinent to the programme. Yay or nay both Kirsty and particularly Emily (Maitlis) do appear fairly regularly in thigh revealing skirts and dresses
Kirsty Wark interviews Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, the Shadow Attorney General, about Jeremy Corbyn's 2017 relaunch, and asks where he stands on immigration and pay caps. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
In which Sister Ann suggests that she may have been black, and possibly invented Kirsty Wark. Created by Layla Atkinson & Richard Barnett Written by Laura Solon Starring Katherine Parkinson and Laura Solon Director: Layla Atkinson Producer: Richard Barnett Animated by: Aaron Lampert, Ed Barrett, Borris De Leeuwe, Chris Cray, Ellen Kleiven, Jamie Demetriadi, Jon Clarke, Malcolm Mole, Michael Rokes, Nick Appleton, Pedro Lino, Sheetal Thankey. Sound Design: Barnaby Templer Audio Post: Fonic Foley: John Fewell and Jason Shermer Compositing: Alasdair Brotherson Script Advisor: Davina Earl Producer for BBC: Matt Holt Exec Producer: Will Saunders Production Company: Trunk Animation for BBC
Heather Brooke debates changes to the UK FOI regime on BBC Newsnight, with Jonathan Baume of the First Division Association. Chaired by Kirsty Wark.
Kirsty Wark gives an insight into the publishing phenomenon that is JK Rowling. (BBC World)
Music package produced for BBC2 prime-time food-based quiz show, for Silver River TV. Presented by Kirsty Wark.
In the 1990s, Bekonscot was featured on the title sequence of a super BBC series called "One Foot in the Past" - a magazine programme about Britain's historic buildings. In this feature, Kirsty Wark shows how the model village phenomenon took hold in Britain. Footage includes Southport Land of the Little People, Babbabcombe Model Village in Torquay and more. We're grateful for the BBC allowing us to have this recording - thanks everyone - it's the only TV piece on model villages of Britain that we've seen. More info at www.bekonscot.co.uk Bekonscot is the world's oldest true model village - having been started in 1929 in Beaconsfield, England. We're still here now, having probably more fun than we should whilst at work. It's a super place to come with the family - we're only a few mile...
With Kirsty Wark and Gavin Esler as anchors for the Business Conference in March 2011, this was a good chance to prepare a short "Paul Mason" piece to camera about inflation and economic prospects in the UK. Oil averaged $111 Brent crude basis in 2011 and CPI inflation averaged just under 5% by the final quarter of the year.
A Showcase event hosted by Kirsty Wark on Monday 11 November 2013, celebrating both the completion of the ten short films commissioned by Channel 4 for their Random Acts artist film strand and the partnership between BALTIC and NFM through which the films were made. The event showcased an exemplary boundary-challenging and multi-partner project, offering guests the opportunity to learn first-hand from the institutional and creative players involved. Hosted by journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark, the evening included: • A cinematic screening of all of the NFM and BALTIC Random Acts films • In-conversation discussions with a selection of the artists and filmmakers involved, revealing the creative process and discoveries involved in making their Random Acts films • A panel discussi...
Kirsty Wark interviews reclusive American author Donna Tartt about her new novel 'The Goldfinch'
Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark went to meet author Irvine Welsh ahead of the long awaited sequel to Trainspotting, to find out what made Trainspotting an overnight sensation and what to expect from T2. WARNING: This report contains violence, flashing lights and very strong language... Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
Newsnight examines the fall out from the leak of thousands of top secret documents by whistleblower Edward Snowden and Kirsty Wark interviews Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and Baroness Neville-Jones, former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Kirsty Wark interviews Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, the Shadow Attorney General, about Jeremy Corbyn's 2017 relaunch, and asks where he stands on immigration and pay caps. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
Former CIA director John Brennan talks to Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark about President Trump’s travel ban, the threat from North Korea, and the notion of a Deep State. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
http://www.dayofsmallthings.co.uk/ BAFTA Winner Kirsty Wark talks about achievement being a balance and finding an ease as much as anything else. 'Day of Small Things' is an ongoing documentary project about the relativity of achievement. Over the last couple of years I have asked a range of people from fashion designers to philosophers how they define success and how our society’s vision of achievement is problematic. With over 70 hours of footage from sources like Booker Prize winners, top notch research scientists, Hollywood actors, and ordinary people who have achieved extraordinary things, the film aims to prove that achievement is as much about overcoming the obstacles directly in front of you as it is about having big dreams. It is my aim to create a film that will encourage peopl...
Sex, Art and Death have been the mainstay of British director Peter Greenaway's films, depicted in glorious painterly detail in movies such as 'The Draughtsman's Contract' and 'The Cook The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover'. His latest work, 'Golztius and the Pelican Company', explores the idea of sex eroticism and religious hypocrisy through the prism of six bible stories involving taboos such as incest and paedophilia. The hero narrator is 16th century Dutch engraver Hendrik Goltzius, who stages the stories in order to get a possible patron, to cough up for a revolutionary new printing press. Kirsty Wark met Peter Greenaway at The National Gallery in London where the film is being screened - they met in front of 'Jupiter and Antiope' by Goltzius himself.
Polished, professional and downright hilarious political satire from some of Britain's most impressive impressionists. Watch here for a fantastic spoof version of a Newsnight interview between Kirsty Wark and Ken Livingston from the BBC show Dead Ringers.
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp sits down for an interview with Kristy Wark to talk about LEGO's aim to promote creation. He explains how LEGO has transformed from a company about physically building at home to having an online experience through animated LEGO videos online.
Salmond has just exposed Tony Blair's secret 'Deal in the Desert'. Interview from June 2007.
I interview News Night's Kirsty Wark and get some pointers on how to improve your chances in journalism.
A taster of an interview with Kirsty Wark by Katherine Nathan of Ratchet Films, in which she talks about her first novel The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle and her career as a broadcaster and writer. Coming soon to http://bookanista.com
Kirsty Wark talks to Katherine Nathan about her debut novel The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle: “I’ve spent most of my adult life reviewing books on television and I felt I’ve been privileged enough to do that, so I just need to put my own head on the block… there were people who said to me, would you not prefer to write under a pseudonym? And I said absolutely not. You have to stand by your words.”