Katie Derham
Katie presents The Full Works Hall of Fame, every Saturday at 3pm. Find out more about her here.
Biography
As well as being a Classic FM presenter, Katie Derham is a newscaster for ITV News. Before going to ITN, Katie spent four years with the BBC, where she started her journalistic career as a researcher on Radio 4's 'Moneybox'. In 1995 she won the Bradford and Bingley Best Personal Finance Broadcaster Award for her work as a presenter on Radio 5 Live's 'Moneycheck' programme. She also edited Radio 4's Financial World Tonight programme.
She moved across to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and subsequently became a reporter for 'Film ‘96' and 'Film ‘97', interviewing many of the top names of American and UK cinema before joining ITV where she was Media and Arts Editor.
Fact File
Place of Birth:
Canterbury
Favourite piece of music:
Rhapsody in Blue
Favourite composer:
Most embarassing on air moment:
Telling the nation that the next news was at five to sex!
How do you relax:
Watching movies, playing the piano, messing around with the kids
Words of wisdom:
You can do it!
