Kirsty Young
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 55 |
| Date of birth | November 23,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | East Kilbride |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Nick Jones |
| Parents | Joe Jackson |
| Children | Freya Jones |
| Iona Jones | |
| Height | 170 (cm) |
| Movies/Shows | Crimewatch UK |
| The British at Work | |
| The People Versus | |
| ITV Evening News | |
| Style Challenge | |
| Siblings | Laura Ewing |
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| ID | 407054 |
Kirsty Young Life story
Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television and radio presenter. From 2006 to 2018 she was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. She presented Crimewatch on BBC One from 2008 to 2015.
Kirsty Young: Former Desert Island Discs presenter reveals 'awful' experience with chronic pain
...Broadcaster Kirsty Young has spoken about her " awful" experience of chronic pain, which led her to take a four-year break from presenting...
Desert Island Discs: Blanchett, Spielberg and Young to appear on festive specials
...Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett and Steven Spielberg, and former BBC presenter Kirsty Young will appear on Desert Island Discs in a series of festive specials next month...
The Queen's funeral watched by 25 million viewers in UK
... Kirsty Young was also on the BBC presenting teamon Monday, while Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham led the coverage on ITV...
The Queen's funeral: How you can watch and listen on Monday
... Coverage on TV will be led by Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young, Fergal Keane, David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth, positioned at locations across London and Windsor...
Elizabeth II: The Queen on screen - nine shows to watch
... " Elsewhere, narrator Kirsty Young tells the story of both the private and public sides of the Queen s reign in her warm, authoritative style...
Platinum Jubilee concert: Diana Ross and Queen to perform for the Queen
... " Kirsty Young and Roman Kemp will host live coverage of the concert, which will be broadcast on BBC One, iPlayer and Radio 2...
Desert Island Discs 'greatest radio show of all time'
... Genius format Desert Island Discs is currently presented by Lauren Laverne, who is filling in while Kirsty Young is being treated for fibromyalgia...
The Queen's funeral watched by 25 million viewers in UK
The Queen 's funeral on Monday was watched by More Than 25 million viewers in the UK, Making It one of the country's biggest ever TV events.
More Than 50 UK Channels broadcast The Service , as The Nation paused to pay a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth Ii .
The Audience across the three main Channels - Bbc One , Bbc Two and Itv - peaked at 25. 3 million at 12:25 BST.
That was during The Procession After Her coffin had been carried out of the Westminster Abbey funeral service.
The Overnight figures from ratings body Barb do not include all viewers watching through streaming apps like Bbc Iplayer and Itv Player, or those who saw it on big screens outdoors or in cinemas, churches or pubs.
In Comparison , Princess Diana 's funeral in 1997 had More Than 32 million UK viewers.
A similar number are thought to have watched England's World Cup victory in 1966, although that occurred before the modern TV ratings system began.
Almost 27. 7 million watched Boris Johnson 's Prime Ministerial statement on 10 May 2020, when he set out a plan to ease The First Covid lockdown.
And the London 2012 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies each attracted almost 24. 5 million viewers.
Monday's royal funeral was shown live across most Bbc Channels - with a signed version on Bbc Two - and all Itv and Sky stations.
Children's Channels CBBC and CBeebies stuck with their usual programmes, while Channel 5 broadcast the Emoji Movie and Stuart Little - Drawing both criticism and praise from parents online.
Channel 4 chose to broadcast The Queen 's coronation from 1953 and other royal documentaries.
Most commercial Channels did not air adverts on The Day , meaning the increased viewing did not result in a financial benefit.
The Bbc 's coverage of The Funeral and processions through London was anchored by Huw Edwards , with David Dimbleby Taking Over when The Cortege reached Windsor for a later committal service.
Dimbleby was following in the footsteps of his father Richard, who played a similar on-air role at The Funeral of George Vi in 1952 and The Queen 's coronation The Following year.
Kirsty Young was also on The Bbc presenting teamon Monday, while Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham led the coverage on Itv . Anna Botting and Dermot Murnaghan were on air for Sky, and Alastair Stewart led the GB News team.
" This Was a reminder Once Again of what quality national broadcasters we have, " " From Fergal Keane 's gentle, poetic voiceover to Alastair Bruce's wealth of knowledge on Sky News , none of them messed up or misspoke despite the huge potential to do so during such a long, nerve-racking live event. "
Many observers commended the commentators for knowing when To Let the pictures and sounds of the occasion tell The Story .
" The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth Ii was at its most poignant, and its most beautiful, when the broadcasters said nothing at all, "
Hundreds of millions more are likely to have watched around The World , with Piers Morgan providing commentary on Fox News in the US and Christiane Amanpour among the line-up on Cnn .
Source of news: bbc.com
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