Person
Kirsty Wark
Acting · Born 1955-02-03 · Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE is a British journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014. Wark was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.
Known for
Doctor Who
Kirsty Wark
Newsnight
1980
Black Mirror
Award Presenter
The One Show
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
Omnibus
1967
Good Omens
Television Newsreader
Spooks
Newsnight Presenter
Absolutely Fabulous
Self
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Filmography
- 2025City Lights: Pure Dead BrilliantSelf
- 2025Forensics: Murder CaseSelf - Presenter
- 2024Joan Rivers at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Douglas Is CancelledInterviewer
- 2023Lives Well LivedSelf - Presenter
- 2023The Women Who Changed Modern ScotlandSelf
- 2021The Weakest LinkSelf
- 2021Bridget Riley: Painting the LineHerself - Interviewer
- 2021The Years that Changed Modern ScotlandSelf - Presenter
- 2019Good OmensTelevision Newsreader
- 2019Joe Lycett's Got Your BackSelf
- 2018Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018Self
- 2018The Many Primes of Muriel SparkHerself - Presenter
- 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant
- 2017Carnage: Swallowing the PastHerself
- 2017Walks with My DogSelf
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieKirsty Wark
- 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside StorySelf - Presenter
- 2013Was It Something I Said?Self - Narrator
- 2013Tipping Point: Lucky StarsSelf - Contestant
- 2013The Politician's HusbandHerself
- 2013The Great Comic Relief Bake OffSelf - Contestant
- 2011Black MirrorAward Presenter
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2010Home Movie Roadshow
- 2010The Review Show
- 2009A Question of Genius
- 2008My Family at WarSelf
- 2007The Book Quiz
- 2007Would I Lie to You?Self
- 2007Party Animals
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2006Newsnight Review
- 2006The IT CrowdHerself
- 2005Doctor WhoKirsty Wark
- 2004Cast & Crew: If....Self - Presenter
- 2004Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty WarkSelf
- 2003The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett StoryNarrator
- 2002SpooksNewsnight Presenter
- 2001J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and MeNarrator
- 2001Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of SeeingSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulHost
- 2001Empire of the Nude: The Victorian NudeNarrator
- 1994Room 101Self - Guest
- 1992Absolutely FabulousSelf
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- 1980Newsnight
- 1967Omnibus
- —Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist
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