1. Katie Derham was born on 18 June 1970 in Canterbury, Kent to Margaret, a teacher, and John Katie Derham, a chemist for Pfizer and godson of the Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira.
14 Facts About Katie Derham
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Katie Derham was educated at a primary school in Sandbach and privately educated at Cheadle Hulme School where she took A-Levels in French, History and Economics.
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Katie Derham then read economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA.
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Katie Derham began her broadcasting career at the BBC, starting as a researcher on Radio 4's Money Box.
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Katie Derham moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was a reporter on the long-running Film.
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In 1998, Katie Derham joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News.
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Katie Derham co-presented the ITV London news programme London Tonight.
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Katie Derham hosted her final ITV News programme on 25 June 2010.
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Katie Derham has an arts brief, including fronting the coverage of the Proms for BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 3.
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Katie Derham is a presenter of Radio 3's Afternoon on 3 and Breakfast programmes, having previously presented the Hall of Fame Concert on Classic FM.
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Katie Derham makes an occasional guest presenter appearance on Saturday Live.
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Since 2017, Katie Derham has been a presenter on In Tune on BBC Radio 3.
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Katie Derham hosted the Classic Brit Awards ceremony four times from 2001 to 2004.
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Katie Derham married restaurateur John Vincent in 1999; he had proposed on the night they met.