Vick Hope hosted the 2022 Women's Prize For Fiction podcast series after she was on the 2021 judging panel.
40 Facts About Vick Hope
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Vick Hope previously hosted the Capital Breakfast show on Capital FM with Roman Kemp and Sonny Jay, Crufts on Channel 4, Carnage on Sky One, Trending Live on 4Music, and FYI Daily on ITV2.
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Vick Hope was a backstage presenter for ITV's The X Factor in 2019 after becoming the digital reporter for The Voice UK in 2018.
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Vick Hope has worked as a print and broadcast journalist for ITN and publications including The Argentina Independent and Marie Claire.
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In 2017 Vick Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards.
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Vick Hope is a human rights activist and Amnesty International ambassador, having worked with the organisation since she was 16.
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Vick Hope was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne by her English father, Nigel Vick Hope, and Nigerian mother, Adeline Nwosu.
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Vick Hope studied modern languages at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and can speak French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Vick Hope has spoken in interviews about teaching herself Spanish and taking night classes in Newcastle in extra A-Level subjects to win her place at Cambridge.
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Vick Hope's career began during her university "year abroad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where at 19 she became the youngest ever journalist employed by independent English-language newspaper The Argentina Independent, and it was while in Buenos Aires that she was picked up by MTV to present shows for them.
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North left the station in February 2024, and therefore Vick Hope was joined by Thistleton and Jamie Laing from 4 March 2024.
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In 2020, Vick Hope hosted the pre-show red carpet for the BAFTA Film Awards.
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Vick Hope co-hosted the BRIT Awards 2019 International Live Stream on YouTube with Todrick Hall.
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Vick Hope was the backstage presenter for ITV's The X Factor: Celebrity and The X Factor: The Band live final, after hosting The X Factor's spinoff show Xtra Bites.
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In 2018, Vick Hope joined The Voice UK as their backstage reporter having worked for ITV on The Hot Desk and FYI Daily, where she continues to produce and present the showbiz news.
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Vick Hope went on to work further with Sky One and Sky Arts presenting their live coverage of the 2018 Isle of Wight Festival alongside Edith Bowman and Joel Dommett.
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On 27 October 2018, Vick Hope was gunged on CBBC show Saturday Mash Up, after losing a vote.
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Vick Hope presented cycling coverage of the London Nocturne for Channel 4, Sky Sports and Eurosport, and fronted three series of Street Velodrome for BT Sport.
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Vick Hope partook in All Star Netball for BBC's Sport Relief 2019.
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In news and factual programming, Vick Hope continues to work as a news and entertainment reporter for ITN.
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Vick Hope produced her first TV documentary The Slenderman Killings for Channel 5.
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Vick Hope presented the documentary That's Not Me, exploring the use of retouching in fashion photography, which won the BBC Award for Factual Entertainment at the Visions Film Festival.
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Vick Hope controversially criticised her Cha Cha dance exit, blaming judges and production crew for saving comedian Seann Walsh in the dance off.
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Vick Hope was the fourth celebrity to leave the show.
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In February 2022, Vick Hope began co-presenting BBC's Britain's Best Young Artist with Kaiser Chiefs frontman and former art teacher Ricky Wilson.
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On 12 June 2022, Hope presented the first episode of Vick Hope's Breakfast Show; shown on Sunday mornings on ITV, it features celebrities, summer reading recommendations, and cocktail recipes.
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In early 2024, Vick Hope appeared in 10 episodes of the game show Pointless as a guest co-presenter.
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In 2020, Vick Hope released her debut children's novel, Listen Up: Rule the Airwaves, Rule the School.
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Vick Hope is set to publish the sequel later this year.
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Vick Hope writes for various publications including Marie Claire, Shout magazine, and New Teach.
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Vick Hope has worked as a live host for a multitude of events including RuPaul's DragCon UK, the Great North Run, Capital's Summertime Ball, Capital's Jingle Bell Ball, and the 2023 Alpine F1 Team car launch.
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Vick Hope received a TRIC award in 2019 and 2020 for Best Radio Show for Capital Breakfast.
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Vick Hope received a TRIC award for Best Entertainment Show for Strictly Come Dancing in 2019.
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Vick Hope was nominated for Best Entertainment Programme at the 2019 BAFTA Television Awards for her work on Strictly Come Dancing.
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In 2019, Vick Hope was named "Woman Who Changed The Game" by Nike x Football Beyond Borders.
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Vick Hope was consecutively nominated for Favourite TV Personality at the National Reality Television Awards in 2018 and 2019.
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In 2017 Vick Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards.
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Vick Hope has been nominated for an Urban Music Award for her Capital Xtra Weekend Breakfast show, and a Royal Television Society Award for her documentary, That's Not Me, which won a BBC Award For Factual Entertainment.
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Vick Hope is a human rights activist and Amnesty International Ambassador, and hosted the Amnesty stage at the 2018 Women's March in London.
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Vick Hope was previously in a relationship with Friday Night Dinner and Plebs star Tom Rosenthal, which ended in November 2017.