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Kylie Pentelow | |
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Born | Kylie Ann Pentelow 29 June 1979
Northampton,
Northamptonshire, England |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
Spouse | Brady Haran |
Children | 1 |
Website | Official website |
Kylie Ann Pentelow (born 29 June 1979) is an English journalist and television news presenter, presenting for BBC News. She was a presenter of ITV News West Country and the ITV Weekend News until September 2023, before joining the BBC.
Pentelow was educated at the Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. After graduating from the University of Sheffield with an MA in journalism, [1] her first post was as a reporter for the Bath Chronicle. [2] She then joined BBC Points West as a video journalist, [3] and after joining the BBC graduate training scheme undertook postings in BBC local radio in Oxford and Birmingham, before moving back to television with the BBC News Channel. [1] She then became a reporter/presenter for BBC East Midlands Today. [3]
Pentelow then moved to ITV becoming the North America news correspondent for the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak, where she was primarily based in New York City. [1]
In July 2013, she became a co-presenter of the ITV West Country regional news programme ITV News West Country. [4]
On 3 May 2014 she made her debut presenting the ITV Weekend News for ITN.
In August 2017, she presented How Safe is a Sun Tan?: Tonight on ITV.
On 4 February 2019 she began fronting Wales at Six for ITV Cymru Wales, on a year long secondment. [5]
From 3 March 2020 she co-presented a 4 part series Dr Ranj On Call on ITV. [6]
In April 2021 and May 2021 she made her debut presenting the ITV Lunchtime News and the ITV Evening News respectively.
Pentelow left ITV in September 2023. [7] Although she did not announce where she was going, she appeared as a presenter on BBC News on 26 October 2023 for the first time since her departure in 2013. [8]
She lives in Bristol with her husband, YouTuber and podcaster Brady Haran. They have one son and a Chihuahua named Audrey. [9] She owns a classic 1970 Carlight caravan, on which she created a self-produced YouTube-chronicled restoration series. [10]