{"id":86747,"date":"2023-10-19T18:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86747"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:53:41","slug":"kirsty-wark-steps-down-newsnight-presenter-to-leave-show-after-next-election-bbc-announces-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/tv-movies\/kirsty-wark-steps-down-newsnight-presenter-to-leave-show-after-next-election-bbc-announces-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsty Wark steps down: Newsnight presenter to leave show after next election, BBC announces | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KIRSTY Wark will step down from Newsnight after the next election, the BBC revealed today. <\/p>\n<p>It will be the end of an era as the newsreader and television presenter has been the face of the show for more than two decades. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT000408626007.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>She has had a long-standing career at the Beeb &#8211; from joining in 1976 as a graduate researcher and becoming one of the most well-known journalists to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Beeb this afternoon announced the 68-year-old would step down as the head of Newsnight after the next election. <\/p>\n<p>Wark studied history at Edinburgh University, she landed a job as a researcher at BBC Radio Scotland before moving into television in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>She joined Newsnight back in 1993 and has presented Newsnight Review since 2001.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more on TV<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nintchdbpict000147250275-e1487258365415.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nintchdbpict000147250275-e1487258365415.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nintchdbpict000147250275-e1487258365415.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HARD WARK <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC&#x27;s Kirsty Wark endured a &#x27;hard menopause&#x27; after ditching HRT over cancer fears<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ML-The-trial-OP.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ML-The-trial-OP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ML-The-trial-OP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ON-SCREEN STAR <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>All about Kirsty Wark &#8211; career, TV shows and relationship<\/h3>\n<p>Since 2020, she has presented the BBC Radio 4 series The Reunion and also, on occasion, presents Start The Week on the same station.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Wark was one of the main presenters of the BBC&#x27;s local and mayoral election results coverage. <\/p>\n<p>Over the years the mum-of-two has appeared on many shows &#8211; including being a \u00a0guest panellist on\u00a0Have I Got New For You and taking part in \u00a0Celebrity MasterChef. <\/p>\n<p>Wark has also appeared in a special series of\u00a0The Great British Bake Off and the\u00a0Great British Sewing Bee.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Huge Channel 4 show AXED &#8211; with host in the running for Holly Willoughby&#8217;s TM job<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/xx-xx-xx-61.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>EastEnders fans baffled by &#8216;missing&#8217; storyline as character disappears<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DD-chantelle-savile_COMP.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>I\u2019m haunted by Savile\u2019s creepy Big Brother comments to me, says Chantelle<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24433771-1697559816496.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Big Brother star stuns housemates as they reveal they&#8217;ve slept with celeb<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/24433234\/kirsty-wark-steps-down-newsnight-bbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIRSTY Wark will step down from Newsnight after the next election, the BBC revealed today. 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