Kylie Pentelow

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Kylie Pentelow
Born
Kylie Ann Pentelow

(1979-06-29) 29 June 1979 (age 42)
OccupationJournalist, television presenter
EmployerITN/ITV West Country
Spouse(s)Brady Haran
WebsiteOfficial website

Kylie Ann Pentelow (born 29 June 1979) is an English journalist and television news presenter. She is a presenter of ITV News West Country and the ITV Weekend News.

Education and career[]

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.

Personal life[]

She lives in Bristol with her husband, YouTuber and podcaster Brady Haran, and has a Chihuahua named Audrey.[7] She owns a classic 1970 Carlight caravan, on which she created a self-produced YouTube-chronicled restoration series.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Kylie Pentelow". Noelgay.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Kylie Pentelow to join ITV News West Country". Bath Chronicle. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b Kylie Pentelow (17 June 2008). "East Midlands Today – Presenters – Kylie Pentelow". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. ^ "New presenter joins ITV News West Country | West Country (E) – ITV News". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  5. ^ Who is Kylie Pentelow, who's replaced Andrea Byrne on ITV Wales? Wales Online, 4 February 2019
  6. ^ Dr Ranj On Call: Who are Kylie Pentelow and Dr Ranj as they present new ITV series? Megan Nisbet, Wales Online, 3 March 2020
  7. ^ "So niedlich: Chihuahua Audrey jagt Seifenblasen im Zeitlupenvideo". RTL.de (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  8. ^ "kyliecaravan". YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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