Kirsty Young
| Kirsty Young | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kirsty Jackson Young 23 November 1968 East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) | Nick Jones (m. 1999–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968) is a Scottish television and radio presenter. She is best known as one of the original newsreaders of 5 News on Channel 5, particularly because of its unique presentation style for the time that featured newsreaders standing up, or sitting on a desk rather than behind it. She presented 5 News from its launch in 1997 until 2007, only leaving briefly in 2000 for ITV News before returning in 2002.
Since 2006 she has been the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs and previously presented Crimewatch on BBC One from 2006-2015.
Young was born in East Kilbride. Her media career began in 1989 when she worked as a continuity announcer for BBC Radio Scotland. In 1992 she moved to Scottish Television where she presented the main evening news programme, Scotland Today and also hosted her own chat show, Kirsty. She left Scottish TV and Scotland itself in 1996. That year she guest-presented The Time, The Place and also featured on the Holiday programme. She co-hosted consumer show The Street on BBC Two.
In 1997, she joined the news team of the new terrestrial channel, Channel 5. She left Channel 5 to join ITV in 2000 and hosted a quiz show called The People Versus in 2000. In 2001, she became the co-presenter of the ITV Evening News with Dermot Murnaghan and, later the same year, after giving birth to her first child, she decided to return to Channel 5.
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