Natasha Kaplinsky

Languages

English

Styles

Broadcaster, Commercial, Cool, Corporate, Presenter, Recognisable, Unique

Accent

Neutral, RP

Newsreader, presenter and journalist Natasha Kaplinsky (OBE) has over 20 years of experience right across the network, anchoring for the ITN Network, Channel 5 and Sky News. She also presented the 6 O’Clock News and BBC Breakfast.

Natasha also enjoys hosting factual and entertainment programmes, her credits include: Children In Need, The VE Day Celebrations, Making Your Mind Up, The Royal Variety Show, Restoration, That Sunday Night Show, Have I Got News For You, The Kumars at No. 42 as well as several episodes of the comedy show My Hero. She has also been the subject of Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1).

Natasha discovered a hidden talent when she took part in Strictly Come Dancing, becoming the first ever winner. She went on to present the second series as well as hosting Strictly African Dancing and the Big Screen opera events for the Royal Opera House. She has hosted many one-off documentaries including The People’s Medal, On The Run and Missing: Without a Trace (ITV).

On a completely pro bono basis, she spent hundreds of hours interviewing more than 100 British survivors of the Holocaust and was awarded an OBE in 2017 for her services to the Holocaust commemoration.

This Autumn she was appointed as the president of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).