Kylie Pentelow

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.

Kylie Pentelow
Born (1979-06-29) 29 June 1979
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
OccupationJournalist, television presenter
EmployerITN/ITV West Country
Spouse(s)Brady Haran
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

Personal life

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

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References
  1. "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. 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. "kyliecaravan". YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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