Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark

Known for
Acting
Born
February 3, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE is a British journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014. Wark was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.

Known For

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Filmography

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist · 7 eps

2025
City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant poster

City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant

Movie · as Self

2025
Forensics: Murder Case poster

Forensics: Murder Case

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC poster

Joan Rivers at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Douglas Is Cancelled poster

Douglas Is Cancelled

TV · as Interviewer · 1 ep

2023
The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland poster

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2023
Lives Well Lived poster

Lives Well Lived

TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps

2021
Bridget Riley: Painting the Line poster

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

Movie · as Herself - Interviewer

2021
The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Years that Changed Modern Scotland poster

The Years that Changed Modern Scotland

TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps

2019
Cyprus Avenue poster

Cyprus Avenue

Movie · as Self (Introduction)

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Television Newsreader · 1 ep

2019
Joe Lycett's Got Your Back poster

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018 poster

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018

Movie · as Self

2018
The Many Primes of Muriel Spark poster

The Many Primes of Muriel Spark

Movie · as Herself - Presenter

2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Movie · as Herself

2017
Walks with My Dog poster

Walks with My Dog

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Movie · as Kirsty Wark

2015
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2013
The Politician's Husband poster

The Politician's Husband

TV · as Herself · 2 eps

2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2013
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2013
Was It Something I Said? poster

Was It Something I Said?

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Award Presenter · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
The Review Show

The Review Show

TV · 67 eps

2010
Home Movie Roadshow

Home Movie Roadshow

TV · 5 eps

2009
A Question of Genius

A Question of Genius

TV · 48 eps

2008
My Family at War

My Family at War

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Party Animals poster

Party Animals

TV · 1 ep

2007
The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz

TV · 22 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Newsnight Review

Newsnight Review

TV · 164 eps

2006
The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Kirsty Wark · 1 ep

2004
Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark poster

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark

Movie · as Self

2004
Cast & Crew: If.... poster

Cast & Crew: If....

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2003
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story poster

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Newsnight Presenter, Newsreader · 1 ep

2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Movie · as Host

2001
Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing poster

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2001
Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude poster

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude

Movie · as Narrator

2001
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me poster

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me

Movie · as Narrator

1999
Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life

Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1980
Newsnight poster

Newsnight

TV · 3395 eps

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep