Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark

Born: February 3, 1955
in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
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.

Movies for Kirsty Wark...

Title: The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2023
Type: TV
Kirsty Wark uncovers the stories of some of Scotland's most important female pioneers.
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Title: The Weakest Link
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: TV
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
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Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Title: Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Character: Herself - Interviewer
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives and a rare interview with Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visionary of British art.
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Title: The Years that Changed Modern Scotland
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: January 5, 2021
Type: TV
Kirsty Wark reveals how Scotland has transformed over the last 50 years, examining the changes through the recollections of those who experienced them.
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Title: Good Omens
Character: Television Newsreader
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: TV
Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.
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Title: Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: TV
Joe Lycett, famed for his epic battles with petty officials and dodgy scammers, fights for the consumer rights of the Great British public in this series. With the help of his assistant Mark Silcox, a weekly celebrity guest, and some daring hidden camera investigations, Joe campaigns on behalf of viewers who've been wronged by big corporations, caught out by small print, and hoodwinked by fraudsters. From dishing the dirt on unhygienic takeaways and battling with big banks, to pulling back the covers on sub-par hotel rooms, and taking low budget airlines for a bumpy ride, Joe is determined in his quest for consumer justice.
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The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
Title: The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
Character: Herself - Presenter
Released: January 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Kirsty Wark celebrates the life and work of Scottish writer Dame Muriel Spark, one of the 20th century's most enigmatic cultural figures, on the 100th anniversary of her birth.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Title: Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Character: Herself
Released: March 19, 2017
Type: Movie
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
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Title: Walks with My Dog
Character: Herself
Released: March 9, 2017
Type: TV
Celebrities take a stroll in the great British outdoors with their faithful hound.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Title: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character: Kirsty Wark
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
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Title: The Politician's Husband
Character: Herself
Released: April 25, 2013
Type: TV
A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.
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Title: The Great British Sewing Bee
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2013
Type: TV
Amateur sewers take on challenges as they compete to be named Britain's best home sewer.
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Title: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Herself - Contestant
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.
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Title: Black Mirror
Character: Award Presenter
Released: December 4, 2011
Type: TV
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Home Movie Roadshow
Released: August 6, 2010
Type: TV
Dan Cruickshank and Kirsty Wark prove that shooting a video and showing it off to the public isn't a new thing, as they present 100 years of Britons' lives filmed on home movie cameras.
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Title: The Review Show
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: TV
The Review Show is a British discussion programme dedicated to the arts which airs on Friday evenings at 11:00pm on BBC Two. The programme features a panel of guests who review the week's developments in the world of the arts and culture.
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Title: A Question of Genius
Released: March 16, 2009
Type: TV
A Question of Genius was a game show hosted by Kirsty Wark and produced by BBC Scotland. The show was broadcast on BBC Two. It was recorded at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow. It ran from 16 March 2009 to 4 June 2010.
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Title: My Family at War
Released: November 3, 2008
Type: TV
Celebrities investigate their families' roles during the Great War.
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Title: The Book Quiz
Released: July 17, 2007
Type: TV
The Book Quiz is a BBC Four quiz programme. The first series, first broadcast in 2007, was hosted by David Baddiel with a second 2008 series hosted by Kirsty Wark.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Title: Party Animals
Released: January 31, 2007
Type: TV
Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic, high-stakes world. It's no wonder their personal lives are so messy. Sons of an ex-Labour MP, Scott and Danny Foster have politics in their blood.
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Title: Newsnight Review
Released: April 7, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: The IT Crowd
Character: Herself
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: TV
Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Kirsty Wark
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Cast & Crew: If....
Title: Cast & Crew: If....
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: June 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell, cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček, assistant editor Ian Rakoff, director’s assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter David Sherwin
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Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark
Title: Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark
Character: Self
Released: April 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Kirsty Wark interviews the fashion icon Vivienne Westwood about her career as one of Britain's most inventive and influential fashion designers. Filmed on location at her V&A retrospective, Vivienne Westwood discusses her career from the early days of designing clothes worn by the Sex Pistols to her catwalk shows. She gives an insight into how she works, including her use of very British fabrics such as Harris tweed and tartan and her reinterpretation of historic garments such as the corset and crinoline.
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The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Title: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Character: Narrator
Released: March 24, 2003
Type: Movie
The full bizarre, tragic but celebratory story of Syd Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Newsreader
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Newsnight Presenter
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
Title: Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: August 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New York who became the only female photojournalist to cover the Second World War. Having given up photography in later life and virtually disowned her own work, Miller's extraordinary archive of 40,000 negatives was only rediscovered after her death. George Melly, David Hare, friends, colleagues and her only son, Tony Penrose, trace the story of her unconventional life through her own remarkable pictures and photographs, as well as rarely seen archive footage.
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Title: Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Character: Host
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's La Strada to today's Hannibal franchise. This profile follows octogenarian De Laurentiis in Hollywood and returning to Rome to set up a new film.
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Title: Room 101
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: TV
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
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Title: Have I Got News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: TV
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Title: Have I Got News for You
Character: Self – Panellist
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: TV
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Title: Newsnight
Released: January 30, 1980
Type: TV
A daily BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.