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Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark

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

City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant
City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant
2025 • Self
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 • Self (archive footage)
Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
2021 • Herself - Interviewer
Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018
Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018
2018 • Self
The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
2018 • Herself - Presenter
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017 • Herself
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 • Kirsty Wark
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015 • Self - Presenter

Full filmography

Joan Rivers at the BBC
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 • Self (archive footage)
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Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
2021 • Herself - Interviewer
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The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
The Many Primes of Muriel Spark
2018 • Herself - Presenter
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Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015 • Self - Presenter
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Cast & Crew: If....
Cast & Crew: If....
2004 • Self - Presenter
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Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
2001 • Self - Narrator (voice)
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Kirsty Wark – Biography, Known For & Filmography