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Kathryn Mary Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 and currently a co-presenter
Presenter

A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an Collection ....
 on GMTV.

Garraway went to Fitzharrys School
Fitzharrys School

Fitzharrys School, is a state secondary school located on Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in England. Currently there are about 1000 students attending....
 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (also the base of ITV Thames Valley). She then graduated from Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University is a university based in, and around, Bath, Somerset, England. The institution has previously been known as Bath College of Higher Education, and Bath Spa University College, and was upgraded to full university status in August 2005....
 with a BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 in English
English studies

English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics , and English sociolinguistics ....
 and History
HIStory

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
. Her broadcasting career began with BBC Radio Oxford
BBC Radio Oxford

BBC Oxford is a British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970 as BBC Radio Oxford. It broadcasts on 95.2 MHz Very high frequency Frequency modulation from the Oxford transmitting station....
, and she had become an Independent Television News
Independent Television News

ITN is a major news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom. It is made up of five key businesses: ITN News, ITN Source, ITN On, ITN Factual and ITN Consulting....
 trainee journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 by 1994.

A year later, she moved to Central News as a production journalist, reporter and news presenter.






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Kathryn Mary Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 and currently a co-presenter
Presenter

A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an Collection ....
 on GMTV.

TV career

Kate Garraway went to Fitzharrys School
Fitzharrys School

Fitzharrys School, is a state secondary school located on Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in England. Currently there are about 1000 students attending....
 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (also the base of ITV Thames Valley). She then graduated from Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University is a university based in, and around, Bath, Somerset, England. The institution has previously been known as Bath College of Higher Education, and Bath Spa University College, and was upgraded to full university status in August 2005....
 with a BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 in English
English studies

English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics , and English sociolinguistics ....
 and History
HIStory

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
. Her broadcasting career began with BBC Radio Oxford
BBC Radio Oxford

BBC Oxford is a British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970 as BBC Radio Oxford. It broadcasts on 95.2 MHz Very high frequency Frequency modulation from the Oxford transmitting station....
, and she had become an Independent Television News
Independent Television News

ITN is a major news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom. It is made up of five key businesses: ITN News, ITN Source, ITN On, ITN Factual and ITN Consulting....
 trainee journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 by 1994.

A year later, she moved to Central News as a production journalist, reporter and news presenter. It was during her time there that she was 'talent-spotted' by Meridian Broadcasting
Meridian Broadcasting

Meridian Broadcasting is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South East England. The station owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited....
's head of news, who poached her (after seeing one of three minute bulletins) to become the main presenter of their nightly news magazine Meridian Tonight
Meridian Tonight

Meridian Tonight is a regional television news program and current affairs programme, produced by Meridian Broadcasting , serving the South East England , and usually broadcast at 6pm every weeknight....
. This offered enough visibility on a wider stage to be selected as part of the team of presenters who launched the BBC's 24-hour rolling news channel - BBC News 24, now BBC News channel - in 1997, a period which would include the anchoring of such stories as the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

In 1998, Nick Pollard, Head of Sky News
Sky News

Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news. Currently broadcasting from a news centre in London, the channel provides domestic and international coverage to audiences in the UK as well as around the globe....
, offered Kate a new presenting role; she joined their breakfast programme Sunrise
Sunrise

Sunrise is the instant at which the upper edge of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east. Sunrise should not be confused with dawn, which is the point at which the sky begins to lighten, some time before the sun itself appears, ending twilight....
 and became its main anchor, covering stories such as the Kosovo crisis, the Paddington rail crash, the Turkish
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 earthquake
Earthquake

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph....
s and the Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 bombing.

She joined GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
 in September 2000 as a presenter.

Kate appeared in the fifth series of the BBCs hit celebrity ballroom competition series Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
, partnered with professional dancer Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke

Anton du Beke is a professional ballroom dancer and television presenter. His dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003....
. During the celebrities' rehearsals before the show began, Kate became seriously injured and she and Anton had to stop training for many weeks, with the possibility of having to pull out of the competition. Luckily, Kate managed to make the first live show, but unfortunately couldn't participate in the group dance. The following week was the ladies night, which Kate managed to make, but with only three days' practice. Kate was praised for managing to perform, but was heavily criticised by the judging panel. Despite being bottom of the leaderboard, Kate was safely voted into the next week. From then on, Kate was constantly placed at the bottom of the leaderboard, but was paradoxically saved by the public thanks to her fans and Anton's fans.

The fifth week into the competition saw an unexpected surge in the quality of Kate's dancing ability - scoring 26/40 - with three couples below her. She made it through to the following week. Sadly, Kate once again was at the bottom of the leaderboard, despite fans' claims that other celebrities such as Kenny Logan
Kenny Logan

Kenneth McKerrow Logan is a rugby union footballer who plays for London Scottish F.C. and formerly Scotland national rugby union team.As a schoolboy Logan had Football trials as a goalkeeper for Dundee United F.C....
 were worse, but were scored higher. Kate managed to survive until week seven when, with only eight celebrities remaining, Kate was voted off. In February 2008, she launched legal action against the Sunday Mirror after it published a photograph of her embracing Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
 partner Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke

Anton du Beke is a professional ballroom dancer and television presenter. His dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003....
, insinuating that they were having a sordid affair, which both Kate and Anton du Beke deny.

Garraway has also made numerous television appearances on shows such as:
  • Loose Women
    Loose Women

    Loose Women is a United Kingdom televised magazine programme, which was first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip and sexism, in front of a studio audience....
    , ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
     - Panellist (2003-2004, 2006)
  • Have I Got News For You
    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990....
    , BBC Two
    BBC Two

    BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
     - Guest
  • The Wright Stuff
    The Wright Stuff

    The Wright Stuff is a United Kingdomtelevision chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, andcurrently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. It is repeated later on at 11:00am on Fiver....
    , Five - Guest
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)

    In the United Kingdom, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television reality television/game show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million British pound for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
    , ITV 1 - Celebrity contestant
  • Too Many Cooks
    Too Many Cooks (TV series)

    Too Many Cooks was a cookery competition on ITV which turns the idea of cookery shows on its head ? the people cook for the chefs.It's a chance for great home cooks to prove themselves to the professionals, or be put in their place if their cooking is not up to scratch ? contestants often turn out to be worse cooks than they think they...
    , ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
     - Presenter (2004)
  • This Morning
    This Morning (TV series)

    This Morning is a United Kingdom daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV1. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988....
    , ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
     - Guest Presenter (2005)
  • Beef Encounter, Channel 4
    Channel 4

    Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
     - Presenter
  • The People's Quiz, BBC One
    BBC One

    BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
     - Questioner (2007)
  • The F Word, Channel 4
    Channel 4

    Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
     - Guest (May 2008)
  • Other People's Breast Milk, Channel 4
    Channel 4

    Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
     - Presenter (September 2008)
  • Shooting Stars
    Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars is a United Kingdom television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two from 27 December 1993 to 22 December 1997 and then on BBC Choice from 13 January 2002 to 22 December 2002....
    Anniversary Special, BBC 2 - Guest (December 2008)


She is still with GMTV, presenting alongside Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard

Ben Shephard is an England television presenter....
 every Monday and Tuesday, plus alternate Wednesdays.

Controversy

In August 2008, Garraway raised eyebrows when she appeared on the front of national newspapers crouched next to a calf which she pretended to breast-feed. It was to promote a documentary for Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 on women who breastfeed other people's babies.

Personal life

Garraway lived in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
 before marriage, and now has a home in North London. She married ITV Central producer Ian Rumsey in her hometown of Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Abingdon is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire in Southern England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places which claim to be Oldest town in Britain....
 in 1998. He was her former boss at ITV Meridian east in Kent
Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
 around 1995, and was two years younger than her, but they divorced in April 2002. Rumsey is now Head of Output at ITV News
ITV News

ITV News is the name of news programmes on the British television network ITV. It has been provided and produced by ITN from September 1955 to the present....
.

In July 2005, she announced on GMTV that she was engaged to psychotherapist Derek Draper
Derek Draper

Derek William "Dolly" Draper is a psychotherapist and an editor of the LabourList website. As a New Labour insider, he was widely known for being the centre of a scandal about political lobbying known as "Lobbygate"....
, whom she married on 10 September that year in the London borough of Camden
London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form part of Central London....
, as covered in an
OK! magazine exclusive. Draper is the former political aide to disgraced New Labour MP Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British Labour Party politician who is the current Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, appointed on 3 October 2008....
, and was at the centre of the scandal known as 'Lobbygate'. The couple celebrated the birth of their first child, Darcey Mary Draper, a baby girl, in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on 10 March 2006. During the pregnancy, she was criticised by the press after she was photographed smoking. On 21 January 2009, she and Draper are awaiting the birth of their second child, due July 2009.

After her first pregnancy, many fans expressed concern about Garraway's sudden weight-loss in early 2007. Garraway later explained that diagnosed with an overactive thyroid
Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism is the term for overactive tissue within the thyroid gland,resulting in overproduction and thus an excess of circulating free thyroid hormones: thyroxine , triiodothyronine , or both....
, which is very common in new mothers; she lost more than three stones in weight and was very hyperactive before the condition was diagnosed.

In an article for the Sunday newspaper The Observer
The Observer

The Observer is a United Kingdom newspaper published on Sundays. In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, it takes a Liberalism/social democratic line on most issues....
, Garraway confessed she had been lying to her friends about her age, and that she had actually turned 41 on 4 May 2008.

Her hobbies include scuba diving
Scuba diving

SCUBA diving is Underwater diving, or taking part in another activity, while using a scuba set. By carrying a source of breathing gas , the scuba diver is able to stay underwater longer than with the simple breath-holding techniques used in snorkeling and free-diving, and is not hindered by air lines to a remote air source....
, bodyboarding
Bodyboarding

Bodyboarding is a derivative of Ocean surface wave riding. The average board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. The board can be shaped and adapted to different riding styles, and size of rider....
, playing the clarinet
Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet....
, and going to the cinema. She is a Gillingham F.C.
Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an England professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Medway, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the KRBS Priestfield Stadium....
 football fan.

According to a report in the Daily Mirror in August 2008, a banana which Kate bit into was sold for £1,650 to a male fan, with the money given away to charity.

Legal Issues

Kate Garraway flew into a rage at a council planning meeting where she was told to alter a new extension, according to a report in the the Daily Mail newspaper.

On 18 October 2007, Garraway's car was crushed because the tax disc of her VW Beetle was out of date.

On 10 April 2008, Garraway earned substantial damages in the high court from Mirror Group Newspapers over unfounded allegations published in the
Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror that February that she had an affair with her Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
 colleague Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke

Anton du Beke is a professional ballroom dancer and television presenter. His dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003....
. The Mirror group paid her costs and committed itself not to repeat the claims.

External links

  • at gm.tv