Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role
Former BBC and Channel 5 newsreader lands interim role on London Tonight and national network news programmes
Natasha Kaplinsky, the former BBC and Channel 5 newsreader, is to take an interim role at ITV presenting London Tonight and national network news programmes.
Kaplinsky, who became the highest-paid newsreader in Britain when she signed a deal in 2007 to defect from the BBC to Channel 5 on a reported deal of £1m a year, left the Richard Desmond-owned broadcaster at the end of last year.
ITV has hired Kaplinsky to cover the maternity leave of newsreader Nina Hossain and will pick up her pattern of shifts anchoring ITV London Tonight from mid-September.
She will also present some ITV network news programmes on an ad hoc basis through to spring next year when Hossain is expected to return to work.
“I am very much enjoying being part of ITV’s lineup, and thrilled to be returning to my first love, news,” stated Kaplinsky, who presents celebrity talent contest Born To Shine on ITV1. “This is an exciting chance to work with the talented team in the ITV newsroom.”
Kaplinsky is arguably ideal known for presenting BBC programmes including BBC Breakfast and the Six O’Clock News, even though she has also previously presented ITV regional news and Sky News.
“Natasha has an impressive background presenting national and regional news programmes – including a short spell on ITV London Tonight,” stated Faye Nickolds, editor of ITV London Tonight.
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