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Silverton worked in [[corporate finance]] for a London-based [[investment bank]] before becoming a [[journalist]]. She trained with the [[BBC]] working on ''[[Look North]]'' before becoming a reporter and presenter at [[Tyne Tees Television]] |
Silverton worked in [[corporate finance]] for a London-based [[investment bank]] before becoming a [[journalist]]. She trained with the [[BBC]] working on ''[[Look North]]'' before becoming a reporter and presenter at [[Tyne Tees Television]] |
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She has been a presenter on [[five (TV)|five]]'s ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'', ''[[The Heaven and Earth Show]]'', ''[[Big Strong Boys]]'' |
She has been a presenter on [[five (TV)|five]]'s ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'', ''[[The Heaven and Earth Show]]'', ''[[Big Strong Boys]]'' the BBC ''[[Breakfast (television programme)|Breakfast]]'' programme and ''Weekend Breakfast'' on [[Radio Five Live|BBC Radio Five Live]], but now presents on [[BBC News 24]]. |
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In [[September 2005]], Silverton drew some media attention when her co-anchor at BBC News 24, [[Philip Hayton]], resigned his position six months into a year's contract after being with the BBC for 37 years. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reports that he turned to Silverton during a break and said "I don't like you" [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/28/nbbc28.xml&site=5]. He cited "incompatibility" with Silverton as his reason and when his managers refused to move Silverton to another time slot he left. Silverton was in the peculiar position of having to go through the morning's paper review live on air the morning the story broke, avoiding any discussion of the story and gently chiding her new co-anchor when he looked to refer to it [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/28/nbbc28.xml&site=5]. Hayton said that he left the BBC "without bitterness or rancour". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4283824.stm][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1799324,00.html][http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1577214,00.html] |
In [[September 2005]], Silverton drew some media attention when her co-anchor at BBC News 24, [[Philip Hayton]], resigned his position six months into a year's contract after being with the BBC for 37 years. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reports that he turned to Silverton during a break and said "I don't like you" [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/28/nbbc28.xml&site=5]. He cited "incompatibility" with Silverton as his reason and when his managers refused to move Silverton to another time slot he left. Silverton was in the peculiar position of having to go through the morning's paper review live on air the morning the story broke, avoiding any discussion of the story and gently chiding her new co-anchor when he looked to refer to it [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/28/nbbc28.xml&site=5]. Hayton said that he left the BBC "without bitterness or rancour". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4283824.stm][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1799324,00.html][http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1577214,00.html] |
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Kate Silverton (born c1970) is an English television presenter.
Family
Kate Silverton is the daughter of Terry Silverton, a National Health Service registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton who now heads Kate's company Freya Media Limited (named after the Norse goddess Freya). She has an elder sister, Claire. [1]
Education
Silverton attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex, where she was a champion swimmer and competed in the triathlon (and still does today).
She has a BSc in Psychology from Durham University and spent a year studying arabic and Middle Eastern politics.
Employment
Silverton worked in corporate finance for a London-based investment bank before becoming a journalist. She trained with the BBC working on Look North before becoming a reporter and presenter at Tyne Tees Television
She has been a presenter on five's The Wright Stuff, The Heaven and Earth Show, Big Strong Boys the BBC Breakfast programme and Weekend Breakfast on BBC Radio Five Live, but now presents on BBC News 24.
In September 2005, Silverton drew some media attention when her co-anchor at BBC News 24, Philip Hayton, resigned his position six months into a year's contract after being with the BBC for 37 years. The Daily Telegraph reports that he turned to Silverton during a break and said "I don't like you" [2]. He cited "incompatibility" with Silverton as his reason and when his managers refused to move Silverton to another time slot he left. Silverton was in the peculiar position of having to go through the morning's paper review live on air the morning the story broke, avoiding any discussion of the story and gently chiding her new co-anchor when he looked to refer to it [3]. Hayton said that he left the BBC "without bitterness or rancour". [4][5][6]