Kirsty Wark
View on IMDb ↗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
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
Black Mirror
The IT Crowd
Good Omens
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Would I Lie to You?
Spooks
Doctor Who
Absolutely Fabulous
Tipping Point: Lucky StarsFilmography (49)
- 2025
Forensics: Murder CaseSelf - Presenter - 2025
City Lights: Pure Dead BrilliantSelf - 2024
Douglas Is CancelledInterviewer - 2024
Joan Rivers at the BBCSelf (archive footage) - 2023
The Women Who Changed Modern ScotlandSelf - 2023
Lives Well LivedSelf - Presenter - 2021
The Weakest LinkSelf - 2021
The Years that Changed Modern ScotlandSelf - Presenter - 2021
Bridget Riley: Painting the LineHerself - Interviewer - 2019
Good OmensTelevision Newsreader - 2019
Joe Lycett's Got Your BackSelf - 2018
Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018Self - 2018
The Many Primes of Muriel SparkHerself - Presenter - 2017
Carnage: Swallowing the PastHerself - 2017
Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant - 2017
Walks with My DogSelf - 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieKirsty Wark - 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside StorySelf - Presenter
- 2013
Tipping Point: Lucky StarsSelf - Contestant - 2013
The Politician's HusbandHerself - 2013
Was It Something I Said?Self - Narrator - 2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake OffSelf - Contestant - 2011
Black MirrorAward Presenter - 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant - 2010The Review Show
- 2010Home Movie Roadshow
- 2009A Question of Genius
- 2008My Family at WarSelf
- 2007
Would I Lie to You?Self - 2007
Party Animals - 2007The Book Quiz
- 2006
The IT CrowdHerself - 2006
The One ShowSelf - 2006Newsnight Review
- 2005
Doctor WhoKirsty Wark - 2004
Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty WarkSelf - 2004
Cast & Crew: If....Self - Presenter - 2003
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett StoryNarrator - 2002
SpooksNewsnight Presenter - 2001
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and MeNarrator - 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulHost
- 2001
Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of SeeingSelf - Narrator (voice) - 2001
Empire of the Nude: The Victorian NudeNarrator - 1994
Room 101Self - Guest - 1992
Absolutely FabulousSelf - 1990
Have I Got News for YouSelf - 1980
Newsnight - 1967
Omnibus - —
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist