Kate Humble

Kate Humble

Infobox Celebrity
name = Kate Humble


imagesize = 250px
caption = Kate Humble on the Springwatch farm
birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|12|12|df=yes
birth_place = Wimbledon, Greater London, England flagicon|England
bust = 32D
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Television presenter
salary =
networth =
spouse = Ludo Graham
children =
website = [http://www.katehumble.co.uk KateHumble.co.uk]
footnotes =

Katherine 'Kate' Humble (born 12 December 1968 in Wimbledon), is a UK television presenter, mainly for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes.

Biography

Humble grew up in Bray in Berkshire and attended the Abbey School in Reading.

After leaving school she travelled through Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, doing various jobs including waitressing, driving safari trucks and working on a crocodile farm. She has returned to Africa many times since. In 1994 she travelled around Madagascar, the subject of her first article for the Daily Telegraph travel section. Since then she has written articles about diving and cycling in Cuba, an 'exploding' lake in Cameroon, and hippopotamus conservation work in Ghana.

In 1990 she appeared in a TV production as an actress - The Secret Life of Ian Fleming - and was credited as "Lauren Heston .... The redhead". [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381702/]

Humble started her television career as a researcher, later transferring to presenting programmes such as "Top Gear", "Tomorrow's World" and The Holiday Programme. Most recently Humble has specialised in presenting wildlife programmes, including "Animal Park", "Springwatch" with Bill Oddie, Wild in Africa and "SeaWatch".

In September 2001 Kate and her fellow presenters appeared naked in a report from Wreck Beach in Vancouver as part of the audience suggestions in the BBC's Holiday - "You Call The Shots" . As of 2008, this series has not been repeated on UK television.

Kate Humble will present [http://www.theblueplanetlive.com BBC's The Blue Planet Live!] on the UK tour. Humble will present the show at Wembley Arena, St. David's Hall in Cardiff and at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

Her latest BBC television series is The Hottest Place On Earth, a record of a month spent living with the Afar people in Ethiopia’s hostile Danakil Depression.

She occasionally performs on the lecture circuit with a show based on her experiences with wildlife, titled "Harassed by Hippos and Battered by Cod: A Humble Way to Make a Living".

She founded the web site [http://stuffyourrucksack.com/ StuffYourRucksack] , that helps organisations around the world find the items they need by matching them with travelers.

Personal life

Humble is married to television producer Ludo Graham. They first met when she was aged 16, married in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1992, when she was 23, and have recently moved from Chiswick, West London to the Welsh Countryside, where they have wanted to live for 'A very long time'. The couple both enjoy diving, and take an annual two-month holiday in different parts of the world, most often in Africa. After presenting an item on bees for BBC Television's Springwatch programme, Kate became a keen bee-keeper.

In an interview in 2007, [cite news
title = Autumn Kate sheds her kit
work = TVbiz
publisher = The Sun
date = 19 November 2007
url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article477770.ece?print=yes
] [cite news
last = Hardy
first = Frances
title = Being naked is second nature to me
pages = 6-9
publisher = Daily Mail Weekend
date = 2007-10-13
year = 2007
] Humble revealed their enjoyment of nudity

Programmes

*"Holidays Out" (1997)
*"Holiday (TV series)" (1998-2000)
*"The Essential Guide to Rocks" (1998)
*"Holiday: Fasten Your Seat Belt '98" (1998)
*"Top Gear Waterworld" (1998)
*"Holiday Snaps" (1999-2001)
*"Webwise" (1999)
*"Top Gear" (1999-2000)
*"Holiday on a Shoestring" (2000-2001)
*"Esc@ape" (2000)
*"Chef SOS" (2000)
*"Shipwrecked" (2000)
*"Countryfile" (2000-2004)
*"Animal Park" (2000-
*"Rough Science" (2000-2005)
*"Holiday: You Call The Shots" (2001-2003)
*"Ever Wondered: Colour - Blissfully Blue" (2001)
*"Ever Wondered: Extremes - Surviving Antarctica" (2001)
*"Rolf's Amazing World of Animals" (2001)
*"City Hospital" (2001-2004)
*"Tomorrow's World" (2002)
*"" (2002-2003)
*"Restoration (Series 1 final)" (2003)
*"The Murder Game" (2003)
*"Wild In Your Garden" (2003)
*"Test Your Pet" (2004)
*"Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie" (2004)
*"Amazon Abyss" (2005)
*"Animal Park - Wild in Africa" (2005-2006)
*"Springwatch with Bill Oddie" (2005-2008)
*"Best of Springwatch with Bill Oddie" (2005)
*"Autumnwatch with Bill Oddie" (2006)
*"Seawatch" (2006)
*"The One Show" (2006)
*"Springwatch Special" (2006)
*"" (2007)
*"Animal Park - Wild on the West Coast" (2007)
*"Pacific Abyss" (2007)
*"Ultimate Caving" (2007)
*"" (2007)

References


* [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/humblek/a-pre.html Agent's web page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/who/kate_humble.shtml BBC homepage of Kate Humble]
* [http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/156688 Kate Humble at the BBC Programme Catalogue]
*imdb name|0401709|Kate Humble
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/kate_humble/page2.shtml Online chat with Kate on her "Holiday - You Call The Shots " experiences]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1832707,00.html Interview on "SeaWatch" series]

External links

* [http://www.katehumble.com Kate Humble's personal website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kate Saxon — is a British freelance theatre director who lives in London. She is Associate Director of Shared Experience Theatre [ [http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/comp2.asp?levone=5 levtwo=44 Shared Experience Theatre ] ] and of English Touring Theatre… …   Wikipedia

  • Kate Roberts — (February 13, 1891 April 4, 1985) was one of the foremost Welsh language authors of the twentieth century. Known as Brenhines ein llên ( The queen of our literature ) , she is known mainly for her short stories, but she also wrote novels. Roberts …   Wikipedia

  • Kate Stebbins — was raised in the humble town of Monona, Wisconsin, spending most of her young years at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, all the while being in many a play production. She soon moved to Monona Grove High School and was always in show choir, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Springwatch — Infobox Television bgcolour = #E0A03C show name = Springwatch caption = Springwatch series title card format = Natural history runtime = 1 hour creator = BBC Natural History Unit executive producer = starring = Bill Oddie, Kate Humble Simon King… …   Wikipedia

  • NHU filmography — This subarticle is kept separate from the main article, BBC Natural History Unit, due to size or style considerations. This is a chronological list of selected television programmes and feature films produced or co produced by the BBC Natural… …   Wikipedia

  • Top Gear (1977 TV series) — For the current format, see Top Gear (2002 TV series). Top Gear 1993–1999 title screen Format Motoring and Motorsport …   Wikipedia

  • Top Gear (1977) — Cet article concerne le premier format de l émission Top Gear qui a été diffusé de 1977 à 2001. Pour le format actuel, voir Top Gear. Pour les autres significations, voir Top Gear (homonymie). Top Gear Genre Conduite automobile Ancienne… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Top Gear (original format) — Top Gear (in its original 30 minute format) was a car based BBC television series produced by BBC Birmingham, broadcast from 1977 to 2001. It consisted of 30 minute magazine format programmes presented by a number of people, including Angela… …   Wikipedia

  • The One Show — Infobox Television show name = The One Show image caption = Logo from July 2007 country = UK format = Magazine runtime = 30 minutes creators = network =BBC One status = starring = Adrian Chiles Christine Bleakley first aired = 14 August 2006 last …   Wikipedia

  • The Murder Game (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = The Murder Game caption = show name 2 = genre = Reality / Murder mystery creator = George Verschoor, Robert Fisher, Jr., and Gordon Cassidy (for FOX) writer = director = Ewen Thomson creative director = developer =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”