Martha Kearney

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martha Kearney
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Oct 8, 1957(1957-10-08)
Age	67
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Libra

Martha Kearney Biography

Martha Kearney is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on October 8, 1957 in Dublin, Ireland. Irish-born broadcast journalist from England, renowned for her work at BBC Radio 4. She hosted popular programs such including The World at One, Newsnight as well as Woman’s Hour.

She as well as fellow newscaster She and fellow newscaster Jane Hill both worked for BBC Radio 4. both were employed by BBC Radio 4.

Kearney was born in Dublin, and brought up in an academic environment; her father, the historian Hugh Kearney, taught first at Sussex and later at Edinburgh universities. She was educated at St Joseph’s (later St Wilfrid’s) Catholic School, Burgess Hill, Sussex during her primary years; briefly attended Brighton and Hove High School; then completed her secondary education at George Watson’s Ladies College in Edinburgh. From 1976 to 1980 she read classics at St Anne’s College, Oxford. In her final year at Oxford, she worked as a volunteer in hospital radio.

Kearney began her career as a phone operator on phone-in programmes at the London Commercial Station LBC and Independent Radio News in London. She was a reporter on the AM programme before becoming a political correspondent when she covered the 1987 United Kingdom general election. In 1988 she joined A Week in Politics on Channel 4 as a reporter. In 1990 she moved to the BBC’s political programme On the Record.

His father, Hugh Kearney, was an eminent English historian. She was married to Chris Shaw in 2001.

Martha Kearney Net Worth

Martha Kearney is one of the richest Journalist from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martha Kearney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student of Classics in St. Anne’s College, Oxford and then started her career at LBC Radio in London.

She was awarded an British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award nomination for her coverage of the 1998 peace talks within Northern Ireland.

Martha Catherine Kearney (born 8 October 1957) is a British-Irish journalist and broadcaster. She was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4’s lunchtime news programme The World at One for 11 years, and in April 2018 became a presenter of the early morning Today programme.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Martha Kearney Dating?

According to our records, Martha Kearney married to Chris Shaw. As of December 1, 2023, Martha Kearney’s is not dating anyone.

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Kearney featured in a spoof segment of the BBC comedy series Time Trumpet, titled “Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney”, in which Jeremy Paxman, in a fantasy version of Newsnight, interviewed her a third of her normal size. She also featured later in the episode in a spoof report from Notting Hill. In 2006, she presented with her father a Radio 4 series on the history of universities in Britain, The Idea of a University.

Facts & Trivia

Martha Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Martha Kearney celebrates birthday on October 8 of every year.

Other BBC work includes Who Killed The Honey Bee (2009) for BBC Four, The Wonder of Bees (2014) for BBC Four, a two part nature documentary Hive Alive (2014) alongside Chris Packham for BBC Two, The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015) for BBC Two, Being The Brontes (2016) for BBC Two, The Great Butterfly Adventure (2016) for BBC Four, The Books That Made Britain (2016) for BBC One,Great Irish Journeys (2017) for BBC Four, and MAKE! Craft Britain (2017) for BBC Four.

Does Martha Kearney keep bees?

Martha Kearney’s year gets off to a bad start when unseasonal snow in spring threatens to kill the bee colonies she keeps in her garden in Suffolk. With help from a master beekeeper Martha feeds her bees and takes one of the hives to a wildflower meadow at a neighbour’s house along with two brand new hives.

How old is Martha Kearney?

64 years (October 8, 1957)

Where does Martha Kearney live in Suffolk?

You go out and see a sunset – that panorama. I like the way there are pretty villages but not too perfect or chocolate boxy, not like the Cotswolds. It feels grounded, it feels like its own place.”Martha and her husband Chris Shaw moved to the county to be near her parents who settled in Bury St Edmunds 20 years ago.

Is Martha Kearney married?

Chris Shaw

When was Jeremy Paxman born?

May 11, 1950 (age 72 years)