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Kate Arnell | |
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| Born | Kate Edmondson 1983 (age 42–43) Portsmouth, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Matt Edmondson (brother) |
Kate Arnell (née Edmondson, born 1983)[1] is a Britishtelevision presenter, best known for her work withMTV andCBBC.
She was bornKate Edmondson inPortsmouth, England, in 1983.[1]
In 2006, Arnell was selected after a nationwide search[2] to presentThe Loaded Hour,[3] sponsored byLoaded magazine, onFreeview channelTMF and has since gone on to presentTMF Live andTMF Kicks,Totally Boyband Live on sister channelMTV, andQ the Music on Q/The Hits!
Arnell was aradio presenter onPure FM, the student radio station at theUniversity of Portsmouth, where she readmedia studies.[2] Both her parents worked at the university at the time.[2]
Arnell appeared in the popularCBBC showHider in the House alongsideJason King andJoel Ross in 2008, and presented theTeen 24 slot for theBBC News channel.
From 26 October to 7 November 2008, she was also the host for the official webisodes of theSony Ericsson FanWalk. Eighteenwebisodes were released following the fanwalkers for a course of nine days.[4] She also made a cameo appearance onThe Legend of Dick and Dom in the episode where the crew have to find the mists of time alongside Chloe Bale,Richard McCourt,Dominic Wood andSteve Furst.
Arnell has occasionally presented theBBC's coverage of theNational Lottery Draws, mainly the midweek and FridayEuroMillions draws and in 2013, she co-presented theCBBC showWho Let the Dogs Out and About.
Previously, Arnell hosted the YouTube channel "Anglophenia".[1] She then went on to create her own YouTube channel "Eco-Boost" in 2015, teaching her viewers about zero-waste living, organic fashion and eco-friendly alternatives. She also wrote a book, "Six Weeks to Zero Waste" in 2020 surrounding these topics.
Arnell is married. Her brother,Matt Edmondson, is known for his work withBBC Radio 1 andITV2.
I grew up in Portsmouth, a coastal city in the south of England, although my parents are from the North so we would often stay in Lancashire and Yorkshire with family every now and then.
University of Portsmouth final-year Media Studies student Kate Edmondson has landed a television deal to co-host the hit MTV show Totally Boy Band Live Kate, 22, was chosen by the iconic youth music broadcaster after a rigorous selection process, and will co-host the new hit show with former cover girl model and rising TV star Emma Griffiths. Kate's entry into the UK television industry has been spectacular. She cut her teeth in broadcast media working as a presenter for the University's student radio station Pure FM. But she got her big break last year when she beat thousands of hopefuls in a nationwide talent search to present The Loaded Hour (sponsored by Loaded magazine) on freeview channel TMF (The Music Factory). The TMF producers rated her highly and kept giving her jobs long after her Loaded Hour obligations were over. It wasn't long before MTV called with an offer.
Imagine landing your own primetime show on one of Britain's top - rating music channels, bagging yourself a makeover and gracing the pages of a top men's mag all at once... For 22 year old Kate Edmondson that dream has become a reality. After months of trawling through audition tapes and interviewing thousands of young hopefuls, TMF have crowned the very sassy, sexy and talented Kate Edmondson! Plucked from thousands, Portsmouth student Kate made her presenting debut on TMF's The Loaded Hour. Following in the footsteps of some of MTV's most legendary ladies, most notably Cat Deeley and Davina McCall, and joining their current line up Alex Zane and Dave Berry, Kate's bright future starts here.