2 weeks Ago By Stewart Clarke
Scottish broadcaster and journalist Kirsty Wark will receive this year’s BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s top accolade. The BAFTA Fellowship is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the industry. Wark will join other journalists to receive the honor including Jon Snow and Kate Adie.
She presented the BBC ’s landmark news show Newsnight for 30 years, holding politicians and public figures to account. Making her reputation as a journalist and producer on BBC Scotland, Wark was one of the first television journalists to arrive on the scene when PAN AM Flight 103 was blown up in the skies above Lockerbie in 1988. She famously locked horns with British PM Margaret Thatcher in 1990, in one of several headline-making interviews that propelled her into the spotlight.
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Wallace’s actions are still being investigated. “This is a wonderful surprise and a great honor,” Wark said. “Television has been my home for forty years, both at the BBC and in independent production, and I continue to learn every day from people with awe-inspiring skills who have become treasured colleagues and dear friends.
Thank you, BAFTA.” Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, added: “Kirsty’s dedication is unwavering when it comes to telling the stories that really matter. Her legacy is unmatched in the world of news and current affairs broadcasting.
Her ability to inform and engage her readers, listeners and viewers is truly inspiring. And she does all this with enormous charm and wit. We are thrilled to celebrate her continued and lasting impact on the industry and beyond.
” The Fellowship will be presented to Wark during the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday 11 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with this year’s ceremony being hosted by Alan Cumming ..
