Martha Kearney

Awards Hosts

Conference Chair & Facilitators

Keynote Speakers

Motivational & After Dinner Speakers

Broadcasters

Specialist Subjects

Arts & Culture, Current Affairs, Film & Theatre, Education, Gardening, Outdoors & Adventure

Contacts

Corporate Agent :: Charlie Kemp
Corporate Agent :: Roisin Green
Broadcast Enquiries:: KBJ Management
Voice Over Agent :: Emma Torrens

Martha Kearney is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, best known for her six-year tenure presenting BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. She recently stepped down from Today to take up two new regular roles at Radio 4, fronting her own interview series This Natural Life, and joining the presenting team on Open Country.

In a career that spans almost 4 decades, Martha has presented several of the UKs longest-running political and current-affairs programmes. As well Today this includes BBC2’s Newsnight, nearly a decade at BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and eleven years hosting R4’s The World at One.

Beyond the newsroom, Martha has fronted documentaries about history, literature, nature, and art. Having kept her own bees, Martha's passion for apiary has led to her fronting BBC Four’s Who Killed the Honey Bee and The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney and BBC Two’s Hive Alive.

Martha has won the Sony Radio Bronze Award and has been nominated for a BAFTA for her coverage of the Northern Ireland peace process.

Testimonials

“From everyone at NHS Providers, I wanted to say a big thank you to Martha for her excellent chairing and for playing a major role in ensuring we were able to put on such a high quality event. We’re delighted with the feedback we’ve had from those who attended and all the interest we had on twitter and other channels. ”
NHS Providers Conference

“Martha was a great host and we have received some excellent feedback on how well the whole AGM went. We would certainly be more than happy to work with Martha again, she was extremely professional and also very friendly towards myself and my team.”
NHS England AGM

“Martha was excellent and the audience really enjoyed it.”
BBC Countryfile Live

“I am writing to express my sincere thanks for chairing our human rights debate earlier this week. Feedback from attendees has indicated that they found this to be a hugely enjoyable, helpful and mature debate: due in no small part to your excellent chairing.”
Human Rights Debate

“Thank you for participating in the Heritage Question Time event…it was a fantastic evening… You were quite wonderful! I am new to that sort of occasion and can only admire how skilfully you managed the event, keeping the debate engaging and to time, not an easy task with a group of people with a lot to say! Thank you once again for being such a professional and for your advice and guidance about these future events.”
Heritage Counts: A Sense of Place

Martha Kearney

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