British television and radio presenter (born 1974)
Vernon Kay
Kay in 2007
Born
Vernon Charles Kay
(1974-04-28) 28 April 1974 (age 50)
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Alma mater
Manchester Metropolitan University
Occupation
Broadcaster
Years active
1995–present
Employers
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Television
T4 (2000–2005) All Star Family Fortunes (2006–2015) Beat the Star (2008–2009) The Whole 19 Yards (2010) Splash! (2013–2014) 1000 Heartbeats (2015–2016)
Spouse
Tess Daly
(m. 2003)
Children
2[1]
Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974)[2] is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's T4 (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including All Star Family Fortunes (2006–2015), Just the Two of Us (2006–2007), Beat the Star (2008–2009), The Whole 19 Yards (2010), Splash! (2013–2014), and 1000 Heartbeats (2015–2016).[3]
Kay presented his own BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012, and presented his own show on Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Since the start of the 2018–2019 season, he has been the main presenter for the live coverage of Formula E for English speaking territories/platforms around the world. In 2023, Kay was announced as the new mid-morning host on BBC Radio 2 from May 2023, taking over the slot from Ken Bruce.
In 2020, Kay appeared on the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, finishing in third place.
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Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's T4 (2000–2005) and has presented various television...
took her place for these episodes. In January 2007, Daly and her husband VernonKay co-presented the second series of Just the Two of Us on BBC One. Daly...
well as regularly standing in for other presenters including Zoe Ball, VernonKay, Sara Cox, OJ Borg, Dermot O'Leary, Rylan Clark, Trevor Nelson and Scott...
Vault. She co-hosted the celebrity diving show Splash! on ITV, alongside VernonKay and Olympic diver Tom Daley from 2013 until 2014. In 2015, Logan returned...
March 2022, she co-hosted The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon alongside VernonKay. Odudu presented the UK jury points in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022...
Scottish students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster...
Ellis-Bextor Owain Wyn Evans Paul Gambaccini Angela Griffin Bob Harris VernonKay Cerys Matthews Scott Mills Jason Mohammad Trevor Nelson Dermot O'Leary...
Ultimate Blackjack Tour; and co-hosting the comedy show The Grill with VernonKay. She has also appeared on The Howard Stern Show, and she was the team...
also an occasional team captain on a gameshow called HeadJam, hosted by VernonKay. Winkleman's first major television job was in 2001, on the regional discussion...
which he was beaten by television presenter VernonKay. He later entered All Star Family Fortunes, hosted by Kay, but lost by two points to his competitors...
on ITV which ran from 23 February 2015 to 15 January 2016, hosted by VernonKay. Wearing an electronic heart-rate counter and standing on a lighted circular...
presenter". Reveal magazine. Nat Mags. Retrieved 18 September 2013. "VernonKay to host new ITV sports challenge show | News | TV News | UK Drama | What's...
notable players, including former NFL wide receivers Marvin Allen and VernonKay. In 2014, Warriors player Efe Obada moved to the Dallas Cowboys and is...
"Rapper Kay Flock charged in Harlem slaying; NYPD got tip someone else was shooter". nydailynews.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022. Coleman, C. Vernon (December...
1974 – Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011) 1974 – VernonKay, English radio and television host 1974 – Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer...
(series 1), or is added to a prize fund for the season finale in which host VernonKay competes (series 2). The pilot and first series were recorded in Cologne...
VernonKay, who took over from Bruce, achieves a weekly audience of 6.9 million, 1.7 million less than Bruce did during his time at Radio 2. Kay's show...
Christmas Day 1950, a group of four Scottish students (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson, and Alan Stuart) removed the stone from Westminster Abbey,...
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