Vick Hope | |
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| Born | Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu‑Hope 25 September 1989 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radio presenter, author |
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Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope[1] (born 25 September 1989)[2] is a British television and radio presenter, journalist and published author.
Hope hosts the BBC Radio 1 drivetime show Going Home with Vick, Katie and Jamie with Katie Thistleton and Jamie Laing. The Sunday Times dubbed her a "voice of a generation" when she started at BBC Radio 1 in 2020.[3]
Hope hosted the 2022 Women's Prize For Fiction podcast series after she was on the 2021 judging panel.[4] In the summer of 2022, she hosted her own television show Vick Hope's Breakfast Show which aired across ITV every Sunday morning.[5]
Hope previously hosted the Capital Breakfast show on Capital FM with Roman Kemp and Sonny Jay,[6] Crufts on Channel 4, Carnage on Sky One,[7] Trending Live on 4Music, and FYI Daily on ITV2. She was a backstage presenter for ITV's The X Factor in 2019[8] after becoming the digital reporter for The Voice UK in 2018.[9] In 2020, she was the red carpet host of the British Academy Film Awards.[10] In October 2020, it was announced Hope would host a new ITV Hub sister show entitled I'm a Celebrity...The Daily Drop.
Hope has worked as a print and broadcast journalist for ITN and publications including The Argentina Independent and Marie Claire.[11] In 2017 Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards.[12] She is a human rights activist and Amnesty International ambassador, having worked with the organisation since she was 16.[13]
- ^ Silvers, Isabella (26 February 2024). "Vick Hope: 'I've grown out of the things that came before me'". Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
The name that I present when I'm working is not my full name, and outside of work I'm not Vick Hope, I'm Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope.
- ^ "Who is Vick Hope? Strictly star's career, age, boyfriend and more facts". Smooth Radio. 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Vick Hope interview: meet the multilingual Cambridge graduate, Instagram star and new face of Radio 1".
- ^ "Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast". Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "Vick Hope's Breakfast Show (TV Series)".
- ^ "Capital Breakfast - The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station". Capital London. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Carnage". Sky. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Meechan, Simon (22 October 2019). "Vick Hope joins X Factor Celebrity presenting team". nechronicle. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp - The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station". Capital FM. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Ibekwe2020-01-29T13:34:00, Desiree. "Facebook to livestream Bafta pre-show". Broadcast. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Debut Talks Careers with Broadcaster Vick Hope". Debut Magazine. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "From A Fashion Leader To A Humanitarian Hero, Meet Our 2017 Future Shapers". Marie Claire. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Who Is Vick Hope? Get To Know The 'Strictly Come Dancing' Star A Little Better". HuffPost UK. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.