Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu‑Hope (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 34) Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Television and radio presenter, author |
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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]